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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.
  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Cohen & Gresser's Sri Kuehnlenz

    Sri Kuehnlenz of Cohen & Gresser LLP was instrumental in securing the dismissal of six out of 13 criminal counts leveled against Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and she helped an engineer avoid prosecution who was swept up in the U.S. Department of Justice's China Initiative, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Alana T. Sliwinski

    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.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Agnès Bizard

    Agnès Bizard of King & Spalding LLP successfully convinced the Paris Court of Appeal that an arbitral tribunal erred in concluding it could not hear a $4 billion investment arbitration against Uruguay over an iron ore mining project, earning Bizard a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Julia Zousmer

    Julia Zousmer of King & Spalding LLP helped Boehringer Ingelheim nix roughly 50,000 claims by plaintiffs and an entire cohort of experts in multidistrict litigation over its heartburn medication Zantac, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Latham's Parag Patel

    Parag Patel of Latham & Watkins LLP was a key member of a cross-border team that advised U.S. private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners in its $1.8 billion take-private acquisition of peer-to-peer payments company MoneyGram International Inc., earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Pryor Cashman's Andrew M. Goldsmith

    Andrew Goldsmith of Pryor Cashman LLP helped musical artist Ed Sheeran and his writing partner defeat allegations that their tune "Thinking Out Loud" infringed on the copyright for the iconic Marvin Gaye song "Let's Get It On," earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Skadden's Anoush Sarkissian

    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.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Willkie's Melissa Fischetti

    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.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Claire Pauly

    Claire Pauly of Jones Day acted as lead counsel in a preliminary phase of a construction company's arbitration against a major French energy producer, convincing an international tribunal to toss the bulk of the billion-dollar claim and earning her a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: White & Case's Adam Acosta

    Adam Acosta of White & Case LLP helped secure a Second Circuit win for AbbVie Inc. in a "pay for delay" suit over its hypertension drug Bystolic, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Skadden's George Gray

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner George Gray has used his expertise to navigate Markerstudy Group's $1.6 billion merger with an insurance brokering giant and to help private equity firm HgCapital LLP exit its investment in Argus Media, earning him a spot among private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Rémi Jaffré

    Rémi Jaffré of Jenner & Block LLP has participated in some of the most high-profile fair use cases of the past few years, including a dispute over an MTV reality show and helping prevent copyrighted images from "Harry Potter" and "Gilmore Girls" from being used by virtual running clubs. That work, and his role helping overturn an unconstitutional ban on a drag show in southern Utah, has earned him a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Eden Schiffmann

    Eden Schiffmann of Williams & Connolly LLP has successfully petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari several times, including most recently in 2023, when he helped bring before the justices the first contested criminal case against a foreign sovereign instrumentality in U.S. history. His work before the high court, and other high-profile matters involving a broad range of legal issues, have earned him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Dechert's Linda Ann Bartosch

    Linda Ann Bartosch of Dechert LLP has advised clients on complex transactions and securitizations involving new kinds of assets at the leading edge of technology and finance, from cryptocurrency to real estate, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2024

    Rising Star: Manatt's Alexandra Krasovec

    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP partner Alexandra Krasovec has helped two clients defend against a sprawling, first-of-its-kind Telephone Consumer Protection Act mass tort action and successfully decertified a separate TCPA class action after replacing the previous defense counsel, earning her spot as one of the telecommunications attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: Dechert's Sam Whittaker

    Sam Whittaker of Dechert's work helping Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. Ltd. coinvest in deals like the $17 billion acquisition of Athenahealth and the more than $15 billion take-private of media data giant Nielsen has kept a "cornerstone client" happy and made him one of the Law360 Rising Stars in private equity under age 40.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Tara Fisher

    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.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Dylan Scher

    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.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Macky O'Sullivan

    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.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Charline Yim

    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.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' J. Ryan Thompson

    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.

  • August 05, 2024

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Tali Leinwand

    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.

  • August 02, 2024

    Rising Star: Cooley's Brett De Jarnette

    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.

  • August 02, 2024

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Russell Balikian

    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.

  • August 02, 2024

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Meagan Griffin

    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.