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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.
  • November 19, 2024

    MVP: Covington's Catherine Dargan

    Catherine Dargan of Covington & Burling LLP represented Bristol Myers Squibb Co. in its $14 billion acquisition of the company that developed Cobenfy — the first new drug in 35 years to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating schizophrenia — earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 19, 2024

    MVP: Jones Day's Melissa Mitchum

    Melissa Mitchum led Jones Day's structured finance team in negotiating several meaningful transactions over the past year, including TotalEnergies' equity investment in the Rio Grande LNG project and Guidehouse's launch of the first-ever multi-seller Small Business Administration unguaranteed securitization, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instrument MVPs.

  • November 19, 2024

    MVP: Latham's Roman Martinez

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Roman Martinez outdid himself this year, helping to tear down the Chevron deference doctrine in a landmark Supreme Court case and upending existing precedent in another win on behalf of a $70 billion retirement fund, making him one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 21, 2024

    MVP: McKool Smith's Courtney Statfeld

    Courtney Statfeld of McKool Smith's commercial litigation practice led residential mortgage-backed securities investors in winning recent landmark cases entitling them to millions of dollars in compensation, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.

  • November 18, 2024

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Naveed Anwar

    Naveed Anwar of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has represented KKR & Co. Inc. in multiple multibillion-dollar acquisitions and was instrumental in advising on Hellman & Friedman LLC's partial sale of Hub International Ltd. to minority investors, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

  • November 18, 2024

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam

    Kannon Shanmugam, chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice, won a precedent-setting Second Circuit decision in a $13 billion Goldman Sachs shareholder class action, got a criminal conviction thrown out for former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, and persuaded the Nevada Supreme Court that a former Las Vegas Raiders head coach must arbitrate his leaked-email claims against the NFL, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 18, 2024

    MVP: Davis Wright's Rachel Strom

    Rachel Strom of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has been busy this past year making sure a documentary about Wendy Williams would air and successfully representing ABC in a copyright challenge against its popular show "Abbott Elementary," earning her a spot among Law360's 2024 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 18, 2024

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Amanda Austin

    Amanda Austin of Ropes & Gray's life sciences practice guided Pfizer through its $7 billion deal with Flagship Pioneering, advised Fulcrum Therapeutics in its blockbuster collaboration with Sanofi, and was lead counsel to Ginkgo Bioworks, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 18, 2024

    MVP: Seyfarth's Amy Hoang

    Amy Hoang of Seyfarth Shaw LLP has successfully challenged the Small Business Administration's interpretation of its own regulations and protested and defended a $170 million contract award, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 18, 2024

    MVP: McDermott's Allison Wilkerson

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Allison Wilkerson led the firm's employee stock ownership plan practice group through numerous high-profile deals this year, including accounting firm BDO's $1.3 billion transaction to create its ESOP and multiple acquisitions of ESOP-owned companies, landing her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Benefits MVPs.

  • November 15, 2024

    MVP: King & Spalding's Stephen J. Orava

    Stephen Orava, chair of King & Spalding's global trade practice, brought a family-owned pea protein company across the finish line when the U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously affirmed that plant proteins from China were hurting the domestic industry and took the reins on developing strategies targeting the potential impacts of China's overcapacity in chemical sectors, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Trade MVPs.

  • November 15, 2024

    MVP: Weil's Stephanie E. Srulowitz

    Stephanie E. Srulowitz of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's U.S. private funds practice led real estate investment firm Crow Holdings Capital Partners in raising a $3.1 billion Fund X, guided Lee Equity Partners to close an oversubscribed $1.3 billion Fund IV and shepherded Graycliff Partners in a $600 million fundraise push, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • November 15, 2024

    MVP: McNicholas & McNicholas' Matthew McNicholas

    This past year, Matthew McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP secured a trio of multimillion-dollar verdicts on behalf of police officers who alleged they were mistreated by their departments, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment MVPs.

  • November 15, 2024

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's Lisa S. Blatt

    Lisa S. Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP's appellate practice won high-profile victories at the U.S. Supreme Court involving injunctions against employers and the scope of federal bribery law in corruption cases, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 15, 2024

    MVP: Sidley's Mehdi Khodadad

    Mehdi Khodadad of Sidley Austin LLP's private equity practice advised Clearlake Capital Group LP and its partners through more than $18 billion worth of transactions in a year marked by high interest rates, including the $4.4 billion take-private deal for artificial intelligence company Alteryx Inc., earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

  • November 15, 2024

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Tim McCrystal

    Tim McCrystal, co-chair of Ropes & Gray LLP's healthcare practice, has guided clients through serious regulatory changes, including advising Vistria Portfolio Co. in its acquisition of Recco Home Care Services Inc. and representing Gentiva in the $350 million sale of its personal care business, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: Davis Polk's Joe Hall

    Joe Hall, a partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's capital markets practice, resolved multiple matters that were years in the making when he helped bring a bitcoin exchange-traded product to market and removed long-standing liquidity roadblocks for certain Visa stockholders, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz

    Jason C. Schwartz, a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, secured rulings from the bench in a case about his client Fearless Foundation's awarding of grants to Black female entrepreneurs and in another dispute representing DraftKings as the company sought to stop a former executive from soliciting customers ahead of the Super Bowl, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Jessica Ellsworth

    Jessica Ellsworth of Hogan Lovells' appellate practice argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Danco Laboratories, leading to the overturning of a decision that threatened to block access to the company's abortion medication, and on behalf of Coinbase, resulting in a holding that it is up to judges, not arbitrators, to figure out if contracts between businesses and consumers have subtly superseded earlier agreements to proceed in arbitration rather than litigation. The back-to-back arguments helped earn her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: King & Spalding's Richard Zall

    Richard Zall of King & Spalding LLP's healthcare practice guided Lehigh Valley Health Network through a $14 billion merger with Jefferson Health, worked on the sale of two Ascension healthcare facilities, and helped secure close to $90 million in early-stage funding for Eleanor Health, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Matt Abbott

    Matt Abbott of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's private equity practice group advised Canadian real estate firm Tricon Residential in its $3.5 billion buyout by American firm Blackstone Real Estate, guided private equity firm General Atlantic through its acquisition of energy infrastructure firm Actis and helped private equity giant TPG with its investment in human resources and technology services platform G&A Partners, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: Covington's Heather Finstuen

    Covington & Burling LLP's Heather Finstuen won regulatory approval for two companies' $7.9 billion acquisition of a nuclear power company, Westinghouse Electric Co., and BAE Systems Inc.'s $5.6 billion purchase of Ball Aerospace, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Trade MVPs.

  • November 14, 2024

    MVP: Kirkland's Robert Blaustein

    Robert Blaustein of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's investment funds practice group currently counsels 10 funds seeking more than $50 billion of capital, and has led sponsors in raising more than $100 billion in aggregate capital, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • November 13, 2024

    MVP: White & Case's David Bond

    White & Case LLP's David Bond convinced the U.S. International Trade Commission to hit the brakes on duties for a German steel company and freed an Italian aluminum company from the specter of antidumping duties, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 International Trade MVPs.

  • November 13, 2024

    MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Eric Klein

    Eric Klein of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's national healthcare practice helped navigate the regulatory approvals required in several states to complete a $4 billion partnership between Elevance Health and private investment firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.