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September 09, 2026
Niall Dickson of Goodwin Procter LLP advised global investment manager Ares Management on the formation of billions of dollars in funds focusing on real estate assets such as multifamily, industrial or self-storage sites, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 02, 2026
During a career spent at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sam Zaretsky has cultivated skills and strong client relationships that have positioned him to lead complex deals, such as a partnership that Starwood Capital entered into to revamp cryptocurrency mining firm MARA's facilities, earning him a spot among real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 26, 2026
Andrew Elkhoury has made a successful transition from BigLaw to solo practice at Houston-based Elkhoury Law PLLC, highlighted by his selection by Texas' Harris County to develop and implement a design-build program for its future construction projects — earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 26, 2026
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's corporate and finance partner Elizabeth L. Banks has advised on major deals, such as multifamily real estate investment trust Elme Communities' $1.6 billion sale of a 19-property portfolio, and retail-focused REIT Kite Realty Group Trust's $1 billion senior notes offerings, which earned her a spot among the real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Edd Hampson of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised Blackstone Group on a series of refinancings for its iQ student housing platform, including a £2.6 billion refinancing in August 2024 involving an 11‑bank syndicate, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 19, 2026
Allison G. Geewax of Smith Currie Oles LLP represented a small business that successfully protested the federal government excluding it from the award pool for a contract she said was estimated to be worth up to $8 billion, and helped a human services organization develop complex construction agreements for a $10 million project to house homeless people — earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Hunter Vance of Susman Godfrey LLP advised a construction company in resolving billions of dollars in claims out of bankruptcy court following completion of a $10 billion liquid natural gas terminal in Texas, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2026
Danielle B. Schulweis of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised Tishman Speyer on a combined $6.35 billion in refinancings for two well-known New York City office properties, The Spiral and Rockefeller Center, securing her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2026
Jon Newman of Clifford Chance LLP has advised PIMCO as a purchaser in a $27 billion private securities offering to fund a data center in Louisiana and as a lender in a separate $16 billion deal to finance a data center in Michigan, scoring him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2026
Hayden Harms of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP played a key role on the teams that advised Excelsior Energy Capital on deals supporting domestic clean energy infrastructure, including an agreement to acquire 2 gigawatts of photovoltaic modules, earning him a spot among the construction law 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 20, 2025
Dechert LLP's finance and real estate partner Nitya K. Goyal worked on major loan deals last year, such as representing Bank of America and Deutsche Bank in a $1.58 billion mortgage loan origination that used nine luxury hotels as collateral, earning her a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2025
Katie Roddy of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Hudson Pacific Properties on its $700 million sale of a shuttered Los Angeles mall to UCLA after the pandemic complicated Hudson's office redevelopment plans, earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2025
Nasser Alrubayyi of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP won a dismissal for Raza Co. in its dispute with Azmeel Contracting over a $450 million construction contract, along with other big courtroom victories, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2025
Katherine Jahnke Dale of DLA Piper has been a key adviser on a transformation of Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood, along with projects that include a $7 billion redevelopment near the United Center and a purchase agreement for a former steel plant now envisioned as a technology hub, earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2025
Garrett Gibson of Jones Day has notched several wins in notable construction cases, including a high-stakes dispute between a major contractor for the oil and gas sector and a petrochemical manufacturer in Texas, earning him a spot among construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2025
Eric Meer of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP guided RXR Realty through major recapitalizations and loan modifications on New York City office properties amid a tight rate environment as the Manhattan office market continued to take a beating, earning him a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 23, 2025
Almiro Clere of King & Spalding LLP has advised Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism on what planners say will be the world's largest artificial reef off Dubai, where 1 billion corals will live on a marine bed the size of New York City, earning him a spot among the construction 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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August 14, 2024
Michael Shultz of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has advised investor Blue Owl on several major transactions, including its $15 billion acquisition of real estate investment trust STORE Capital Corp. with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2024
Latham & Watkins LLP counsel Dustin Paige's work on large, complex deals, including a $7 billion joint venture between Digital Realty Trust and Blackstone Inc. to develop four hyperscale data center campuses and Flynn Properties' $1.1 billion acquisition of an 89-hotel portfolio and its subsequent refinancing, has earned him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2024
Mica Klein of Perkins Coie LLP has advised Microsoft on a series of data center and electrical substation construction projects across North, Central and South America and represents the Seattle Mariners in a major stadium renovation, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2024
Alana Sliwinski of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has guided multiple high-profile and climate-focused public-private partnerships in her career, most recently playing a pivotal role in the $7 billion construction of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2024
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP real estate counsel Anoush Sarkissian's work on major transactions such as advising alternative asset management company The RMR Group in an approximately $4 billion mortgage and mezzanine financing and its $80 million acquisition of multifamily real estate firm Carroll landed her a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2024
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.