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November 17, 2025
Isaac Wheeler of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax practice advised RedBird Capital Partners on the Skydance and Paramount deal, helped xAI and X on a $113 billion transaction related to their merger and guided Tishman Speyer on its $3.5 billion refinancing of Rockefeller Center, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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November 14, 2025
Pardis Zomorodi, partner at Latham & Watkins LLP's transactional tax practice in Los Angeles, has guided companies through the tax aspects of major complex transactions, including 2024's largest IPO and the high-profile merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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November 13, 2025
Adam Kool, a tax partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, spent the past year advising on high-profile, industry-transforming transactions. Kool's work on AbbVie's $63 billion acquisition of the pharmaceutical giant Allergan, GTCR's pending $24.25 billion sale of global payment processing company Worldpay and other billion-dollar transactions has earned him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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November 12, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland's Maria Todorova secured a pivotal win for Duke Energy by successfully arguing that South Carolina's investment tax credit statute allowed the company to claim $20 million for qualifying investments, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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November 10, 2025
The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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October 25, 2024
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Tijana J. Dvornic led the firm's tax team in representing Lumen Technologies in the largest liability management transaction outside of bankruptcy protections, including addressing over $15 billion of existing debt, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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October 24, 2024
Rachel D. Kleinberg, a co-leader of the global tax practice at Sidley Austin LLP, headed up a tax team to represent investors in a consortium that led to the $6.05 billion sale of the NFL's Washington Commanders, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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October 23, 2024
Sullivan & Cromwell's S. Eric Wang advised clients on the tax law implications of major deals over the past year, including a transaction that created the largest gas utility company in North America, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 2024 Tax MVPs.
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October 22, 2024
Chuck Hodges, a tax partner with Jones Day, led a gravel company to victory in May at the U.S. Tax Court in a case regarding an $11.1 million sale of a freeway pit, helping him earn a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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October 21, 2024
Brian Krause of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's tax practice designed a novel tax approach for the merger of World Wrestling Entertainment and Ultimate Fighting Championship, raced to create a tax-free deal in the final days of a Texas "wildcatter" hoping to sell his oil company, and advised Chevron in its $60 billion acquisition of Hess Corp., earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Tax MVPs.
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October 18, 2024
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 30, 2023
Through work on notable transactions including Amgen's purchase of Horizon Therapeutics and Pfizer's acquisition of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Davis J. Wang, co-head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax group, has been recognized as one of Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 27, 2023
Amanda Nussbaum of Proskauer Rose LLP served as lead tax counsel for the owners of the Denver Broncos in their $4.65 billion sale of the NFL franchise last year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 26, 2023
Mayer Brown LLP's Brian Kittle secured several significant decisions for his clients in transfer pricing and partnership controversy matters, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 MVPs in Tax.
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October 25, 2023
Katharine Moir of Latham & Watkins LLP's tax practice led technology investment firm Silver Lake through a $12.5 billion acquisition of Qualtrics, advised on the acquisition of an Indiana gas and electric utility, and worked on Madison Dearborn Partners' $1.8 billion acquisition of MoneyGram International, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 24, 2023
Eric S. Tresh of Eversheds Sutherland successfully argued that a federal law preempted New York from imposing a gross receipts tax on certain Verizon services, freeing the company from more than $12 million in additional tax, earning him a place among Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 23, 2023
Baker McKenzie's Joseph "Jud" Judkins has led the way in applying key administrative law principles to tax guidance, including representing FedEx this year in a successful challenge against repatriation regulations, landing him a spot among Law360's 2023 Tax MVPs.
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October 01, 2023
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 23, 2022
Isaac Wheeler of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax practice led a team guiding AT&T to its $106.5 billion spinoff of WarnerMedia and merger with Discovery. He also advised Standard Industries Holdings on the tax aspects of its $7 billion acquisition of W. R. Grace & Co. and helped Goldman Sachs on the tax aspects of its $2.2 billion acquisition of fintech company GreenSky. These were just a few of the deals he worked on to earn a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 22, 2022
Nathan W. Giesselman, tax partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked on major deals, including a $30 billion joint venture where he represented Intel, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 21, 2022
Liesl Fichardt of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped settle a $198 billion tax battle between Barrick Gold and the Tanzanian government, resolving a long-running dispute that created a template for business-government partnerships in the continent and earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 20, 2022
Latham & Watkins LLP's Jean Pawlow has represented Netflix as tax counsel in its string of successes in class actions across federal and state courts against claims that it was liable for state-based franchise fees, earning her a spot among Law360 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 19, 2022
Eversheds Sutherland tax partner Jeffrey Friedman led Comcast and Verizon's challenge to Maryland's novel digital advertising tax, and he helped SiriusXM secure a key victory in Texas in a sourcing dispute, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 16, 2022
Lauren Angelilli — the first woman to lead Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's tax department — advised Canadian National Railway Co. in a proposed $33.6 billion combination with Kansas City Southern, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Tax MVPs.
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September 02, 2022
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.