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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 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Latham's Samuel Pape

    Samuel Pape helped lead a Latham & Watkins LLP team that secured victory for the Republic of Colombia in three separate investment treaty arbitrations initiated by Canadian mining companies that were collectively seeking more than $1 billion, earning him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Peter Jones

    Peter Jones of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's recent work advising multiple high-profile clients on complex tech deals, which includes his work as co-lead counsel to Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, has earned him a spot among the technology lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Frank Calvosa

    Frank Calvosa of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped land a jury trial win for Jazz Pharmaceuticals that protected its $1.8 billion market share of a daytime sleepiness drug, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Ryan Wheeler

    Ryan Wheeler of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has recovered millions of dollars for his clients in benefits cases, like one claiming that Citgo shorted retirees in pension payments, and another saying that an Illinois casino used an employee stock ownership plan to craft a shady company sale, earning him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Nasser Alrubayyi

    Nasser Alrubayyi of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP won a dismissal for Raza Co. in its dispute with Azmeel Contracting over a $450 million construction contract, along with other big courtroom victories, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Katherine Jahnke Dale

    Katherine Jahnke Dale of DLA Piper has been a key adviser on a transformation of Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood, along with projects that include a $7 billion redevelopment near the United Center and a purchase agreement for a former steel plant now envisioned as a technology hub, earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Suzannah Hacking

    Suzannah Hacking led the Kirkland & Ellis LLP team that advised private equity shop Berkshire Partners as it secured its largest fund ever, with $7.8 billion in investor commitments, earning her a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Michael Joseph Montalbano

    Michael Montalbano of Blank Rome LLP successfully defended his client's $45 billion U.S. Department of Energy contract at the Court of Federal Claims and fought back against a protester's attempt to unravel a Spanish client's naval contract awards at the Federal Circuit, earning him a spot among the government contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Skadden's Evan R. Kreiner

    Evan R. Kreiner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP played a key role in Sabre Holdings Corp.'s win against US Airways in the first antitrust case tried to a jury verdict related to a two-sided transaction platform, landing him among the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Covington's Robert Gianchetti

    Robert Gianchetti, special counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, has helped several National Football League teams navigate the legal ramifications of relocating and guided exercise equipment company Peloton in fighting off a lawsuit by its investors, earning him a spot among the sports and betting practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Danielle Morello

    Danielle Morello of Clifford Chance LLP helped Caterpillar defeat long-running antitrust claims seeking $2 billion and assisted UScellular on a $4.4 billion acquisition by T-Mobile, earning her a spot among the competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Weil's Sarah Borden

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Sarah Borden has helped a Genstar Capital fund secure $12.6 billion and guided Crow Holdings with one of the biggest real estate private equity funds in recent years, landing her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Proskauer's Justin S. Alex

    Proskauer Rose LLP partner Justin S. Alex has tackled the benefits aspects of a slew of major sports industry deals over the past 15 years, including the sales of three NFL teams, earning him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Dunn Isaacson's Kyle Smith

    Kyle Smith of Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP helped Uber Technologies fend off a New York City rule that would have limited the time ride-share drivers could spend on Manhattan streets without passengers, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Julianne Jaquith

    Julianne Jaquith of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has secured major wins for clients in high-stakes cross-border disputes, including a group of U.S. casino investors who won a more than $130 million award against Mexico, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Christine Reynolds

    Hogan Lovells' Christine Reynolds' work on high-stakes bid protests, including one with a tight turnaround time that challenged a NASA award worth about $1 billion, has earned her a spot among the government contracts attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2025

    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Piotr Korzynski

    Piotr "Pete" Korzynski, a partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP and a go-to attorney for complex, international life sciences mergers and acquisitions, is recognized for his technical skill and client dedication, notably leading Olink's $3.1 billion acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lundbeck's $2.6 billion acquisition of Longboard Pharmaceuticals and doing significant pro bono work, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Keker's Bailey Heaps

    Bailey Heaps of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP helped two chemistry professors defeat a lawsuit centering on the commercialization of a scientific breakthrough and won an $80 million verdict in a dispute over a milestone payment, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: McDermott's Chris Braham

    Chris Braham of McDermott Will & Emery LLP helped Circle K defeat a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that went to a California appellate court and helped Darden Restaurants survive an advocacy organization's discrimination suit, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Gina Hancock

    Gina Hancock of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has guided companies through executive compensation and employee benefits practices as part of mergers and acquisition deals worth more than $60 billion in total, earning her a spot as one of the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Latham's Aaron Chiu

    Aaron Chiu of Latham & Watkins LLP was on the legal team representing U.S. Soccer in its February antitrust jury verdict victory over an upstart pro league, and on the team representing the Atlantic Coast Conference in its $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement between the NCAA, the major conferences and college athletes, earning him a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Jalpit Amin

    Hogan Lovells LLP partner Jalpit Amin has successfully steered several multibillion-dollar deals in the technology sector, including Oracle's $28 billion purchase of Cerner Corp. and Marvell Technology Group's $10 billion acquisition of Inphi Corp., earning him a spot among the technology attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Seyfarth's Erica Bakies

    Erica Bakies of Seyfarth Shaw LLP guided a foreign investor in securing regulatory approval to purchase a U.S. government contractor and litigated two bid protests before the Government Accountability Office that resulted in regulatory changes, earning her a spot among the government contracts law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Michael J. Kahn

    Michael Kahn of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP planted the seed of a question that made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court and won his client Slack Technologies Inc. reprieve from a shareholder class action, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2025

    Rising Star: Covington's Amanda Tuninetti

    Amanda Tuninetti of Covington & Burling LLP was instrumental in convincing courts in Washington, D.C., to deny Venezuela's bid to defeat enforcement of an arbitral award now worth some $670 million to Spanish affiliates of Mexican tortilla manufacturer Gruma SAB de CV, earning her a spot among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.