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Rankings: Rising Stars
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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April 01, 2015
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Werner Ahlers
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Werner Ahlers' deft hand with cross-border transactions has helped AT&T land three market-shifting deals in Mexico that reshaped the North American telecom industry, earning him a spot on Law360's roster of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under 40.
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March 31, 2015
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Krishna Veeraraghavan
An appetite for blockbuster transactional work and a longtime familiarity with the medical profession helped Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Krishna Veeraraghavan complete several multibillion-dollar deals in 2014, earning him a spot on Law360's list of eight top mergers and acquisitions lawyers under 40.
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March 30, 2015
Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Steven Haas
Just a decade out of law school, Steven M. Haas of Hunton & Williams LLP has handled a series of mergers and acquisitions while also establishing himself as a thought leader through dozens of published articles and as a co-author of a corporate governance treatise, earning him a spot among this year’s Law360 M&A Rising Stars.
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March 30, 2015
The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm
Law360's Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under 40 who have demonstrated outstanding career accomplishments. This year, King & Spalding LLP and Sidley Austin LLP led the pack with seven Rising Stars each, followed by Gibson Dunn and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP with six Rising Stars each, and Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis LLP with five Rising Stars apiece.
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March 27, 2015
Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2015, our list of 144 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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April 25, 2014
Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Jeremy Kutner
Between his work in locking up a $950 million purchase for Barry Callebaut AG and his guidance of Vivendi SA in a $765 million deal with Warner Music Group Corp., Shearman & Sterling LLP's Jeremy Kutner earned himself a spot on Law360's list of top mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40.