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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.
  • July 27, 2018

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 168 attorneys selected as Law360's 2018 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. From guiding eye-popping deals to handling bet-the-company litigation, these elite attorneys under 40 are leading the pack.

  • July 20, 2017

    Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Lauren C. Bellerjeau

    Morrison & Foerster LLP’s youngest partner, Lauren Bellerjeau, has helped push the firm's mergers and acquisitions practice into the world of real estate investment trust transactions and has taken the lead on major deals including the sale of GE’s commercial real estate unit to Blackstone, earning her a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    Rising Star: Weil's Sachin Kohli

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Sachin Kohli has advised companies in some of the highest-valued mergers and acquisitions of the past few years, including guiding Dow Chemical in its pending $130 billion merger with fellow chemical giant DuPont, earning him a spot as one of five mergers and acquisitions attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 19, 2017

    The 2017 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP led the pack with eight Rising Stars each, followed by Latham & Watkins LLP, Mayer Brown LLP and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, which had six apiece. Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP rounded out the group with five Rising Stars.

  • July 18, 2017

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Jonathan Davis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Jonathan Davis has advised on a series of complex deals totaling roughly $370 billion since becoming a mergers and acquisitions practitioner, including high-profile deals like Mead Johnson’s $17.9 billion acquisition by the U.K.’s Reckitt, earning him a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2017

    Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's Blake Liggio

    Goodwin Procter LLP’s Blake Liggio has steered several multibillion-dollar tie-ups in his young career, including guiding real estate investment trust Monogram Residential Trust Inc. in an newly announced $3 billion sale to a Greystar Real Estate Partners-led fund, earning him a spot as one of five mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2017

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 156 attorneys selected as Law360's 2017 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. This elite group of attorneys, all under 40, have distinguished themselves by handling bet-the-company litigation and brokering deals that make headlines.

  • July 14, 2017

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Aaron Meyers

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s Aaron Meyers has cultivated an expertise in handling particularly tricky carve-out transactions and divestitures like Asahi Kasei's acquisition and simultaneous sale of half of Polypore, landing the M&A practitioner — who almost pursued an engineering career instead of law — a spot among attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • April 12, 2016

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Anthony Vernace

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Anthony Vernace’s work on high-profile mergers and acquisitions early in his career has won him a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars, and his role in complex global M&A deals is also what helped him become a partner at the firm when he was just 32.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Skadden's Brandon Van Dyke

    Though he's yet to reach 40, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Brandon Van Dyke has been able to provide ongoing counsel for corporate heavyweights, including DuPont Co. and News Corp., as they undertake transformational mergers and acquisitions, landing him on this year’s list of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Miranda So

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Miranda So has been helping companies like internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. do deals in China’s booming mergers market since touching down in 2007, making her one of Law360’s top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Chris May

    In the last year, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Christopher May advised computer maker Dell and Chinese conglomerate ChemChina on a pair of record-breaking deals that could not be more different, earning him one of nine spots on Law360's 2016 list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's James Langston

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's James Langston has guided companies in some of the largest deals over the past couple years including advising Actavis PLC in a $70 billion acquisition of pharmaceutical giant Allergan Inc. that thwarted a hostile takeover attempt, earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 05, 2016

    Rising Star: Shearman's Jeremy Kutner

    Jeremy Kutner's knack for sealing cross-border deals made waves around the globe in 2015, guiding blockbuster combinations like British telecom Liberty Global's $5.3 billion acquisition of Pan-American focused Cable & Wireless Communications PLC, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 04, 2016

    Rising Star: Kirkland's David Feirstein

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's David Feirstein has been at the helm of some of the most complex and high-profile public transactions, including Nexstar's unsolicited takeover campaign for Media General, making him one of Law360's 2016 top M&A attorneys under 40.

  • April 01, 2016

    The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm

    Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, Quinn Emanuel led the pack with eight Rising Stars, followed by Gibson Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher with seven Rising Stars each. Baker & Hostetler, Latham & Watkins, King & Spalding and Shearman & Sterling each boast five Rising Stars apiece.

  • April 01, 2016

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Corsico

    Between helping Marriott International fend off a rival bidder for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and guiding a complicated construction company acquisition for Lone Star Funds, Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Corsico has assisted in billions of dollars worth of deals this past year, making him one of nine attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as rising legal stars in mergers and acquisitions.

  • March 31, 2016

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's William Chudd

    Thanks to steering Lockheed Martin Corp.'s blockbuster acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. from United Technologies Corp., as well as grabbing work on several multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical M&A deals, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's William J. Chudd has been named one of Law360's Mergers and Acquisitions Rising Stars.

  • March 30, 2016

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2016, our list of 179 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • April 08, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Mergers & Acquisitions

    Advising clients in multibillion-dollar deals earned these young lawyers spots on Law360's list of M&A attorneys under 40.

  • April 08, 2015

    Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Serating

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Peter Serating has helped clients clinch a number of multibillion-dollar deals over the past year, including the Coca-Cola Co.'s $2.15 billion deal with Monster Beverage Corp., earning him a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2015

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Doug Bacon

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner Doug Bacon utilizes his experience in multinational sales to advise corporations and private equity firms in major deals, including the recent $5.4 billion sale of a Novartis AG unit to Eli Lilly & Co., landing him a spot on Law360's list of the top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 06, 2015

    Rising Star: Cravath Swaine & Moore's Ting Chen

    Steering a host of high-profile, high-value and high-impact deals to successful closings in the past year, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Ting S. Chen has landed among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Paul Tiger

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Paul M. Tiger was on the front lines of one of last year's biggest buyout battles, deftly guiding Family Dollar Stores Inc. through a high-stakes takeover drama into a $8.5 billion merger agreement with Dollar Tree Inc., landing him a spot on Law360's list of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Baker & McKenzie's Olivia Tyrrell

    Baker & McKenzie LLP partner Olivia Tyrrell advised Merck & Co. on the international aspects of the sale of its consumer care business to Bayer AG for $14.2 billion and had a leading role in several other cross-border deals, earning her a spot among Law360's top mergers and acquisitions lawyers under 40.