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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 24, 2021
Rising Star: Baum Hedlund's R. Brent Wisner
Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC's R. Brent Wisner has netted multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in sprawling litigation over Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 product liability Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Sarah L. Brodie
Sarah L. Brodie of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped steer Disney's agreement to take over Hulu — a deal valuing the streaming giant at least $27.5 billion — earning her a spot among the tax lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2021
Rising Star: Mintz's Kelly L. Frey
Kelly Frey of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has litigated cases across a broad spectrum of matters related to commercial real estate and government regulation, including the first case establishing commercial landlords' rights against tenants protected by Massachusetts' COVID-19 eviction moratorium, earning him a spot among the real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2021
Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Vaughn Morrison
Vaughn Morrison of Troutman Pepper has advised ConEdison in acquiring a $1.5 billion renewable energy asset and helped National Grid Renewables procure several utility-scale renewables, earning him a spot among the top project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2021
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Madison Kitchens
King & Spalding partner Madison Kitchens has successfully defended manufacturers facing massive exposure, including a recent Ninth Circuit appeal of a $454 million verdict that saw his side go toe-to-toe with Michael Avenatti, earning Kitchens a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2021
Rising Star: Debevoise's Samantha Rowe
Samantha Rowe of Debevoise & Plimpton has represented countries going against companies and companies going against countries, including a precedent-setting case involving the Russian Federation and Yukos Oil, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Ofilio Mayorga
Ofilio Mayorga of Foley Hoag LLP focuses on investment treaty and commercial arbitration, with expertise and experience in Latin American markets as well as high-profile cases before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, earning him a spot among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Kristen Richer
Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Kristen Richer took lead roles in securing significant wins in the past year for retailers in multidistrict litigations over a probable carcinogen found in popular heartburn medication Zantac and generic blood pressure medications, earning her a spot among the top product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Josh Winefsky
Josh Winefsky of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has negotiated huge casino, hospitality and retail space transactions while also guiding clients through the high-stakes world of New York City luxury condominium development, netting him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Skadden's Leah Chacón
Leah Chacón of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented SunEdison in a $146 million debt refinancing that was among the first project financings of a solar project in Honduras and in Central America, earning her a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Kirkland's Polina Liberman
Polina Liberman of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped advise private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven Group on their $4.2 billion acquisition of Switzerland's Lonza Specialty Ingredients, one of several deals to earn her a place among tax practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Kevin R. Budner
Kevin R. Budner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP was on the leadership team that helped strike a $10 billion settlement for plaintiffs alleging Volkswagen cheated customers, lied to the government and misled the public about the emissions of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles, earning him a place among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Brown Rudnick's Nicole Bouchard
Nicole Bouchard of Brown Rudnick LLP is part of a tax team advising on the settlement structure of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and has worked on tax issues related to a trust to meant help California wildfire victims, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Herbert Smith Freehills' Liang-Ying Tan
Liang-Ying Tan of Herbert Smith Freehills has helped companies secure claims for hundreds of millions of dollars, recently helping an energy company land a $540 million arbitral award, earning her a spot among international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Erin Meyer
Erin Meyer's successful arguments on behalf of defendants in major California class actions, including Coinbase and Public Storage, have earned her a place among the best class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' David Ziyambi
David Ziyambi of Latham & Watkins LLP has led the funding process for multiple high-profile energy projects, and was part of the team advising on the $20 billion financing for Mozambique's first-ever onshore liquefied natural gas development, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Eric Rumanek
Eric Rumanek of Troutman Pepper has helped Johnson & Johnson defend against multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective pelvic mesh devices, one of the largest mass tort cases in history, earning him a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Danielle Jackson
Danielle Jackson of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped steer Blackstone through $55 billion in real estate deals — including the world's largest-ever private real estate transaction — earning her a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Freshfields' Kate Apostolova
Kate Apostolova of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led multijurisdictional investor-state disputes, including representing one of the largest Chinese national oil companies in a nearly $500 million dispute, earning her a spot among the top international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Brian Awe
Brian Awe of DLA Piper leads a team representing developer Millennium Partners in its development of the $1.3 billion mixed-use Winthrop Center, which, once complete, will be one of Boston's largest buildings, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Emily Ullman
Covington & Burling LLP's Emily Ullman has defeated class certification in the sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation and ended another MDL over allegations that Cialis and Viagra cause melanoma, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Skadden's Nick Gianou
Nick Gianou of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has guided a variety of clients through the tax implications of several multimillion-dollar transactions, including advising Westfield Corp. through a $15.7 billion takeover, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Akin Gump's Daniel Lynch
Daniel Lynch of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has helped energy funds like Excelsior Energy Capital and NextEnergy Capital invest in and purchase large renewable-energy-generating facilities across the country, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: Covington's Rani Gupta
Rani Gupta of Covington & Burling LLP has taken a lead role in advising Major League Baseball and Goodwill Industries of Orange County in two major pandemic coverage suits, earning her a spot among insurance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: Andrus Wagstaff's David Wool
Andrus Wagstaff PC partner David Wool's trial and appellate wins on behalf of a Roundup user who won a $25 million judgment against Monsanto over his claims that its weedkiller caused his cancer landed him a place on Law360's list of product liability lawyers under 40 honored as Rising Stars for 2021.