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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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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 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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August 02, 2023
Arturo de la Parra of Jones Day served as lead counsel to Mexican development banks in connection with their $2.1 billion revolving loan granted last summer to a special purpose trust for the acquisition of jet fuel collection rights, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Milbank LLP's Munib Hussain spearheaded a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 billion bond transaction for a BlackRock unit acquiring a stake in a Saudi Arabian gas pipeline company, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Evelyn Balassiano of White & Case LLP has represented banks in a $4.2 billion redevelopment project at one of America's busiest airports and helped advise lenders in the financing of a $3 billion subway line in Brazil, earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2023
As a multijurisdictional attorney licensed in Australia, Canada and the United States, Chris Peponis of Latham & Watkins LLP has been at the helm of multiple complex deals in far-flung parts of the world, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2023
Matthew E. Neuringer of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped with a roughly $9 billion project to shutter and replace Rikers Island jails, guided a project to replace major bridges in Pennsylvania and advised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on improving its accessibility, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2023
Mayer Brown LLP's Katy C. McNeil has represented clients in financing major renewable energy projects, including Credit Suisse's $300 million financing for community, commercial and industrial solar projects across the U.S., earning her a spot among the project finance 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 30, 2022
Ann Lilienthal of Morrison Foerster LLP has taken the lead in high-profile deals, including a team that advised the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. on aspects of $190 million in financing a 12-fiber pair subsea cable system, earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 29, 2022
Latham & Watkins partner Kelly Cataldo represented lenders in one of the largest debt financings of a U.S. renewable energy project to date last year, and she worked on financing the largest solar and co-located battery storage project in the U.S., earning her a place among the project finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 28, 2022
Gregory D. Howling of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised a consortium led by global investment firm KKR in the $15 billion acquisition of global data center real estate investment trust CyrusOne, earning him a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 27, 2022
Tristan Pelham Webb of King & Spalding has helped put together deals for Axium Infrastructure US Inc. for the development of renewable energy transmission lines and massive battery storage in California, earning him a spot among the top project finance practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2022
Patrick K. Johnson of Bracewell LLP advised energy giant Equinor through a $1.1 billion deal that saw BP acquire a partial stake in two offshore wind projects and represented Global Infrastructure Partners in forming a joint venture geared towards U.S. offshore wind project development, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 30, 2022
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 24, 2021
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 23, 2021
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 22, 2021
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 21, 2021
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
Chris Gladbach of McDermott Will & Emery has helped clients develop major energy projects, including assisting a developer secure financing for a major wind farm planned for off the coast of Maryland, earning him a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 28, 2021
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 06, 2020
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Aryan Moniri represented SunEdison in connection with $4 billion in financing over the course of six years and spearheaded multimillion-dollar restructuring and financing projects for Talen Energy, earning him a spot as one of five project finance lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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
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.