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 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Goldman Ismail's Edward Dumoulin

    Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP's Edward Dumoulin's work representing Bayer in mass tort litigation over a contrast dye agent used in medical imaging, and Merck in claims alleging that its HPV vaccine Gardasil causes injuries, won him a spot on Law360's list of product liability Rising Stars for 2023.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Andrew Krause

    Andrew Krause of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has represented General Electric on every step of its long unwinding, Amazon on its $1.7 billion iRobot and $3.9 billion One Medical acquisitions, and Qualcomm on its $4.5 billion purchase of Veoneer with SSW Partners, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Katy Peaslee

    Susman Godfrey LLP's Katy Peaslee was a leading attorney on the team that helped Dominion Voting Systems secure a $787 million settlement in its defamation suit against the media giant Fox Corp., earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Katy McNeil

    Mayer Brown LLP's Katy C. McNeil has represented clients in financing major renewable energy projects, including Credit Suisse's $300 million financing for community, commercial and industrial solar projects across the U.S., earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Kristen Poole

    Kristen Poole of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has worked on high-stakes deals in the private equity space, including a recent one that carried an enterprise value of $16 billion, earning her a spot among the fund private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Katherine McBride

    Katherine McBride of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP enjoys complicated cases and learning about different types of tech, pushing her career toward the automotive industry and earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Shearman's Derrick Lott

    Derrick Lott of Shearman & Sterling LLP served as lead counsel for the deal team representing CVS Health Corp. in its $10.6 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health Inc., and advised JetBlue in its $3.8 billion hostile takeover of Spirit Airlines, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Thad Hartmann

    Thad Hartmann of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised the XFL on its relaunch this spring and guided Twenty-First Century Fox through its $71.3 billion acquisition by The Walt Disney Co., earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: White & Case's James Hu

    White & Case LLP's James Hu has worked on some of the biggest transactions in life sciences during his career, including helping Danaher to buy General Electric's biopharma portfolio for $21.4 billion while at a former firm, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Kevin Jang

    Quinn Emanuel attorney Kevin Jang has helped guide international tech firms including Google and Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek to victory in high-stakes patent disputes, earning him a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Hughes Hubbard's Fara Tabatabai

    Fara Tabatabai of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP helped Tepco, a Japanese company at the center of the Fukushima meltdown, defend a contract dispute that ended up awarding a small portion of the $700 million the company stood to lose, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's Neema Sahni

    Since starting her career at Covington & Burling LLP over a decade ago, Neema Sahni has helped lead high-powered litigation teams representing clients such as Universal, Warner, Sony, CBS Interactive and the NFL, earning her a spot among media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law 360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Lindsay Borgeson

    Lindsay Borgeson of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spearheaded health care company Owens & Minor's $1.6 billion acquisition of equipment provider Apria Inc., earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brad King

    Brad King of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has advised several high-figure deals surrounding innovative biotechnology and emerging health science applications, including guiding Seagen during an acquisition valued at more than $40 billion, earning him a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Faegre Drinker's Nicolas Guzman

    Nicolas Guzman of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has helped companies navigate international trade matters, utilizing his Mexican background in U.S.-Mexico trade issues, while giving back to his community and helping pro bono clients with immigration matters, earning him a spot among the international trade practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Dentons' Diora Ziyaeva

    Diora Ziyaeva of Dentons has been representing Canadian gold mining company Aris Mining Corp. in its $300 million dispute with the Republic of Colombia before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: V&E's Rob Landicho

    Vinson & Elkins LLP's Rob Landicho won a $1.47 billion award from the International Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the Republic of Iraq against Turkey and handled several other disputes on behalf of Iraqi state-owned oil companies, landing him among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Mark Skerry

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mark Skerry assisted a British company in the $11 billion hostile takeover of an aerospace and defense producer, and represented three private equity giants in the largest leveraged buyout in the health care sector's history, earning him a spot among international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: McDermott's Kate McDonald

    Kate McDonald has led a team of 35 attorneys in McDermott Will & Emery's Washington, D.C.-based health care team since late 2022, while simultaneously excelling in her own practice as co-chair of the firm's managed care team, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Nathaniel Castellano

    Jenner & Block LLP's Nathaniel Castellano helped defend SpaceX's $2.94 billion space lander deal and contested the $10 billion JEDI procurement, while also notching a rare injunction shielding a teen pregnancy prevention program, earning him a spot among government contracts practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Hyman Phelps' James Valentine

    James Valentine of Hyman Phelps & McNamara PC started his career working at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, experience he exchanged for a job assisting clients obtain approval for drugs that treat rare diseases, putting him among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Santiago Gatica

    Santiago Gatica of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP represented a Spanish agricultural group before an international tribunal in a dispute against Venezuela over the nationalization of its operations by the administration of former President Hugo Chávez, earning him a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Elizabeth S. Lee

    Elizabeth S. Lee of Wiley Rein LLP has represented U.S. manufacturers, including the Coalition of American Millwork Producers, in securing and defending U.S. Court of International Trade rulings that foreign manufacturers had harmed her clients by dumping their products in the United States, earning her a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2023

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Timothy Cook

    Timothy Cook of WilmerHale helped lead Gilead Sciences to victory in a case in which a jury rejected a claim that Gilead infringed government-owned patents when it fielded its Truvada and Descovy HIV drugs — earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Ilenna J. Stein

    Ilenna Stein from Holland & Knight LLP has spent her legal career picking up regulatory and due diligence work for large companies like insurance giant Cigna and bankrupt opioid maker Endo International, moves that have put her among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

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