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Rankings: Rising Stars
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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Robert Lee
Robert Lee of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised investment firm EQT Partners on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a €9 billion infrastructure fund that closed within six months of its launch, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Dentons' Clay Counts
Denton's Clay Counts has worked with national developer McCormack Baron Salazar regarding projects in a dozen states and territories, represented the owner of Chicago’s Willis Tower in modernizing its elevators, and helped handle a $300 million dispute regarding a natural gas facility, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 18, 2019
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Tessa Capeloto
Wiley Rein LLP's Tessa Capeloto has scored key victories for American manufacturers in trade investigations, while spearheading the firm's efforts to challenge importers' bids to dodge the Trump administration's recent tariffs on steel and aluminum, earning her a spot among Law360's international trade Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Christopher Humby
Quinn Emanuel’s Christopher Humby is representing a hospital owner in a multibillion-dollar international arbitration case over construction of the hospital in the Middle East, helping earn him a spot among the construction attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Fish & Richardson's Ben Thompson
Fish & Richardson PC's Ben Thompson has successfully navigated complex U.S. International Trade Commission matters for clients such as German lens maker Carl Zeiss AG, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Vincent Ip
Vincent Ip of Ropes & Gray LLP advises the world's top sovereign wealth funds and most prestigious asset managers, including representing a major sovereign fund in its sale of $2 billion of fund stakes to a preeminent investment bank, one of the largest-ever secondaries sales of limited partner private funds, earning him a spot among fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Manatt's Brandon Young
Brandon Young of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has worked on high-stakes state and local contract issues, including helping a client navigate a multibillion-dollar renegotiation with the city of Los Angeles, earning him a spot as one of three Government Contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jordan R. Jaffe
Jordan Jaffe of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP led the technology legal team for Google's Waymo in a high-profile case against Uber over self-driving car technology, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Weil's Shawn Kodes
Weil partner Shawn Kodes is well-versed in advising companies on how best to manage their books, serving in the firm’s structured finance and derivatives practice in New York where he has advised major financial institutions such as Guggenheim Securities in its role as lead bookrunner to a $300 million asset backed security bond offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s Rising Stars.
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October 17, 2019
Rising Star: Troutman Sanders' Virginia Bell Flynn
Troutman Sanders' Virginia Bell Flynn has successfully represented health care companies in cases involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and has advised major settlements for her clients, such as representing Anthem in what was a record-breaking deal to end litigation over its 2015 data breach, earning her a spot as one of five consumer protection practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Constantine Cannon's Michael Ronickher
Constantine Cannon LLP's Michael Ronickher has landed notable wins for whistleblowers, including in the first successful cybersecurity whistleblower case, earning him a spot among three government contracts attorneys under 40 honored by Law360.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Clinton Yu
Clinton Yu of Barnes & Thornburg LLP in 2019 secured a win for the U.S. Curtain Wall Coalition by convincing the Federal Circuit that certain curtain wall products from China should be slapped with tariffs, earning him a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Ka-on Li
Jones Day's Ka-on Li has guided numerous multibillion-dollar acquisitions for high-profile technology companies, including SAP's $8 billion acquisition of Qualtrics International Inc. last year, earning her a spot as one of four technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Meghan McCaffrey
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's Meghan McCaffrey helped handle several major cases on behalf of pharmacy benefit management giant Express Scripts, including a $120 million case in which she identified missing discovery documents that resulted in case-terminating sanctions, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Cozen O'Connor's James Kwartnik
Cozen O'Connor's James Kwartnik helped a construction client win a high-stakes contracting battle with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and has drafted contracts for a wide range of projects, earning him a spot among the construction attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Jan Stewart
Mayer Brown’s Jan Stewart guided RBC Capital in Canada’s first personal loan securitization, advised Synchrony on its creation of an innovative credit-card securitization platform and steered Morgan Stanley in a first-of-its-kind $1 billion securitization of trade finance assets, earning a place as one of five securitization law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Selendy & Gay's Lena Konanova
Selendy & Gay’s Lena Konanova’s work on class actions against Navient and the U.S. Department of Education has brought hope to individuals burdened with crushing student debt and earned her a place as one of three consumer protection attorneys under 40 named to Law360’s list of Rising Stars.
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October 16, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's Robert Blaustein
Robert Blaustein of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped steer private equity firm Warburg Pincus through multiple billion-dollar transactions, including a $13 billion global fund and the $1.2 billion sale of Warburg's portfolio of Asian assets, earning him a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: Hunton Andrews Kurth's Janet McCrae
Hunton Andrews Kurth partner Janet McCrae's work in helping mortgage insurance companies navigate the financial markets after the 2008 recession earned her a spot among three securitization attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Henry Almond
Arnold & Porter's Henry Almond has scored a number of victories for Korean steel company Nexteel, including a case of first impression regarding how the government can calculate tariffs on foreign producers, landing him a spot among the international trade attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Nicholas Townsend
Arnold & Porter's Nicholas Townsend has worked on a range of complicated export issues for government contractors over his career, including helping United Technologies successfully navigate an International Traffic in Arms Regulations consent agreement, earning him a spot as one of three government contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: Desmarais' Karim Oussayef
Karim Oussayef of Desmarais LLP loves the legal and technical aspects of his practice, and his dedication to both came in handy when he helped IBM Corp. score an $82.5 million jury trial verdict in a case accusing Groupon of infringing e-commerce patents, landing him a spot as one of four technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's John Rife
John Rife of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP guided the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager and steered the closing of Tishman Speyer's €750 million European real estate fund, earning him a spot among fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 15, 2019
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Zach McEntyre
King & Spalding LLP's Zach McEntyre has served as lead counsel for Equifax in dozens of proposed class actions claiming violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and state statutes, earning him a spot as one of three consumer protection law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 11, 2019
Rising Star: White & Case's Alex Touma
Alex Touma of White & Case LLP has worked for major Silicon Valley firms, including assisting Facebook with the launch of a planned digital currency, earning him a spot among fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.