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Rankings: Rising Stars
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Lilya Tessler
Lilya Tessler of Sidley Austin LLP helped digital currency exchange Coinbase make headlines in 2018, advising on its acquisition of broker-dealer Keystone Capital Corp., alternative trading system Venovate Marketplace Inc. and investment adviser Digital Wealth LLC, earning her a spot among fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Christopher Buch
Holland & Knight LLP's Christopher Buch has demonstrated his expertise with big-ticket employee stock ownership plan transactions, including helping Isagenix Worldwide sell 30% of its stock to a plan for $382 million, making him one of the five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Orrick's Brianna Pomatico
Brianna Pomatico, an associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, has taken charge of prominent business immigration client relationships and appeals of visa denials, earning her a spot as one of three immigration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Tim Chandler
In the past two years, Sidley Austin’s Tim Chandler has closed 36 deals in the energy and infrastructure industry with a cumulative value of more than $15 billion, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Hooper Lundy's Eric Chan
Hooper Lundy & Bookman partner Eric Chan helped a California hospital score a win against insurer Anthem Blue Cross in an ERISA dispute over misdirected benefit checks, which helped earn him a spot among the four health care attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Sean McFarlane
Sean McFarlane of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has headed up big deals, including a consortium's acquisition of the YES Network, and represented the New York Arena Partners in their bid to construct a new home for the New York Islanders, earning him a spot among sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Latham's Stuart Davis
Latham & Watkins LLP's Stuart Davis has overseen some of the most significant transactions in the e-payments market, including Blackstone Group LP and CVC Capital Partner's £3 billion acquisition of Paysafe, he sits on the European Commission's Blockchain Observatory and advises some of the world's largest tech and crypto companies, landing him among fintech attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Cravath's Jonathan Katz
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Jonathan Katz has helped craft the benefits and executive compensation components of major deals, including playing a key role in The Walt Disney Co.'s buy of 21st Century Fox, making him one of five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Nicholas Hobson
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Nicholas Hobson helps corporate clients navigate the complexities of immigration, including the teams behind the London Olympics and the London production of "Hamilton," landing him a spot as one of three immigration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Norton Rose's Becky Diffen
Norton Rose Fulbright's Becky Diffen has made a career in renewable energy, helping to facilitate the financing of a 200 MW wind farm in the Texas Panhandle and assisting Duke Energy's effort to build an energy storage project at a time when the technology was especially new, earning her a place among five energy attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Margaux Hall
Hogan Lovells' Margaux Hall has worked on standout matters in the health care field, including helping Capital Clubhouse prepare to open a community mental health center in Washington, D.C., that is the first of its kind, earning her a spot among health care law practitioners honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Justina Sessions
Keker Van Nest & Peters' Justina Sessions has propelled an already accomplished career in telecommunications and trial litigation to the next level by defending Qualcomm against antitrust claims from a class of 250 million cellphone users, including winning a chance to appeal class certification, landing her a spot as one of three telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Richard Rubano
DLA Piper's Richard Rubano has guided some of the most significant sports team acquisitions in recent years, including a 2017 purchase of the Houston Rockets for $2.2 billion, the highest price ever for an NBA franchise, earning him a spot among sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Eric A. Love
Eric Love of Jones Day has advised a Fortune 50 information technology company on the implications of becoming a blockchain network operator and Overstock.com with launching its blockchain trading platform, landing him among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Mary J. Bortscheller
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Mary J. Bortscheller has helped secure more than $230 million for workers in Employee Retirement Income Security Act settlements with hospitals over the past two years, earning her a spot as one of five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Earthjustice's Kim Smaczniak
Earthjustice's Kim Smaczniak helped engineer a successful pushback to a Trump administration plan to bail out struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants as she built out a federal clean energy focus for the group, earning her a spot among the energy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Jennifer Hermansky
Greenberg Traurig’s Jennifer Hermansky has structured major EB-5 investor visa projects valued at over $3 billion in total, earning her a spot as one of three immigration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Julia Romano
Julia Romano of King & Spalding LLP has scored victories for Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging its talcum powder causes mesothelioma, earning her a spot among five product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Hui Lin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Hui Lin advised Dell and investment firm Silver Lake Partners in a $22 billion stock buyout last year that marked the company's return to the public market, earning her a spot among five capital markets attorneys under 40 honored by Law360.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Scott Schaeffer
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Scott Schaeffer has guided clients to important wins in cases involving allegations of anti-competitive conduct, including for Impax in a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action, while also working on a range of other issues in the U.S. and abroad, earning him a spot among competition attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Andrew Prins
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Andrew Prins has made a name for himself as a corporate defender against extraneous Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, earning him a spot as one of three telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: Orrick's Mel Bostwick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Mel Bostwick has argued before the Federal Circuit five times over the last two years, including scoring a landmark win for 90,000 veterans in an en banc case, earning her a spot as one of five appellate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Cédric Burton
From his post as managing partner at Wilson Sonsini's Brussels office, Cédric Burton leads a team of attorneys helping Mastercard and Tesla comply with evolving international data protection laws, earning him a spot as one of five cybersecurity and privacy attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 04, 2019
Rising Star: Skadden's B. Chase Wink
The tax work by Skadden’s B. Chase Wink in helping The Coca-Cola Co. form the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler by net revenue as well as his ongoing counsel to the soft drink company has helped earn him a spot as one of Law360’s Rising Stars.
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October 03, 2019
Rising Star: Reed Smith's Richard Hakes
Reed Smith LLP partner Richard Hakes helped bolster the firm's asset finance practice by notably steering a pair of debt-restructuring deals involving shipping assets for Deutsche Bank and Piraeus Bank, earning him a spot as one of four transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.