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Rankings: Rising Stars
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August 07, 2024
Rising Star: Willkie's Melissa Fischetti
Melissa Fischetti of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP navigated SL Green's $1.76 billion acquisition of 245 Park Ave, New York, amid contentious bankruptcy proceedings brought without the preferred equity investor's approval, earning her a spot among the real estate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: Jones Day's Claire Pauly
Claire Pauly of Jones Day acted as lead counsel in a preliminary phase of a construction company's arbitration against a major French energy producer, convincing an international tribunal to toss the bulk of the billion-dollar claim and earning her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: Skadden's George Gray
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner George Gray has used his expertise to navigate Markerstudy Group's $1.6 billion merger with an insurance brokering giant and to help private equity firm HgCapital LLP exit its investment in Argus Media, earning him a spot among private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Rémi Jaffré
Rémi Jaffré of Jenner & Block LLP has participated in some of the most high-profile fair use cases of the past few years, including a dispute over an MTV reality show and helping prevent copyrighted images from "Harry Potter" and "Gilmore Girls" from being used by virtual running clubs. That work, and his role helping overturn an unconstitutional ban on a drag show in southern Utah, has earned him a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: White & Case's Adam Acosta
Adam Acosta of White & Case LLP helped secure a Second Circuit win for AbbVie Inc. in a "pay for delay" suit over its hypertension drug Bystolic, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: Dechert's Linda Ann Bartosch
Linda Ann Bartosch of Dechert LLP has advised clients on complex transactions and securitizations involving new kinds of assets at the leading edge of technology and finance, from cryptocurrency to real estate, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: Manatt's Alexandra Krasovec
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP partner Alexandra Krasovec has helped two clients defend against a sprawling, first-of-its-kind Telephone Consumer Protection Act mass tort action and successfully decertified a separate TCPA class action after replacing the previous defense counsel, earning her spot as one of the telecommunications attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Eden Schiffmann
Eden Schiffmann of Williams & Connolly LLP has successfully petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari several times, including most recently in 2023, when he helped bring before the justices the first contested criminal case against a foreign sovereign instrumentality in U.S. history. His work before the high court, and other high-profile matters involving a broad range of legal issues, have earned him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Dechert's Sam Whittaker
Sam Whittaker of Dechert's work helping Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. Ltd. coinvest in deals like the $17 billion acquisition of Athenahealth and the more than $15 billion take-private of media data giant Nielsen has kept a "cornerstone client" happy and made him one of the Law360 Rising Stars in private equity under age 40.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Dylan Scher
Dylan I. Scher of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped defeat trademark claims lodged against his client, Jackpot, an app for buying lottery tickets, earning him a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Tara Fisher
Tara M. Fisher of Ropes & Gray LLP advised cancer drugmaker ImmunoGen Inc. as it navigated a bidding war that culminated in its sale to pharmaceutical giant AbbVie in a $10.1 billion transaction, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' J. Ryan Thompson
J. Ryan Thompson of Hogan Lovells helped satellite operators develop a regulatory framework for repurposing satellite spectrum to 5G spectrum and advised tech companies on issues involving AI, landing him among the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Macky O'Sullivan
Macky O'Sullivan of King & Spalding LLP has advised investment groups on groundbreaking financial technology transactions in the Middle East and Africa, including funding the first-ever fintech unicorn in the Middle East, earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Charline Yim
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Charline Yim helped rapper Jay-Z's SCLiquor LLC settle its dispute with Bacardi over the value of their joint cognac venture, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Tali Leinwand
Tali Leinwand is helping to lead the monitorship of Glencore Ltd. after the trading giant pled guilty to a multiyear commodities fraud scheme and has taken time to "pay it forward" by mentoring junior attorneys, landing her a spot among the white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2024
Rising Star: Cooley's Brett De Jarnette
Brett De Jarnette of Cooley LLP's unusual move of netting a dismissal of a stock drop claim during the class certification phase of a securities case, as well as the wide variety of industries he's worked in, from the biotechnology to commerce to social media, has earned him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Russell Balikian
Russell Balikian of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has helped internet service providers navigate a complex legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, earning him a spot among the telecom law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2024
Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Meagan Griffin
Paul Hastings LLP's Meagan Griffin guided a global financial services company through a $1.8 billion acquisition and navigated a cryptocurrency trading platform through a wake of criminal and civil charges brought against a major shareholder, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2024
Rising Star: White & Case's Heather Greenfield
Heather Greenfield of White & Case LLP led Novasep Process through the first successful prior approval issued by the FTC after it revived the '90s-era policy requiring companies that inked deals with the agency to get prior approval for any mergers over the next decade, earning her a spot among competition attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2024
Rising Star: Blank Rome's Robyn Michaelson
As a partner at Blank Rome, Robyn Michaelson is helping to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance benefits for victims of historical sex abuse at the hands of Catholic Church officials, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Betty Yang
Betty Yang of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP successfully secured a historic victory for technology giant Apple Inc. against antitrust attacks related to its app store, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Colin Davis
Colin Davis of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has advised company directors in complex shareholder suits, allowing them to beat fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from major corporate transactions, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Orrie Levy
Orrie A. Levy of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna beat insurers' attempts to avoid defending Walmart in opioid lawsuits and secured a rare ruling setting aside a Delaware jury's verdict favoring an AIG unit in an insurance coverage trial, earning him a spot among insurance law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Robbins Geller's Ting H. Liu
Ting H. Liu of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP helped investors secure a $350 million settlement against Alphabet after the Google parent company suffered a data breach, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Rising Star: Kirkland's James Clark
James Clark of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has for years worked on one of the world's largest development and infrastructure projects — a Herculean undertaking in Saudi Arabia — and in the process has earned a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.