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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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October 27, 2023
MVP: Willkie's Archie Fallon
Archie Fallon of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's project finance practice shepherded Haddington Ventures in the complex formation of Haddington ESP I LP to finance what will be the largest green hydrogen platform in the world, advised PBF Energy in its joint venture of a renewable diesel biorefinery, and represented Tokyo-based Mitsui in its strategic alliance to develop an underground carbon capture facility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 26, 2023
MVP: Squire Patton's Alethia N. Nancoo
Alethia N. Nancoo of Squire Patton Boggs LLP acted as issuer's counsel to the New York Transportation Development Corp. in connection with the construction of a new airport terminal and advised on several other major public-private partnership deals, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 25, 2023
MVP: O'Melveny's Denise Raytis
Denise Raytis of O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped lead the firm's multifaceted work on major facilities projects at New York's John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports and at Los Angeles International Airport, and worked on a public-private partnership toll road project in Puerto Rico, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 24, 2023
MVP: Kaplan Kirsch's Adam Giuliano
Adam Giuliano of Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP helped Los Angeles World Airports craft a pre-development agreement to hire a team that will manage a makeover of its air cargo operations and advised the Chicago Transit Authority on a $2.1 billion rail line project, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 23, 2023
MVP: Covington's Ursula Owczarkowski
Ursula Owczarkowski, of Covington & Burling LLP's project finance practice, guided ACWA Power through two projects in Saudi Arabia — an $8.4 billion megaproject to use solar and wind power to produce green hydrogen, and a $639 million reverse osmosis desalination plant conversion — earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Project Finance MVPs.
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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.
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September 15, 2022
MVP: Skadden's Julia Czarniak
Julia Czarniak of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP was lead underwriters' counsel in a $12.5 billion bond offering by Qatar Energy in the Middle East's largest corporate issuance, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 14, 2022
MVP: Shearman's Dan Feldman
Dan Feldman of Shearman & Sterling LLP's project development and finance practice advised lenders on the $12 billion Jazan power plant project in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 13, 2022
MVP: Morrison Foerster's Greg Smith
Gregory Smith of Morrison Foerster LLP's agency finance group has guided clients in financing deals such as an $85 million transaction for an innovative clean energy project in Brazil and a $25 million solar energy project in India, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 12, 2022
MVP: Kirkland's Rob Eberhardt
As part of a $2.3 billion debt financing project, Rob Eberhardt of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led a team that shepherded Vineyard Wind through the process of creating the first U.S. commercial-scale offshore wind farm, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 09, 2022
MVP: Covington's Agnieszka Klich
Agnieszka Klich of Covington & Burling LLP worked on the $12 billion Jazan power plant project and $1.5 billion Red Sea gigacity utilities infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia, and the Redstone Concentrated Solar Power project in South Africa, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Project Finance MVPs.
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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.
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September 23, 2021
MVP: Pillsbury's Mona Dajani
Mona Dajani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP was part of a team that clinched a major renewable natural gas business combination, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 22, 2021
MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael E. Pikiel Jr.
Michael E. Pikiel Jr. lead a Winston & Strawn LLP team that advised note purchasers in the sale of about $479 million of senior secured notes by Prince George's County Education & Community Partners LLC for a first-of-its-kind project to imagine, build, finance and maintain six new public schools, securing him a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 21, 2021
MVP: Latham's Jeff Greenberg
Jeff Greenberg of Latham & Watkins LLP advised LS Power Equity Advisors LLC and Bolt Energy FinanceCo on a $300 million financing of multiple battery energy storage expansions in California, including the world's largest battery storage project, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 20, 2021
MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten
Ben Shorten of Shearman & Sterling helped broker a multifaceted $10.5 billion financial restructuring on a joint venture between Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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September 17, 2021
MVP: Norton Rose's Becky Diffen
Becky Diffen of Norton Rose Fulbright spent the past year working with some of the largest players in the renewable energy space, including representing the competitive division of National Grid PLC through an offshore wind joint venture and guiding the sale of a solar power producer and developer to a BP unit for $220 million, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.
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August 30, 2021
Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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October 30, 2020
MVP: Pillsbury's Mona Dajani
Mona Dajani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's project finance practice helped close a $230 million hotel loan deal in a month during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped CMS Enterprises purchase a majority stake in the Aviator Wind project, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 29, 2020
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Rick Filosa
Rick Filosa of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's project finance, infrastructure and natural resources practice led a team on the $1.6 billion financing of a giant natural gas power plant in Ohio and facilitated the financing for another major power project in Pennsylvania, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 28, 2020
MVP: Mayer Brown's Doug Doetsch
Doug Doetsch of Mayer Brown LLP's helped renegotiate financing agreements for some of the largest airport concessionaires in South America after the novel coronavirus pandemic uprooted their ability to stick to agreed-upon payment schedules, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 27, 2020
MVP: Latham's Matt Henegar
Matt Henegar, working with Latham & Watkins LLP's project finance practice, took the lead on the firm's work on Ares Management's Aviator Wind energy project and other major renewable projects, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 26, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Brian Greene
Brian Greene of Kirkland & Ellis LLP worked on a pair of significant refinancings involving the Freeport liquefied natural gas facility in Texas, including one valued at $3.4 billion, and assisted a client with a loan so that a solar business could take advantage of a tax credit, making him one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance MVPs.
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October 04, 2020
Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.