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.
  • October 28, 2024

    MVP: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Joseph Saveri

    Joseph Saveri of Joseph Saveri Law Firm has tackled some of the year's biggest antitrust class action cases — winning settlements for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, competitive cheer teams and Jackson Hewitt employees — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.

  • October 25, 2024

    MVP: Hueston Hennigan's John C. Hueston

    John C. Hueston of Hueston Hennigan LLP led his firm to victory against Google twice last year, once on behalf of dating service company Match and then was invited onto the Epic Games trial team, where he helped convince a jury that the tech behemoth had used its app store to stifle competition, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.

  • October 24, 2024

    MVP: Skadden's Steve Sunshine

    Steve Sunshine, global head of antitrust at Skadden, led a team representing Activision Blizzard through its $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft and secured the dismissal of major antitrust claims for Apple, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 MVPs.

  • October 23, 2024

    MVP: Weil's Michael Moiseyev

    Michael Moiseyev of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has helped tech behemoth Microsoft navigate a gauntlet of regulators across different countries and knock out antitrust challenges to large transactions, including its buy of Activision Blizzard, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition and Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 22, 2024

    MVP: Proskauer Rose's Christopher Ondeck

    Christopher Ondeck of Proskauer Rose LLP helped convince a jury to reject claims that Sanderson Farms conspired to limit chicken production, allowing the company to escape $7 billion in potential damages after scoring key pretrial wins in the massive case, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Competition MVPs.

  • October 21, 2024

    MVP: Latham's Amanda Reeves

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Amanda Reeves successfully defended a merger of major sugar manufacturers at the Third Circuit, navigated multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical deals through Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, and geared up for a significant FTC transaction challenge, carving out a spot as one of the Law360 2024 Competition MVPs.

  • October 18, 2024

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Renata B. Hesse

    Renata Hesse, co-head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's antitrust group, had a busy year. Her work in Canadian Pacific's $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern led to the creation of the first single-line rail network connecting Canada, the United States and Mexico. Meanwhile, the counsel she provided Amgen in its $28.3 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics helped the biotech company defend against a challenge by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Her leadership and counsel in those transactions and other matters earned her a spot among Law360's 2023 Competition MVPs. 

  • October 12, 2023

    MVP: Skadden's Karen M. Lent

    Karen M. Lent of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped defend the PGA Tour in a massive antitrust lawsuit brought by its own golfers, which ended in a settlement between the organization and its competitor LIV Golf Inc., earning her a place among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Justin Bernick

    Justin Bernick of Hogan Lovells successfully defended lock-maker Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement business from a challenge by the U.S. Department of Justice, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sara Razi

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Sara Razi got Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group's $13 billion merger to the finish line amid attacks from state and federal regulators and helped HCA Healthcare overcome antitrust claims over a hospital deal, landing her a spot among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: DiCello Levitt's Greg Asciolla

    Greg Asciolla of DiCello Levitt LLP's antitrust and competition litigation practice has sustained widespread actions against huge companies like Raytheon over their alleged collusion over non-poaching agreements and kept alive a dispute against large financial companies suppressing the prices of platinum and palladium, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Competition and Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 06, 2023

    MVP: Cravath's David R. Marriott

    David R. Marriott of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP scored an important early win against a Federal Trade Commission merger challenge, successfully defending Illumina's purchase of Grail on agency complaint staff's own turf, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 01, 2023

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 171 Attys At 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's John Terzaken

    John Terzaken of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped score dismissals in an antitrust case for Deutsche Bank involving complex financial instruments and for Micron in a price-fixing case over memory chips, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 22, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' William Isaacson

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner William Isaacson helped beat the first government antitrust case against Amazon.com Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 21, 2022

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' J. Clayton 'Clay' Everett Jr.

    J. Clayton "Clay" Everett Jr. helped lead a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP team to an acquittal for DaVita Inc. and its former chief executive on all counts of conspiring with three other companies to suppress competition in the employment market, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 20, 2022

    MVP: King & Spalding's Norman 'Norm' Armstrong

    Norm Armstrong of King & Spalding LLP led teams throughout the year in successful trial cases and resolutions to regulatory investigations, including a jury win in Delaware federal court that favored his client, German chemical company BASF, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 19, 2022

    MVP: Jones Day's David C. Kiernan And Jeffrey A. LeVee

    David C. Kiernan and Jeffrey A. LeVee of Jones Day helped Sutter Health secure a complete win at trial in a massive class action seeking $1.2 billion in damages over allegations that it used restrictive insurance contracts to raise prices, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 16, 2022

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Rachel S. Brass

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Rachel S. Brass helped develop class certification law by successfully defending fast-food franchises against major "no-poach" litigation, and she helped achieve a win for Apple against Epic Games, carving out a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 02, 2022

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2022 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 13, 2021

    MVP: Shearman's Stephen Fishbein

    Stephen Fishbein of Shearman & Sterling LLP helped get a major Federal Trade Commission enforcement against 1-800 Contacts overturned, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.

  • September 10, 2021

    MVP: Wachtell's Nelson Fitts

    Nelson Fitts of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped clients successfully avoid challenges from the Federal Trade Commission in multibillion-dollar deals in the pharmaceutical and gas retail sectors while also working on what could be the first merger between major U.S. railroads in 20 years, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.

  • September 09, 2021

    MVP: Skadden's Ingrid Vandenborre

    Ingrid Vandenborre of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP won over the European Commission on commitments that ended a three-year probe into Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, making her one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.

  • September 08, 2021

    MVP: Cravath's Gary A. Bornstein

    Gary A. Bornstein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped Qualcomm get reversed a Federal Trade Commission trial win that could have fundamentally rewritten the chipmaker's business model, making him one of Law360's 2021 Competition MVPs.

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