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Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • December 09, 2016

    Environmental MVP: Weil's Annemargaret Connolly

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP environmental practice head Annemargaret Connolly spent the past year helping steer $250 billion in mergers and acquisitions transactions through rigorous environmental reviews, including The Dow Chemical Co.'s $130 billion pending merger with DuPont, earning her a spot on Law360's list of environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' David I. Brown

    Latham & Watkins LLP attorney David I. Brown spent the past year guiding a plethora of private equity transactions, together worth nearly $6 billion, for clients including the Carlyle Group and Platinum Equity, landing him on Law360’s list of 2016 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Peter Carney

    White & Case LLP's Peter Carney helped Warner Chilcott knock out so-called product-hopping claims that it stifled competition for acne medication Doryx in a Third Circuit battle, earning him a spot on Law360's 2016 MVP list.

  • December 09, 2016

    International Trade MVP: Covington's Shara Aranoff

    Covington & Burling LLP’s decision to hire former U.S. International Trade Commission Chairman Shara M. Aranoff paid considerable dividends over the past year as she played a crucial role in warding off the imposition of hefty tariffs for clients in sectors ranging from shipping to metals, landing her a spot among Law360's International Trade MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson's Gregory Ressa

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has had a long-standing relationship with The Blackstone Group, and as the firm continues to pour billions of dollars into U.S. real estate, it repeatedly calls upon Simpson’s Gregory J. Ressa, one of Law360’s 2016 Real Estate MVPs, for help.

  • December 09, 2016

    International Arbitration MVP: Dechert's Arif Ali

    Dechert LLP partner Arif Ali has continued distinguishing himself this year as the go-to counsel in commercial and investment arbitrations spanning a variety of areas, including internet governance, energy, mining and hospitality, earning him a spot on Law360's 2016 MVP list.

  • December 09, 2016

    Hospitality MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary Axelrod

    As co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP’s hospitality, gaming and leisure group, Gary Axelrod spent 2016 representing clients in major transactions from Starwood’s $1.5 billion sale of its timeshare group to a $180 million sale-leaseback on a Boston property, landing him on Law360’s 2016 MVP list.

  • December 08, 2016

    Securities MVP: Weil Gotshal's Jonathan Polkes

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Jonathan Polkes won a major jury verdict for Morgan Stanley in a rare trial — the bank’s first in a decade — over a Russian oligarch’s insider trading suit and crafted a novel argument in a Second Circuit case over companies’ right to fire uncooperative employees, making him one of Law360’s 2016 Securities MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Grant & Eisenhofer's Stuart Grant

    After helping Dole Food Co. Inc. shareholders take a $148 million bite out of company executives for engaging in fraud to depress Dole’s value ahead of a go-private deal and also scoring a boosted stock price appraisal for Dell Inc. investors, Stuart Grant of Grant & Eisenhofer PA has earned a spot among Law360’s 2016 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Sullivan's Stewart M. Robertson

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Stewart M. Robertson cemented his spot among Law360’s 2016 Project Finance MVPs by guiding Tengizchevroil LLP through its $16 billion project financing to back the $42.5 billion expansion and modification of upstream operations at a super giant oilfield in Kazakhstan — the second largest project financing ever.

  • December 08, 2016

    Capitals Markets MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Scott Miller

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Scott Miller steered Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari’s landmark, $893 million initial public offering, which led to a historic spinoff from Fiat Chrysler, and guided an array of multibillion-dollar debt offerings during the past year, earning himself a spot among Law360’s Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Energy MVP: Bracewell's John Klauberg

    Guiding Great Plains Energy Inc.'s $12.2 billion acquisition of Kansas utility Westar Inc. was the largest of several big-ticket deals brokered in the electric power space that's earned Bracewell LLP partner John Klauberg a spot on the list of Law360's 2016 Energy MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Appellate MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey B. Wall

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP appellate litigator Jeffrey B. Wall turned out an impressive slate of wins over the past year, including helping convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a rigid lower court's test over awarding enhanced damages in patent cases, landing him on Law360's 2016 list of Appellate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Davis Polk's Brian S. Lichter

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Brian S. Lichter's work on some of New York City's biggest development projects and real estate deals have landed him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    Telecom MVP: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker

    From broadcasters to wireless and cable companies, Gibson Dunn’s Helgi Walker's work this year has spanned the industry as she’s taken on multiple levels of policy and enforcement action, winning a major ownership case for broadcasters and getting recognition as one of Law360’s 2016 telecom MVPs.

  • December 08, 2016

    IP MVP: Paul Hastings' Joseph O'Malley

    Joseph O'Malley of Paul Hastings LLP secured a victory for Helsinn Healthcare SA in a patent suit against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. that established groundbreaking precedent on the on-sale bar rule under the America Invents Act, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of IP MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Securities MVP: Gibson Dunn's Mark Kirsch

    Gibson Dunn's Mark Kirsch scored victories in securities litigation for UBS, Coty and Merck, along with a rare win against a collateral trustee for private equity magnate Lynn Tilton, showing the versatility of his practice and making him one of Law360's 2016 Securities MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins LLP's Michael Holmes

    Scoring a critical win for Energy Transfer Equity LP that vindicated its decision to halt plans for a $38 billion merger with The Williams Cos. Inc., Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Michael Holmes has earned his place among Law360's 2016 Energy MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    IP MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu

    Irell & Manella LLP partner Morgan Chu won a $234 million patent verdict against Apple and helped Skechers beat back trademark litigation from Nike’s Converse, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Harder

    Heading Nossaman LLP’s infrastructure practice group, Patrick Harder has represented clients in the past year on projects across California and the United States totaling more than $5 billion, earning a spot among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Consumer Protection MVP: Arnold & Porter's James Speyer

    Arnold & Porter LLP partner James F. Speyer cemented his spot among Law360’s Consumer Protection MVPs by successfully defending major retailers against class actions alleging deceptive price comparisons, a feat that included revealing a suit against Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. to be a sham.

  • December 07, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Jonathan Gardner

    Labaton Sucharow LLP's Jonathan Gardner has built a reputation for stacking up strong cases for investors accusing major companies like Nu Skin and Barrick Gold of securities fraud, netting almost $275 million for his clients last year and earning him a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Banking MVP: Debevoise's Gregory Lyons

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Gregory Lyons helped a wide variety of banks, nonbank firms and trade groups navigate the choppy global regulatory and transactional waters over the course of the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Banking MVPs for 2016.

  • December 07, 2016

    Health MVP: Latham & Watkins' Daniel Meron

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Daniel Meron brought in a major victory for the University of Massachusetts Medical School when the First Circuit granted it immunity in a False Claims Act suit, and is helping UnitedHealthcare navigate its own FCA litigation, making him one of Law360's Health MVPs of 2016.

  • December 07, 2016

    Telecom MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Peter Karanjia

    Peter Karanjia of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has played a key role over the last year for clients fending off actions from regulators and helping to guide a settlement for Charter Communications as it sought merger deal approval, work that once again earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Telecom MVPs.