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August 28, 2026
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Javad Asghari helped guide EQT Infrastructure in its partnership with Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners to buy utility AES Corp. in a deal worth $33.4 billion, and Stonepeak's $5.7 billion investment in an $18 billion liquefied natural gas project, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 27, 2026
Blank Rome LLP's Lamiya Rahman helped several liquefied natural gas companies secure Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals for their multibillion-dollar projects and helped BP America broker a favorable settlement in a high-profile FERC enforcement case, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 26, 2026
Emily Prezioso Walsh, a partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, helped Allete Inc. go private through a $6.2 billion acquisition and is guiding American Water Works Co. in a $63 billion merger deal that will affect customers in multiple states, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 25, 2026
Chad Richards of Mayer Brown LLP is helping guide the regulatory approvals for Manulife Investment Management's $1.9 billion utility acquisition in the Pacific Northwest after coming off one of the largest infrastructure deals in recent years, BlackRock's $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners, earning a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 24, 2026
Brittany L. Sukiennik of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has guided Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest utility company, in a roughly $640 million agreement to settle claims against it over the devastating 2021 Marshall Fire and helped lead Pacific Gas and Electric Co. through Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it faced mass tort suits over the California wildfires in 2017 and 2018, earning her a spot among practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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August 01, 2025
Elina Coss of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC led a team that closed a massive $1.4 billion deal for two battery storage projects and was lead counsel to a clean energy provider in a record-setting $977.5 million securitization of solar leases and power purchase agreements, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2025
Vinson & Elkins LLP's Stephanie Noble has scored high-stakes trial wins for oil and gas companies, including Antero Resources Corp. and Aera Energy LLC, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2025
Christine Brozynski of Norton Rose Fulbright represented the lenders in a $6 billion project to deliver clean and renewable hydropower from Quebec to New York City, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2025
Karen Bruni of Steptoe LLP secured approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to help complete multimillion-dollar energy transactions such as the sale of one company's shares in wind projects for nearly a total $1 billion, earning a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2025
Ben Falber has helped craft clean energy transition policies for both New York and some of the Empire State's largest utilities, including energy storage and advanced technology programs for the state and long-term gas system plans for utility company National Grid, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 18, 2025
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 31, 2024
Emilie McNally of McGuireWoods LLP has guided NiSource Inc. through the $2.15 billion sale of a minority stake in its subsidiary to Blackstone, and represented Dominion Energy Inc. in its $14 billion sale of three local natural gas distribution companies, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Atman Shukla of Sidley Austin LLP has helped guide some of the energy infrastructure industry's biggest players through multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including Enbridge Inc.'s $3 billion purchase of Moda Midstream Operating LLC, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 29, 2024
Jenner & Block LLP's Niqui Kohli has become the guy major energy companies are turning to early on in dealmaking, often involving himself in setting strategy from the beginning to help providers navigate the potentially treacherous waters of regulatory approval and stakeholder buy-in, landing him among the energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2024
Courtney Whang of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped secure a highly favorable plaintiff-side settlement for KKR, one of the world's largest institutional investors, in a securities opt-out class action and is currently preparing for a jury trial representing HPS Investment Partners LLC in multiple actions arising from the bankruptcy of the oil and gas exploration company Alta Mesa Resources Inc., earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 12, 2024
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 18, 2023
Hogan Thompson LLP co-founder and partner Christopher Hogan obtained major wins for energy companies in oil and gas litigation in Texas and beyond — including a multimillion-dollar jury verdict for an oil company over its trespass claims stemming from another energy company's "acid gas" injections — earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2023
Erland Modesto, a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, finalized a billion-dollar spinoff of gas pipeline giant DT Midstream from its parent company, secured hundreds of millions of dollars in lending to renewable energy company SunPower, and represented JPMorgan Chase and other high-profile financial institutions in their energy investments, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2023
Locke Lord LLP partner Rachel Fitzgerald is building a reputation as one of its go-to corporate attorneys in the energy sector, leading or co-leading deals ranging from $1 million to more than $3 billion and earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2023
Anne Leidich of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has become a go-to lawyer for the nuclear energy industry, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 12, 2023
April Kim of Greenberg Traurig LLP has made a name for herself by representing Korean companies seeking to get their foot in U.S.-based energy projects, in addition to representing major U.S. companies like U.S. Bank in financing domestic green energy projects, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2023
Nathan Goralnik of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has spearheaded a number of legal firsts in the past three years, including securing the first ever judicial decision interpreting the ISDA North American Gas Annex, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2023
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2023, our list of 183 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 09, 2022
Samuel Ogunlaja of Shearman & Sterling LLP has advised on a number of energy projects in Africa and the Middle East, including Uganda's first "greenfield" refinery project, and a large hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Neom, a city being built in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.