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September 06, 2019
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 17, 2018
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Sue Meng says she loves to help companies as they grow, as exemplified most recently when she guided Envision Healthcare HCA, which she started working with in 2011, in its recent $15 billion merger with AmSurg, earning her a spot as one of six mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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August 16, 2018
Jonathan Davis of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has worked on a litany of high-profile deals, including a $2.25 billion investment into General Motors' self-driving car business, earning him a spot as one of six mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 15, 2018
Sonia Nijjar of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is quickly making a name for herself as a skilled navigator of complex deals, guiding major clients including Intel Corp. and landing a spot among six mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40 honored as Law360’s Rising Stars.
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August 14, 2018
Edward J. Lee of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has led a number of clients, including aerospace giant United Technologies, through billion-dollar deals, all while advocating for diversity within the legal industry, earning him a spot as one of six mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2018
Jenner & Block LLP’s Edward Prokop steered General Dynamics through its $9.7 billion acquisition of information technology government contractor CSRA and advised Snyder’s-Lance on both its multibillion-dollar purchase of Diamond Foods and later the snack food company’s almost $5 billion acquisition by Campbell’s Soup, making him one of six attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s mergers and acquisitions Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2018
Hogan Lovells’ Christopher Moore has steered clients through an uncertain regulatory landscape in the semiconductor industry and helped Walmart land a majority stake in an Indian e-commerce firm, earning him a spot as one of six attorneys under 40 selected as Law360’s mergers and acquisitions Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2018
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.
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July 20, 2017
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.
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July 19, 2017
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.
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July 19, 2017
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.
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July 18, 2017
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.
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July 17, 2017
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.
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July 14, 2017
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.
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July 14, 2017
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.
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April 12, 2016
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.
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April 11, 2016
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.
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April 08, 2016
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.
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April 07, 2016
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.
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April 06, 2016
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.
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April 05, 2016
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.
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April 04, 2016
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.
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April 01, 2016
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.
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April 01, 2016
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.
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March 31, 2016
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.