Rankings: Rising Stars

Law360’s Rising Stars profiles the top legal talent under 40. The winners are comprised of top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys. Submissions highlight the winner’s age and reasons why his or her record deserves attention.
  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Jeremy Chase

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Jeremy Chase has helped win key legal battles centering on the press and the First Amendment, including defeating a lawsuit seeking to block publication of a book by former President Donald Trump's niece, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Devora Allon

    Drugmakers facing multidistrict litigation — such as a generic pricing antitrust litigation in Pennsylvania federal court — often turn to Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Devora Allon to represent them, earning her a spot among the top life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Arpan Sura

    Arpan A. Sura of Hogan Lovells scored a big win on behalf of a coalition of health care, financial services and utility companies that use automatic calls amid a Federal Communications Commission crackdown on spam callers, earning him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Mattos Filho's Alexandre Arlota

    Alexandre Arlota of Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados has done pioneering work on major development projects in Brazil, putting him among the top construction attorneys under age 40 whom Law360 has honored as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2021

    Rising Star: Sidley's Brenna Jenny

    While working for the federal government, Sidley Austin LLP's Brenna Jenny helped lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in responding to COVID-19 during the first part of the pandemic, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Adam Paterno

    Adam J. Paterno of Holland & Knight LLP has been the legal brains behind an array of building developments and renovations, including the redevelopment of the "home of the New Year's Eve Ball Drop" at 1 Times Square, scoring him a spot among the top construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Skadden's Chadé Severin

    Chadé Severin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP drove complex deals in the biopharma sector, including Gilead's $4.9 billion acquisition of cancer immunotherapy firm Forty Seven Inc., landing her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Erin J. Cox

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner Erin Cox spent the last decade dutifully defending Disney movies like "Frozen" and "Inside Out" as well as its "Muppet Babies" reboot from copyright claims, earning her a spot among media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Andrew Golodny

    Andrew Golodny of Steptoe & Johnson LLP represented Dish Network on its journey from opposing the Sprint-T-Mobile megamerger to successfully winning merger conditions that prominently included Dish, earning him a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2021

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Andrew O'Connor

    Andrew O'Connor of Ropes & Gray LLP has represented global pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt PLC in government investigations and multidistrict litigation, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Matthew Goldstein

    Matthew Goldstein of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP advised Apollo Global Management LLC in developing a $24.7 billion private equity fund, earning him a spot among the fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Stephanie Bell

    Stephanie Bell of Wiley Rein LLP has earned a reputation as a steadfast advocate for her clients in industries that span the globe — and make products like diamond saw blades and wood flooring — in cases that have far-reaching impact, earning her a spot among the international trade practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Meg McIntyre

    Meg McIntyre of Hogan Lovells has advised Dell Technologies on multibillion-dollar transactions, including its recent sale of cybersecurity firm RSA, earning her a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 01, 2021

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Lin W. Kahn

    Jones Day's Lin W. Kahn has helped run merger and conduct investigations at the Federal Trade Commission and has also amassed considerable trial experience working on antitrust matters at the agency and in private practice, earning her a spot among the top competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2021

    Rising Star: Saul Ewing's Jonathan A. Havens

    Jonathan Havens of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP launched the cannabis practice at his firm and then helped double its revenue from 2019 to 2020, earning him a spot among the cannabis law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeannette Bander

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Jeannette Bander has advised companies such as DraftKings, AT&T and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on the executive compensation and corporate governance aspects of major corporate transactions, landing her a spot among the top benefits law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Martín Esteban Strauch

    Martín Strauch of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has advised major investment firms and equity funds on raising billions of dollars of revenue, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Nathan Mitchell

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Nathan Mitchell helped secure Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approval for Capgemini SE's $4.1 billion tender offer for a rival and Zayo Group Holdings' $14.3 billion sale, landing him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Dechert's Laurence Bary

    Laurence Bary of Dechert LLP navigated the antitrust laws of the stars by helping shepherd the purchase of Europe's only space launch company, making her one of the top competition attorneys under 40 named by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Leslie Bailey

    Leslie Bailey of Arnold & Porter has successfully represented Korean steel producers and a Canadian province in disputes over U.S. tariffs on imports, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Jarrett Hoffman

    Jarrett Hoffman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has played a key role in crafting the executive compensation packages at the heart of multibillion-dollar transactions among the world's most recognizable companies, including representing IBM in its largest-ever acquisition, landing him among the benefits practitioners younger than 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Cravath's Lauren Roberta Kennedy

    Lauren Roberta Kennedy of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has established herself as a top-tier competition attorney, having represented companies like American Express and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in high-stakes litigation, earning her a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Katie St. Peters

    Katie St. Peters of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led private equity firm Thoma Bravo's formation and fundraising of nearly $23 billion in funds while managing over 30 attorneys and navigating the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, earning her a spot among fund formation attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Goodwin's Jaime Santos

    Jaime Santos of Goodwin Procter LLP focuses on ERISA litigation within her appellate litigation practice, and she secured the dismissal of a class action against General Electric Co. at the Second Circuit, earning her a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Jonathan Wakely

    Jonathan Wakely of Covington & Burling LLP guided Qualcomm's interactions with CFIUS amid the largest-ever attempted hostile takeover of a technology firm, earning him a spot among the top international trade attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

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