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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 31, 2020
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Jillian C. Kirn
Jillian Kirn of Greenberg Traurig LLP has served as an independent monitor overseeing Duke Energy's multibillion-dollar effort to comply with cleanup plans stemming from water pollution litigation and on the coordinating committee for defendants facing claims over "forever chemicals," among other things, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2020
Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's David (Dj) Wolff
David (Dj) Wolff of Crowell & Moring LLP has successfully advised clients on complying with sanctions and secured vital exemptions from sanctions requirements when necessary, earning him a spot among the international trade lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2020
Rising Star: Wachtell's Erica E. Bonnett
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Erica E. Bonnett has handled complex employee benefits and executive compensation matters in a number of big-ticket transactions, including United Technologies' union with Raytheon and Celgene's $74 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb, landing her among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2020
Rising Star: Willkie's Carly G. Saviano
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Carly G. Saviano represented Harbor Group International in its $1.85 billion buy of a 36-multifamily property portfolio, landing her a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2020
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Amy Roebuck Frey
Amy Roebuck Frey of King & Spalding LLP helped win one of the largest Energy Charter Treaty arbitral awards ever, at $535 million, for investor Anatolie Stati in an oil and gas dispute against Kazakhstan, landing her among the international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2020
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Krista Hanvey
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Krista Hanvey took the lead on the benefits components of Ensco PLC's merger with fellow offshore drilling company Rowan Co. PLC, earning her a spot among the employee benefits attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2020
Rising Star: White & Case's Jim Fogarty
Jim Fogarty of White & Case LLP has advised on several multimillion and multibillion deals, including helping Antares Capital Advisers LLC launch its record-setting $2.1 billion collateralized loan obligation platform, earning him a spot as one of four structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2020
Rising Star: Willkie's Daniel Forman
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Daniel Forman has represented participants in massive bankruptcy cases like Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s $59 billion reorganization and the largest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy in Puerto Rico, earning him a spot on this year's list of bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2020
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Tom Lloyd
A series of high-dollar transactions on behalf of real estate giant Blackstone, including a $4.7 billion acquisition of a real estate investment trust, has secured Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Tom Lloyd a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2020
Rising Star: Herbert Smith's Florencia Villaggi
Florencia Villaggi of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has advised countries like Spain and Costa Rica throughout investor-state disputes that have led to landmark decisions and wins for her clients, earning her a spot among the international arbitration lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2020
Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Jamie Kurtz
Jamie Kurtz of Robins Kaplan LLP helped the firm establish its health care practice — and helped UnitedHealth Group Inc. ink a multimillion-dollar settlement to end its fraud allegations against a dialysis company — earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Weil's Jessica Liou
Jessica Liou of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP played a day-to-day role in the Chapter 11 restructuring of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which had estimated liabilities in excess of $50 billion, 16 million customers and 24,000 workers, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Veronica Wissel
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Veronica Wissel has guided Equinix Inc. in the executive compensation aspect of its acquisition of bare metal automation platform Packet Host Inc. and led CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. in its $703.8 million initial public offering, earning her a spot among the benefits practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Kirkland's Cody Sonntag
Cody Sonntag of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has led significant deals for logistics-focused investment manager GLP, including its $18.7 billion sale of logistics facilities to Blackstone, earning him a spot as one of five real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Manatt's Anne O'Hagen Karl
Anne O'Hagen Karl of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP has guided North Carolina through transforming its Medicaid program to a managed care system and helped Vermont reimagine its behavioral health program, earning her a spot among the health care attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Lindsey Schmidt
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP associate Lindsey Schmidt unearthed pivotal tweets showing state-owned gas company Petroleos de Venezuela is the country's so-called alter ego, helping win a $1.2 billion award for Crystallex International Corp. and landing her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Rose Leda Ehler
Rose Leda Ehler of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP secured a $62.4 million trial victory last year for Walt Disney, Warner Bros. and other Hollywood heavyweights against a streaming service that pirated the studios' films, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2020
Rising Star: Sidley's Banks Bruce
Sidley Austin LLP partner Banks Bruce is on the cutting edge of finding new ways to move money toward the oil and gas sector, including helping power Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners LP's $3.6 billion pipeline buy last year, earning him a spot among four structured finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: Proskauer's Maja Zerjal
Proskauer Rose LLP's Maja Zerjal has shepherded Puerto Rico through its restructuring and acted as one of the lead attorneys representing creditors in Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc.'s Chapter 11 case, earning her a spot as one of Law360's bankruptcy Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: Covington's William Woolston
Covington & Burling LLP's William Woolston has helped clients navigate complicated executive compensation and benefits issues, including advising Dow Chemical in a $130 billion deal with E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and Uber on its $8.1 billion initial public offering, earning him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Brian Ascher
Brian Ascher of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has a track record of helping reporters regain White House press credentials that were revoked by the Trump administration, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Amanda Baker
Amanda Baker of Mayer Brown LLP has represented Ally Bank for more than a decade and serves as a lead attorney for the bank on securitization matters, including two recent auto loan deals totaling nearly $2 billion, earning her a spot as one of four structured financing law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Scott P. Campbell
Scott P. Campbell of Hogan Lovells advised Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on the largest sports franchise deal ever, the $3.35 billion sale of the Barclays Center along with controlling interest in the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, earning him a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Christopher P. Kenny
Christopher P. Kenny of King & Spalding LLP has helped more than a dozen Florida hospitals emerge victorious in a battle with the federal government over Medicare reimbursements, helping each recoup tens of millions of dollars, earning him a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2020
Rising Star: Freshfields' Juan Pomes
Juan Pomes of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has helped secure massive awards for investors embroiled in disputes with countries like Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, earning him a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.