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.
  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: Latham's Christopher Drewry

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Christopher R. Drewry helped guide FMC Technologies and Technip in their $13 billion merger and also worked closely with Delphi Automotive when the car parts maker split in two, making him one of four transportation attorneys under 40 to land on Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: White & Case's Paul Harrison

    White & Case LLP partner Paul Harrison is one of the most prominent project finance lawyers in Japan and is in the middle of guiding Saudi Arabia’s national oil company on the financing of a proposed $14 billion joint venture with Petronas, making him one of four project finance attorneys under 40 named to Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: Skadden's Gavin White

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Gavin White advised on transactions worth approximately $200 billion over the past year, including negotiating on behalf of Twenty-First Century Fox in the blockbuster deal that saw Disney acquire its entertainment assets, earning him a coveted place among five tax attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Ajay Krishnan

    Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP’s Ajay Krishnan has secured numerous victories on behalf of his technology clients over his career, including a win for Arista Networks Inc. in a $335 million copyright and patent infringement suit over networking technology, landing him a spot as one of six intellectual property lawyers honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Ari Meltzer

    Ari Meltzer of Wiley Rein LLP has been a leading force in shaping broadcast policy during his career, including high-profile advocacy before the Federal Communications Commission during its broadcast incentive auction, earning him a spot as one of three telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Kris Ferranti

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Kris Ferranti had a hand in a massive international acquisition of a shopping mall giant in the last year, one of the deals that earned him a place as one of six real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Lachlan Poustie

    Shearman & Sterling LLP counsel Lachlan Poustie has represented lenders in a number of projects throughout Africa, including a first-of-its-kind independent power producer project financed in Nigeria, earning him a spot as one of four project finance attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Susan Clare

    King & Spalding LLP's Susan Clare has navigated high-exposure product liability and mass tort matters for numerous automotive and transportation clients, defeating plaintiffs' attempts to circumvent General Motors’ 2009 bankruptcy, earning her a spot as one of four transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Bina Palnitkar

    Bina Palnitkar of Greenberg Traurig LLP has played a key role in high-profile trials, helping C.R. Bard defend transvaginal mesh suits and first-chairing a multimillion-dollar trial win for a consulting company, earning her a spot as one of five attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's trials Rising Stars.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Sue Meng

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Sue Meng says she loves to help companies as they grow, as exemplified most recently when she guided Envision Healthcare HCA, which she started working with in 2011, in its recent $15 billion merger with AmSurg, earning her a spot as one of six mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Nathan Tasso

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Nathan Tasso's tax work in an estate’s fight against the Internal Revenue Service helped break new ground in an area that has seen little legal authority in the past, earning him a spot as one of five tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Fisch Sigler's Jeffrey Saltman

    Fisch Sigler LLP partner Jeffrey Saltman successfully represented a patent holding company in securing more than $28 million in royalties and fees from Samsung in a battle over technology patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' David Hamsher

    A key player in some of the San Francisco real estate market’s largest public-private partnerships, Paul Hastings LLP partner David Hamsher also helped China’s SRE Group Ltd. land its first investment in North America in 2017, earning him a spot as one of six real estate attorneys named to Law360’s list of Rising Stars.

  • August 16, 2018

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Kurt Mathas

    Winston & Strawn LLP partner Kurt Mathas helped Teva get a generic version of the testosterone replacement therapy drug Axiron on the market by getting the Federal Circuit to invalidate a key patent claim, marking one of the victories that earned him a spot as a Law360 life sciences Rising Star.

  • August 16, 2018

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jonathan Davis

    Jonathan Davis of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has worked on a litany of high-profile deals, including a $2.25 billion investment into General Motors' self-driving car business, earning him a spot as one of six mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 16, 2018

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Ursula Owczarkowski

    Ursula Owczarkowski of Covington & Burling LLP advised on a €1.2 billion deal that facilitated the privatizations of airports in Greece and has worked on projects to spur power development in Africa, earning her a spot as one of four project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 16, 2018

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Marcella Ducca

    Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder Marcella Ducca’s expertise in women’s health products, particularly her work for Bard in the massive transvaginal mesh litigation, has landed her a spot among the five product liability attorneys under 40 on Law360’s list of Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Benjamin M. Mundel

    Benjamin M. Mundel of Sidley Austin LLP has helped on unique cases for a wide variety of pharmaceutical clients over his career, including his current role leading Exeltis USA in a suit concerning a drug database's coding for Exeltis' prescription prenatal vitamins, earning him a spot as one of five life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Joshua Simmons

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Joshua Simmons has a passion for the arts that has motivated him to nab intellectual property wins as high up as the Second Circuit for clients like Fox News, landing him a spot among the attorneys under 40 named as Law360’s media and entertainment Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: Skadden's Sonia Nijjar

    Sonia Nijjar of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is quickly making a name for herself as a skilled navigator of complex deals, guiding major clients including Intel Corp. and landing a spot among six mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40 honored as Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Sven De Knop

    Sidley Austin’s Sven De Knop has handled complex cases before Europe’s highest court, successfully representing a variety of multinational clients in European trade proceedings, earning him a place as one of five international trade attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Brooke Kim

    DLA Piper partner Brooke Kim has amassed numerous victories on behalf of defendants in product liability cases over her career, including major wins for Bristol-Myers Squibb in suits over its blood thinner Eliquis, earning her a spot as one of five product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 15, 2018

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Anita Girdhari

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Anita Girdhari’s experience in moving forward big-ticket transportation infrastructure public-private partnerships has made her a standout young attorney at the firm, earning her a spot as one of four project finance practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2018

    Rising Star: Wachtell's Edward J. Lee

    Edward J. Lee of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has led a number of clients, including aerospace giant United Technologies, through billion-dollar deals, all while advocating for diversity within the legal industry, earning him a spot as one of six mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2018

    Rising Star: Salvi Schostok's Patrick Salvi II

    Patrick Salvi II of Salvi Schostok & Pritchard PC helped an injured client restore a $3 million punitive damages award and also helped obtain a record-breaking $148 million personal injury verdict, earning him a spot as one of three personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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