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August 06, 2020
Kirk Maag of Stoel Rives LLP leverages his first-hand knowledge of the effects policy and law can have on his natural resource industry clients to advocate for their livelihood both in and out of court, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2020
Steven Klar of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has co-led Blackstone on the fund aspects of multiple high-profile acquisitions, as well as on the establishment of the largest ever U.S. private equity fund, which earned him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2020
Steptoe & Johnson LLP's recently departed associate Georgios Leris coordinated key details of advocates' challenge to the rollback of net neutrality rules last year and helped Dish Network facilitate the blockbuster T-Mobile/Sprint merger, earning him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2020
Beth Newton of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has represented one of the world's largest oil companies in foreign bribery investigations and helped MUFG Bank out of a thorny regulatory quandary, putting her among the white collar practitioners named Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2020
Derick Holt of Wiley Rein LLP has successfully represented U.S. steel manufacturers in countervailing duty and anti-dumping investigations to secure trade remedies against foreign competitors and protect American jobs, earning him a place among the international trade attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2020
David Form of Sidley Austin LLP has advised hedge fund startup ExodusPoint Capital Management from its 2018 launch that took in $8 billion to its second capital raise this year, anticipated to be worth $3 billion, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2020
Rene Rocha of Morgan & Morgan has helped plaintiffs score major settlements in high-stakes environmental litigation, including helping soybean farmers secure a $400 million settlement over Monsanto's dicamba pesticide, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2020
Acting as financing counsel on a series of high-value energy industry transactions, including the acquisition of a $2 billion stake in a gas liquefaction plant by Brookfield and a $1.6 billion purchase of a gas business by Goldman Sachs, has secured Rustin Brown of Kirkland & Ellis LLP a spot as one of five project finance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2020
Shawn Davisson of Steptoe & Johnson LLP has represented a longtime BP executive in a probe of his handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Volkswagen AG in connection with its diesel emissions controversy, earning a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2020
Holland & Knight's Lara Rios helped secure one of the first sustainability-linked loans in Latin American history and was instrumental in connecting five liberal arts colleges to a solar energy farm in New England, earning her a spot as one of five project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2020
Lauren Coppola of Robins Kaplan LLP took critical steps on behalf of telecom clients at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to push for changes in Federal Communications Commission rules ensuring that conference calls remained affordable, helping her land a spot among telecommunications practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2020
King & Spalding LLP's Mercedes Morno helped mount a successful defense of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers' authority to collect preliminary tariffs and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation, making her the youngest international trade lawyer to be honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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August 04, 2020
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Nicole Washington has steered flagship funds like Clearlake Capital's $7 billion vehicle while corralling investors from across the globe, earning her a spot on this year's list of fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2020
William Roark of Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin PC represented the bulk of Pennsylvania's medical marijuana permit holders in a suit over the future of the program, helping stave off a challenge that would have cost his clients their licenses, earning himself a spot among the cannabis attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2020
Manko Gold Katcher & Fox LLP partner Diana Silva has provided counsel on major Pennsylvania environmental projects including the multibillion-dollar Mariner East pipeline system that stretches across the entire Keystone State, earning her a spot among environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Morgan & Morgan's Frank Kerney nabbed a record-breaking $459,000 Telephone Consumer Protection Act arbitration award for a client who claimed she had been harassed with more than 300 illegal robocalls from a debt collector, landing him a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Joanne Caceres of Dentons has helped shepherd major cannabis companies through their initial public offerings on the Nasdaq and pushed the industry toward achieving social equity, earning her a spot among the cannabis law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Gabriel Soledad of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has successfully defended the governing body of South American soccer in a sprawling bribery case and beaten back a $2.3 billion failed merger suit by pharmaceutical giant Teva, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Samuel L. Brown of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP draws from his deep expertise in environmental and natural resource regulation developed during his time as an EPA lawyer to advise clients through complex and oftentimes multifaceted compliance matters, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Bryan Hunkele of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised Bain Capital as it raised about $20 billion across three funds over roughly two years, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Andrej Kormuth of Bracewell LLP has advised clients on major energy and infrastructure deals, including Qatar's first solar plant and stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2020
Eva Monard of Jones Day has assisted clients through more than 80 trade defense cases in various jurisdictions, winning victories before the Court of Justice of the European Union and earning her a spot among the international trade practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2020
Mayer Brown LLP's Richard E. Nowak has a strong track record of steering clients through brand-new benefits issues, recently helping Northrop Grumman shake pension plan participants' novel claims over allegedly inaccurate payouts, landing him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2020
Angela Kung of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has had a hand in two of the biggest matters recently before the Federal Communications Commission, helping steer a $1.5 billion rural broadband subsidy auction and advocating for the C-Band spectrum reorganization, earning her a spot among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2020
Gregory W. Lavigne Jr. of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has arranged the financing for significant solar developments, including securing $250 million for a portfolio of distributed generation projects, earning him a spot as one of five project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.