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.
  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Emily Kapur

    Emily Kapur of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped a cryptocurrency company navigate a yearslong arbitration involving billions of dollars' worth of tokens, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Michael H. Davis

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Michael H. Davis advised Mosaic Real Estate Investors in its $460 million loan to develop the Ritz-Carlton Portland and guided Canyon Real Estate Partners through $400 million in deals, earning a spot among the real estate practitioners honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Matthew Dewitz

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Matthew Dewitz advised T-Mobile's blockbuster $59 billion merger with Sprint, Endeavor Group Holdings' acquisition of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics in its acquisition by COVID-19 test-maker Quidel, earning him a spot among the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Pillsbury's Matt Carter

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Matt Carter helped successfully defend a challenge to a billion-dollar lease award for a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters, convinced the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to order the Air Force to revisit a contractor's proposal, and filed a successful protest from a contractor requiring the Air Force to reconsider its proposal, earning him a spot among the government contract attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jordan Cohen

    Jordan Cohen of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped Nordic Capital acquire a health care data software provider for $7.3 billion and advised KKR's majority acquisition of an electronic health record software company, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Gregory D. Howling

    Gregory D. Howling of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised a consortium led by global investment firm KKR in the $15 billion acquisition of global data center real estate investment trust CyrusOne, earning him a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Shane C. Hoffmann

    Shane C. Hoffmann of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has navigated the complex tax law implications of business deals for major clients in several transactions, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Phong-Chau G. Nguyen

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP partner Phong-Chau G. Nguyen has played a role in some of the largest product liability cases in recent years, including multidistrict litigation in the automotive industry that resulted in multibillion-dollar settlements, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: MoFo's Locke Bell

    Morrison Foerster LLP's Locke Bell helped shepherd Salesforce's $27.7 billion purchase of Slack and aided Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems' successful defense of prototype launcher deals contested by SpaceX, landing him a spot among the government contract attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Rachel Page

    Rachel Page of Jones Day has advised emerging digital health systems to Fortune 500 laboratories, including guiding one of the largest cancer research centers in its acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Orrick's Josh Pollick

    Josh Pollick of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP led a team that advised the banking and personal finance app Dave on its $4 billion go-public transaction with a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital, earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Christopher J. Dickson

    Christopher J. Dickson of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has regularly served as lead counsel to lenders on major transactions, including the $3 billion securitized refinancing of the recently developed One Vanderbilt skyscraper in New York, earning him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Pedro Bermeo

    Pedro Bermeo of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped advise the underwriters for Ryan Specialty's $1.3 billion initial public offering, as well as a $3.85 billion refinancing for Ligado Networks, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Tristan Pelham Webb

    Tristan Pelham Webb of King & Spalding has helped put together deals for Axium Infrastructure US Inc. for the development of renewable energy transmission lines and massive battery storage in California, earning him a spot among the top project finance practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Dechert's Jonathan Tam

    Jonathan Tam of Dechert LLP has worked on large-scale mass torts, including representing 3M in multiple recent trials over allegations that its earplugs damaged U.S. military service members' hearing, earning him a place among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Cravath's Andrew T. Davis

    Andrew T. Davis of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has played a lead role in structuring billion-dollar acquisitions across the globe, including transactions involving companies based in Australia and the Netherlands, earning him a spot among the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Rohith George

    Rohith George of Mayer Brown LLP helped negotiate a partnership deal between Google and Groupon and has guided bank-fintech partnerships such as InspereX's licensing deal with Goldman Sachs, earning him a spot among the fintech practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Stars: Bracewell's Patrick K. Johnson

    Patrick K. Johnson of Bracewell LLP advised energy giant Equinor through a $1.1 billion deal that saw BP acquire a partial stake in two offshore wind projects and represented Global Infrastructure Partners in forming a joint venture geared towards U.S. offshore wind project development, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Foley & Lardner's Thomas Ferrante

    Thomas Ferrante of Foley & Lardner LLP has helped numerous health-related businesses expand their platforms, including primary and urgent care business Carbon Health, earning him a spot among the health care attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Meghan McDermott

    Meghan McDermott of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has guided several landmark deals, including Eldorado's blockbuster $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars' casino business and helping online dating giant Match revamp its balance sheet through a trailblazing $1.4 billion debt-and-equity offer, earning her a spot among capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Elizabeth Jochum

    Blank Rome LLP partner Elizabeth Jochum's work to successfully defend Riva Solutions' position on an unusual $2 billion information technology contract, fending off protests in the process, has earned her a position among the government contracts attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Luke McCloud

    Williams & Connolly LLP partner Luke McCloud has successfully tried several cases to judgment in federal and state courts before making his U.S. Supreme Court debut in January, earning him a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored this year by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Darius Horton

    Darius Horton of Mayer Brown LLP was lead counsel to purchases on seven securitizations of residential transition, or "house-flipping," loans worth more than $1.9 billion total, including the first repackaging of nonperforming house-flipping loans into capital markets securities, earning him a spot among the structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's James McDonald

    James McDonald hit the ground running when he joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP after heading up the enforcement division of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and his various cryptocurrency cases and a key role in a recent $6 billion Allianz SE settlement have earned him a spot among the compliance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Jeanifer Parsigian

    Over the past year, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Jeanifer Parsigian has helped the U.S. Women's National Team players secure a landmark equal pay deal with U.S. Soccer, won a U.S. Supreme Court victory that blew apart the NCAA's "amateurism" pay model and is pressing forward on another case that could further alter college sports, earning her a spot as one of four sports and betting attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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