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Rankings: Rising Stars

Law360’s Rising Stars profiles the top legal talent under 40. The winners are comprised of top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys. Submissions highlight the winner’s age and reasons why his or her record deserves attention.
  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: MoFo's Locke Bell

    Morrison Foerster LLP's Locke Bell helped shepherd Salesforce's $27.7 billion purchase of Slack and aided Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems' successful defense of prototype launcher deals contested by SpaceX, landing him a spot among the government contract attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Pedro Bermeo

    Pedro Bermeo of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped advise the underwriters for Ryan Specialty's $1.3 billion initial public offering, as well as a $3.85 billion refinancing for Ligado Networks, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Christopher J. Dickson

    Christopher J. Dickson of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has regularly served as lead counsel to lenders on major transactions, including the $3 billion securitized refinancing of the recently developed One Vanderbilt skyscraper in New York, earning him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Tristan Pelham Webb

    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.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Dechert's Jonathan Tam

    Jonathan Tam of Dechert LLP has worked on large-scale mass torts, including representing 3M in multiple recent trials over allegations that its earplugs damaged U.S. military service members' hearing, earning him a place among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Cravath's Andrew T. Davis

    Andrew T. Davis of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has played a lead role in structuring billion-dollar acquisitions across the globe, including transactions involving companies based in Australia and the Netherlands, earning him a spot among the tax attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Blank Rome's Elizabeth Jochum

    Blank Rome LLP partner Elizabeth Jochum's work to successfully defend Riva Solutions' position on an unusual $2 billion information technology contract, fending off protests in the process, has earned her a position among the government contracts attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Meghan McDermott

    Meghan McDermott of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has guided several landmark deals, including Eldorado's blockbuster $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars' casino business and helping online dating giant Match revamp its balance sheet through a trailblazing $1.4 billion debt-and-equity offer, earning her a spot among capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Foley & Lardner's Thomas Ferrante

    Thomas Ferrante of Foley & Lardner LLP has helped numerous health-related businesses expand their platforms, including primary and urgent care business Carbon Health, earning him a spot among the health care attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Stars: Bracewell's Patrick K. Johnson

    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.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Rohith George

    Rohith George of Mayer Brown LLP helped negotiate a partnership deal between Google and Groupon and has guided bank-fintech partnerships such as InspereX's licensing deal with Goldman Sachs, earning him a spot among the fintech practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Luke McCloud

    Williams & Connolly LLP partner Luke McCloud has successfully tried several cases to judgment in federal and state courts before making his U.S. Supreme Court debut in January, earning him a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored this year by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Darius Horton

    Darius Horton of Mayer Brown LLP was lead counsel to purchases on seven securitizations of residential transition, or "house-flipping," loans worth more than $1.9 billion total, including the first repackaging of nonperforming house-flipping loans into capital markets securities, earning him a spot among the structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's James McDonald

    James McDonald hit the ground running when he joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP after heading up the enforcement division of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and his various cryptocurrency cases and a key role in a recent $6 billion Allianz SE settlement have earned him a spot among the compliance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Jeanifer Parsigian

    Over the past year, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Jeanifer Parsigian has helped the U.S. Women's National Team players secure a landmark equal pay deal with U.S. Soccer, won a U.S. Supreme Court victory that blew apart the NCAA's "amateurism" pay model and is pressing forward on another case that could further alter college sports, earning her a spot as one of four sports and betting attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Michelle Chen

    Michelle Chen of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shepherded M&T Bank's $8.3 billion acquisition that vaulted it to "superregional" status, steered MUFG's $8 billion exit from the U.S. retail banking market and advised on Fiserv's mammoth $22 billion buy of First Data, landing a spot among the banking law attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Nossaman's Shant Boyajian

    Shant Boyajian of Nossaman LLP has advised transit agencies in Massachusetts and Los Angeles on sprawling capital improvement projects, earning him a spot among the top transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2022

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Marta Lahuerta Escolano

    Jones Day's Marta Lahuerta Escolano provided key legal advice in opening Ethiopia's telecom market to competition, likely leading to billions of dollars in new investments, helping earn her a spot among the telecom attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' George John

    Hogan Lovells senior associate attorney George V. John has been involved in helping major aerospace and telecommunications clients such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin navigate Federal Communications Commission regulations when it comes to obtaining spectrum for their launch vehicles, earning him a spot among the telecommunications attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Morgan Ratner

    Sullivan & Cromwell special counsel Morgan Ratner has played a lead role in helping clients win appeals, including arguing seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court while either pregnant or nursing, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Orestis Omran

    DLA Piper partner Orestis Omran has captained many billion-euro securitizations and other financial transactions for major European parties, including recently representing loan servicer Qquant's securitization transaction involving a €1 billion portfolio of nonperforming loans by Pancreta Bank in Greece, earning him a place among the structured finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mehdi Ansari

    Mehdi Ansari of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shepherded DraftKings Inc.'s $1.56 billion acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming and helped Major League Baseball sell to Disney what would become the backbone of Disney+ in a $1.58 billion deal, earning him a spot as one of the sports and betting attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Skadden's Caroline Kim

    Caroline Kim of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has helped several companies go public and comply with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, including advising WeWork during its protracted journey to becoming publicly traded, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Montgomery McCracken's Robert E. O'Connor

    Robert O'Connor of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP has become one of the go-to maritime lawyers in the U.S., recently representing shipping giants Maersk and Ocean Network Express in dozens of separate disputes over the loss of thousands of shipping containers worth millions, earning him a spot among the transportation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2022

    Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Elizabeth Cassady

    Elizabeth Cassady of Steptoe & Johnson LLP started her career litigating high-profile residential mortgage-backed securities cases in the wake of the financial crisis and recently represented JPMorgan in litigation contending a billion-dollar syndicated loan was a security, earning her a spot among the banking attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.