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August 05, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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July 31, 2024
Sourabh Mishra was one of the attorneys on the Hueston Hennigan LLP trial team representing Monster Energy Co. against the makers of Bang Energy drink, helping score a record-breaking $293 million false advertising judgment and earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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 31, 2024
Robert A. Braun of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has helped home sellers reach about $1 billion in settlements over real estate broker commissions and has also helped land deals for buyers in antitrust cases involving pharmaceuticals and electronic components, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Sam Rudik, a recently promoted partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, guided Blackstone on several billion-dollar transactions over the past three years, including a handful of major development deals and acquisitions involving data centers, landing him a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2024
Julianne Befeler of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has been a key adviser on complex commercial real estate transactions for heavy hitters including Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Properties and Blackstone Inc., 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, 2024
Jessica Benvenisty of King & Spalding LLP led the trial team for the mobile gaming platform Skillz Inc. and won a $42.9 million jury verdict in California in February against rival Aviagames for patent infringement related to fraud allegedly enabled by bots, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Alexis Dyschkant of Covington & Burling LLP is an emerging leading expert on PFAS-related coverage issues, taking point on litigation strategy, summary judgment briefing and oral arguments, all earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Leonid Traps helped win a motion dismissing a multibillion-dollar securities fraud suit against Citigroup and aided AT&T in securing a full dismissal of two rare multilevel court cases seeking billions of dollars in damages, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 30, 2024
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Julian W. Kleinbrodt recently helped tobacco company Swisher undo an antitrust judgment after uncovering fraud on the part of plaintiff Trendsettah and has played a role in a number of recent victories for Apple Inc. in battles over antitrust claims related to its app store and watch, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.