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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.
  • September 24, 2019

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Joseph Lanzkron

    Joseph Lanzkron of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has racked up experience handling major transactions, such as helping a hedge fund acquire $5.2 billion in assets including real estate from the Sears bankruptcy estate and representing Goldman Sachs in a $530 million mortgage loan to Blackstone affiliates, landing him a spot on this year’s list of real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • September 23, 2019

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's John Bain

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner John Bain has built a broad real estate practice that blends elements of the energy and retail sectors, and thanks in part to his multibillion-dollar transactional work for 7-Eleven, Bain has earned a spot among a small group of real estate lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 06, 2019

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie A. Neuman

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP partner Bonnie A. Neuman has worked on real estate financing deals involving approximately $15 billion in mortgage and mezzanine loans in recent months, earning her a spot for the third straight year among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Julia Sanabria

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP partner Julia Sanabria is helping guide all retail leasing for the landlord at the shopping center in Hudson Yards — the largest private real estate development project in the U.S. — making her one of five real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 22, 2018

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Mike Szczurek

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Mike Szczurek has successfully advised clients on a number of complex real estate portfolio transactions, such as Scion Student Communities' recent set of acquisitions that totaled about $2.7 billion in asset value, securing him a spot as one of six real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 21, 2018

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Wheatly MacNamara

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Wheatly MacNamara has played key roles in complex multibillion-dollar deals, including representing a Blackstone real estate fund in the €12.25 billion sale of European logistics company Logicor to China Investment Corp., earning her a spot as one of six real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 20, 2018

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Kris Ferranti

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Kris Ferranti had a hand in a massive international acquisition of a shopping mall giant in the last year, one of the deals that earned him a place as one of six real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 17, 2018

    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' David Hamsher

    A key player in some of the San Francisco real estate market’s largest public-private partnerships, Paul Hastings LLP partner David Hamsher also helped China’s SRE Group Ltd. land its first investment in North America in 2017, earning him a spot as one of six real estate attorneys named to Law360’s list of Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • August 03, 2017

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie A. Neuman

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP’s Bonnie A. Neuman counsels big-name real estate lenders including J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank on important financing transactions for a wide range of assets, from large hotel portfolios to trophy office buildings, landing her a spot among Law360's Rising Stars for the second year in a row.

  • August 02, 2017

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Stacey McEvoy

    Hogan Lovell's Stacey McEvoy has routinely advised many of the largest real estate investment trusts on various transactional matters, and her work steering recent deals north of $1 billion for Duke Realty Corp., Apple Hospitality REIT and American Homes 4 Rent has earned her a spot as one of five real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2017

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Justin Bender

    A career spent by Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Justin Bender guiding million- and billion-dollar deals — such as Connecticut-based Starwood Capital Group's $5.37 billion deal to buy more than 23,000 apartments — has earned him a spot as one of five real estate law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2017

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Kris Ferranti

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Kris Ferranti has helped counsel foreign and domestic real estate investors and developers on some of their biggest and most complex projects and transactions, including Olayan America’s purchase of a trophy office tower in Manhattan, earning him a spot as one of five real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2017

    Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Douglas B. Heitner

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's Douglas B. Heitner has grown the firm's New York real estate group from a handful of lawyers six years ago to more than 30 today, and thanks to that and his work on the largest-ever real estate matter in all of Queens, and a $650 million loan for American Copper Buildings in Manhattan, Heitner has earned a spot as one of five real estate law practitioners 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.

  • April 11, 2016

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Michael Werner

    Leading the charge on several of the real estate market’s multibillion-dollar property deals and high-profile lease transactions is Fried Frank Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney Michael J. Werner, who has landed a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars just about a year after making partner at the firm.

  • April 08, 2016

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Steven Rudgayzer

    With leadership roles in a mosaic of big-ticket and bespoke real estate transactions over the last year, including in an $8.6 billion deal with a member of Qatar's royal family, Steven Rudgayzer of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP landed on Law360's 2016 list of top real estate attorneys under 40.

  • April 07, 2016

    Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie Neuman

    Recently becoming one of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP’s youngest partners has not phased Bonnie Neuman, which is unsurprising with someone who’s been working for years on multibillion-dollar real estate deals for the likes of J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank that have landed her a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars.

  • April 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Kasowitz's Douglas Heitner

    No stranger to high-profile deals, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP's Douglas B. Heitner recently steered a more than $1 billion lease that has been credited as the largest real estate transaction in Queens, and earned himself a spot among eight real estate attorneys under 40 named Law360 Rising Stars.

  • April 05, 2016

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Chris Hartmann

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Chris Hartmann has orchestrated a number of complex commercial real estate transactions over the past year, including a client's $900 million acquisition of airport logistics assets, earning him a spot among Law360's top real estate attorneys under age 40.

  • April 04, 2016

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Danielle Gonzalez

    Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder Danielle Gonzalez's cross-country work has made her an invaluable partner in structuring, financing and navigating real estate deals, including $4 billion in transactions for one client last year, making her one of eight real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • April 01, 2016

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Salvatore Gogliormella

    Driven to law by a desire to help with affordable housing issues, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Salvatore Gogliormella has worked hard to be at the cutting edge of the property market's top deals, earning himself a spot among Law360's top real estate 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.

  • March 31, 2016

    Rising Star: Liner's Kyndra Casper

    With the lead at her firm in a major client redevelopment in the heart of Hollywood and a growing reputation as an expert in key California environmental regulations, Liner LLP partner Kyndra Joy Casper is one of eight real estate attorneys under 40 this year to be named as a Law360 Rising Star.