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July 23, 2024
Sijia Cai led the Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP team that advised investment firm Rubicon Founders LLC on its roughly $1.2 billion second flagship private equity fund and was on the team that advised on a $2.5 billion Morgan Stanley secondaries fund, earning her a spot among the fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 22, 2024
Lynette Elam of Goodwin Procter LLP guided the $16.5 billion fundraise for private equity firm TA Associates on its TA XV fund, which the firm has identified as one of 2023's biggest private equity funds, in the latest chapter of her work with the longtime client. This accomplishment and others have arned her a place among the fund formation attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2024
Oliver Prakash-Jenkins of Latham & Watkins LLP advised infrastructure investment manager American Triple I on its fundraise for the $4.2 billion development of a new terminal at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, and in just the past month has seen two projects that both involved investments of over $1 billion close, earning him a place among the fund formation law practitioners under 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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August 01, 2023
Maureen Ho of Morrison Foerster LLP has headed multibillion-dollar deals between a myriad of companies, including Alibaba's acquisition of a stake in Ant Financial, earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Michael Chao has honed a reputation as a trusted counselor steering massive private-equity deals — as evidenced by the more-than-$30 billion acquisition of health care supplier Medline — earning him a spot among private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2023
Darren Schweiger co-led a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP corporate team that helped advise TPG Capital's $1 billion initial public offering and has participated in other multimillion-dollar deals, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2023
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Emily Huang spearheaded Kelso & Co.'s $610 million acquisition of two iconic General Mills brands for its food portfolio company, earning her a spot among the private equity lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2023
Kristen Poole of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has worked on high-stakes deals in the private equity space, including a recent one that carried an enterprise value of $16 billion, earning her a spot among the fund private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2023
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Deborah Gruen's work advising leading global investment firms such Stonepeak, The Carlyle Group and KKR on the creation of multibillion-dollar funds, often exceeding fundraising targets, has earned her a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2023
Jimmy Matteucci of Cooley LLP has counseled Founders Fund on over $8 billion worth of funds in the last three years, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 13, 2023
In just the past couple of years, Sally Bergmann of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has steered private equity and venture capital firms through several cutting-edge, multibillion-dollar transactions, including a $3 billion Breakthrough Properties fund and Paradigm's record-breaking $2.5 billion closed-end crypto fund, earning her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 12, 2023
Thanks to a variety of work for General Atlantic, including helping with a nearly $8 billion fundraising and a separate first-ever climate-focused fund, Conrad van Loggerenberg of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has earned a spot among fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 10, 2023
Jonathan Ross of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has shepherded in hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of fund formation deals in his career — including a multibillion-dollar fund for one of the firm's founding clients — earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as 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 16, 2022
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Linda Tieh's work advising on multibillion-dollar funds for companies like Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Centerbridge Partners has earned her a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 15, 2022
Joseph Schwartz of Sidley Austin LLP co-led the largest hedge fund launch globally in 2021 while also juggling multiple ongoing billion-dollar funds for Azimut Alternative Capital Partners and i80 Group, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 14, 2022
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP fund formation partner Vicky Forrester has guided industry giants Apollo Global Management and KKR & Co. Inc. on their massive dislocation opportunities funds, among other accomplishments, earning her a spot as one of the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Brett Saltzman has advised sponsors in tens of billions of dollars' worth of high-profile fund commitments in the past few years, making him a leader in the real estate fund formation space and earning him a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Alisa Waxman of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has guided private equity firms on numerous multibillion-dollar transactions, including Ara Partners' $1.1 billion decarbonization fund and Global Infrastructure Partners' record-breaking $22 billion infrastructure fund, earning her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Brett J. Fleisher of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has headed multibillion-dollar deals between a myriad of companies, including leading Dell's $4 billion sale of its Boomi business to Francisco Partners and TPG, earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2022
Sidley Austin LLP partner Fatema Orjela's work advising on and cutting billion-dollar deals for private equity companies like H.I.G. Capital, Apollo Global Management and GIC Private Ltd. earned her a spot among the private equity attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2022
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Martin Q. Ruhaak has lead several multibillion-dollar health care and life sciences transactions for private equity firms around the world, including the $1.07 billion sale of an Israeli medical device manufacturer to Boston Scientific Corp., earning him a spot among the private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Cullen L. Sinclair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has advised investment firm KPS Capital Partners on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including its acquisition of a $1.7 billion controlling stake in Tate & Lyle PLC, earning him a spot among the private equity attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 03, 2022
Christopher Elder of Kirkland & Ellis LLP serves as a lead relationship partner for Bain Capital Private Equity and has helped it navigate a number of large deals, including its $17 billion purchase with Hellman & Friedman of Athenahealth, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.