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 03, 2023

    Rising Star: BCLP's Jonathan Potts

    Jonathan Potts, a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, represents the NCAA in its head injury cases, and steered 30 NHL clubs in connection with national multidistrict litigation, earning him a spot among the sports and betting practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Britt Lovejoy

    Britt Lovejoy of Latham & Watkins LLP helped secure a victory for Oracle Corp. in a copyright dispute against Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., and helped reach a settlement on behalf of Spotify in a high-profile royalty dispute, earning a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Arturo de la Parra

    Arturo de la Parra of Jones Day served as lead counsel to Mexican development banks in connection with their $2.1 billion revolving loan granted last summer to a special purpose trust for the acquisition of jet fuel collection rights, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2023

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Elizabeth Yahl

    Elizabeth Yahl of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP advised ICON in its $12 billion takeover of PRA Health Sciences, one of the biggest mergers and acquisitions deals of 2021, earning her a spot among the structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2023

    Rising Star: Saxena White's Thomas Curry

    Thomas Curry of Saxena White PA helped represent a group of FirstEnergy Corp. shareholders whose $180 million settlement with the company last year marks the largest recovery in a derivative suit in Sixth Circuit history, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 02, 2023

    Rising Star: Weil's Arianna Scavetti

    Arianna Scavetti of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP was instrumental in guiding the National Women's Soccer League Players Association through a first-of-its-kind joint investigation of abusive coaching, earning her a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2023

    Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Maureen Ho

    Maureen Ho of Morrison Foerster LLP has headed multibillion-dollar deals between a myriad of companies, including Alibaba's acquisition of a stake in Ant Financial, earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2023

    Rising Star: Milbank's Munib Hussain

    Milbank LLP's Munib Hussain spearheaded a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 billion bond transaction for a BlackRock unit acquiring a stake in a Saudi Arabian gas pipeline company, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2023

    Rising Star: Proskauer's Andrew Nightingale

    Andrew Nightingale of Proskauer Rose LLP has advised the NBA, NHL and MLS on adopting policies to broaden franchise ownership, and advised the New York Islanders on their return to Long Island, earning a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2023

    Rising Star: Cravath's G.J. Ligelis Jr.

    G.J. Ligelis Jr. of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP advised National Grid PLC in a pair of deals designed as an asset swap with PPL Corp., and steered AerCap Holdings NV's record $30 billion acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2023

    Rising Star: Robbins Geller's Erika Oliver

    Erika Oliver of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP helped secure a $141 million settlement for McKesson Corp. investors, and she played key roles in a pending $300 million investor settlement with Wells Fargo. These accomplishments and others earned her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's David Sneed

    David Sneed, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, helped the firm convince the Fourth Circuit to overturn a $1.25 million jury verdict against pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2023

    Rising Star: White & Case's Evelyn Balassiano

    Evelyn Balassiano of White & Case LLP has represented banks in a $4.2 billion redevelopment project at one of America's busiest airports and helped advise lenders in the financing of a $3 billion subway line in Brazil, earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Michael Chao

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Michael Chao has honed a reputation as a trusted counselor steering massive private-equity deals — as evidenced by the more-than-$30 billion acquisition of health care supplier Medline — earning him a spot among private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2023

    Rising Star: Goodwin's Tevia Pollard

    Tevia Pollard, named partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in October, was the lead associate advising Citrix Systems Inc. on its $16.5 billion acquisition and steering Forma Therapeutics' $1.1 billion acquisition by Novo Nordisk, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2023

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Brittany Rogers

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Brittany Rogers has litigated several headline-making securities suits, including a case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court and resulted in a unanimous win, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Bird Marella's Kimberly A. Meyer

    Kimberly Meyer of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC has represented high-profile clients including Scarlett Johansson, in her battle against Disney over its "Black Widow" release, and helped the creators and stars of the TV show "Bones" get a massive payday in arbitration with Fox, earning her a spot among the entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Chris Peponis

    As a multijurisdictional attorney licensed in Australia, Canada and the United States, Chris Peponis of Latham & Watkins LLP has been at the helm of multiple complex deals in far-flung parts of the world, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Darren Schweiger

    Darren Schweiger co-led a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP corporate team that helped advise TPG Capital's $1 billion initial public offering and has participated in other multimillion-dollar deals, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Cleary's Kim Spoerri

    Kim Spoerri of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised on multiple multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including representing pharmaceutical company Takeda in its $6 billion acquisition of autoimmune disease treatment developer Nimbus Lakshmi Inc., earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Keller Rohrback's Ryan McDevitt

    Ryan McDevitt of Keller Rohrback LLP has helped secure a multibillion-dollar class action settlement against Volkswagen in sprawling emissions multidistrict litigation and co-leads a class action over lithium-ion batteries in Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles, earning him a spot among the product liability practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Orrick's Matthew E. Neuringer

    Matthew E. Neuringer of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped with a roughly $9 billion project to shutter and replace Rikers Island jails, guided a project to replace major bridges in Pennsylvania and advised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on improving its accessibility, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Cydney Swofford Freeman

    Cydney Swofford Freeman of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has successfully defended authors and filmmakers against copyright infringement litigation and has advised the muckraking documentarians behind "Surviving R. Kelly" and other explosive projects on defamation risks, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Emily Huang

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Emily Huang spearheaded Kelso & Co.'s $610 million acquisition of two iconic General Mills brands for its food portfolio company, earning her a spot among the private equity lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Remi Korenblit

    Remi Korenblit of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC steered Twitter in Elon Musk's headline-grabbing takeover of the social media company, drafting the terms of a contract for the $44 billion deal following several dramatic twists and landing Korenblit a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

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