Eight Sullivan & Cromwell partners have been honored as Law360 MVPs—the second most of any law firm—recognizing their exceptional achievements in high-impact matters across a range of practice areas. The awards highlight the Firm’s continued excellence in delivering innovative legal strategies and precedent-setting results for clients around the world.
Nicolas Bourtin in White Collar
Nic is the Managing Partner of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Criminal Defense and Investigations Group and a co-head of the Firm’s FCPA and Anti-Corruption Group. He combines his tenure as a federal prosecutor with nearly two decades of experience guiding many of the world’s largest multinational companies through their highest stakes matters. Nic’s recent matters include advising TD Bank on its $3 billion settlement with regulators; Discover on enforcement matters related to its $50.6 billion merger with Capital One; and Salman Rushdie on a variety of legal matters.
James Bromley in Bankruptcy
Jim, the Co-Head of S&C’s Global Restructuring Practice, is a trusted senior adviser who has led some of the most complex restructurings in history and has decades of first-chair trial experience in matters that drive headline business news. Jim’s recent matters include guiding SVB Financial Group out of bankruptcy; coordinating FTX’s $14+ billion Chapter 11 reorganization; protecting Major League Baseball’s rights in the Diamond Sports bankruptcy; and advising Sphere Entertainment in its restructuring of $800 million of debt relating to MSG Networks.
Mitchell Eitel in Banking
Mitch is Managing Partner of our Financial Services Group and has a broad practice covering the needs of S&C’s financial services clients. He advised Discover on its $50.6 billion merger with Capital One; Apollo in structuring a ground-breaking partnership with Citigroup to form a $25 billion private credit, direct lending program; HomeStreet on its pending merger with Mechanics Bank; Ally on the sale of its credit card portfolio and platform to CardWorks; and KeyCorp on its $2.8 billion minority investment from Scotiabank.
Mike Ringler in Technology
Mike is Co-Head of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Technology Group. Resident in the Firm’s Palo Alto office, Mike is a nationally recognized M&A adviser, focusing on technology-related industries. His recent deals include advising on the $113 billion merger of xAI and X; X on amended credit agreements and issuances of $1.225 billion and $4.74 billion in fixed-rate first-lien term loans, and xAI on $5 billion debt and $5 billion equity financings.
Jeffrey Scott in Securities
Jeff is Co-Head of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice. He is a nationally recognized civil litigator who has secured significant successes for clients in a wide range of areas, including as a first-chair trial lawyer and in high-profile regulatory and enforcement matters. Jeff’s recent representations include winning the first insider-trading trial in Delaware Chancery Court for Rock Holdings; obtaining dismissals of three securities lawsuits against Barclays targeting a $17 billion over-issuance; obtaining reversal in an RMBS case against Barclays Bank; and defeating class certification in a stockholder action against Rocket Companies and Rock Holdings.
Ralston Turbeville Jr. in Real Estate
Ral is a partner in the Firm’s Commercial Real Estate Group who advises clients on the acquisition, disposition and financing of significant real estate assets and related transactions. His recent matters include Tishman Speyer’s $3.5 billion refinancing of Rockefeller Center and $2.85 billion refinancing of The Spiral; Vornado’s $935 million master lease with New York University; Vornado subsidiary Alexander’s $400 million mortgage refinancing; and Vornado’s $350 million sale of UNIQLO’s U.S. flagship store to UNIQLO.
Jeffrey Wall in Appellate
Jeff is the head of S&C’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice and a former Acting U.S. Solicitor General who has argued more than 30 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. His recent matters include winning a Supreme Court ruling on standing for Diamond Alternative Energy; successfully challenging the FCC’s “Net Neutrality” rules on behalf of the broadband industry; invalidating a $650 million award in the landmark bellwether opioid litigation; and defeating multibillion-dollar claims for Canadian Pacific.
Isaac Wheeler in Tax
Isaac is Co-Head of the Firm's Tax Group and represents a wide range of clients, including financial institutions and other multinational corporations, asset managers, real estate developers and private individuals. Isaac’s recent matters include advising RedBird Capital Partners on the formation of ‘New Paramount’; xAI and X on a $113 billion merger; Tishman Speyer on the $3.5 billion refinancing of Rockefeller Center; Boeing on its $8.3 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems; and the New York Liberty on investments by strategic investors.