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July 20, 2020
Kate Black of Greenberg Traurig LLP led the development of genetic testing company 23andMe's law enforcement protocol and program and continues to advise companies with innovative technologies about how to use data appropriately with consumers' privacy in mind, earning her a spot among cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 20, 2020
Shaila Rahman Diwan of King & Spalding LLP has scored multiple trial victories for Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging the company's talcum powder causes mesothelioma, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 20, 2020
Daniel P. Culley of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped guide T-Mobile through a web of regulatory approvals needed for its blockbuster purchase of Sprint and has also handled important deals for companies across a variety of other industries, earning him a spot among antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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July 20, 2020
Fiona Maclean of Latham & Watkins LLP advised Credit Suisse in a first-of-its-kind transaction to develop a multijurisdictional wealth management platform with fintech provider Privé and guided the migration of BlackRock's portfolio operating system to cloud technology, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Anitha Reddy of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz took a lead role representing directors at Charter Communications Inc. in a dispute connected to the Time Warner merger and setting precedent defending a forum provision in 1st Century Bancshares Inc. and Midland Financial Co.'s merger, earning her a spot among six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Beasley Allen's Joseph VanZandt is the youngest attorney on the plaintiffs' steering committee in the multidistrict litigation against troubled e-cigarette maker Juul, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Adrian Perry of Covington & Burling LLP has advised the Los Angeles Clippers on a first-of-its-kind augmented reality video streaming service, helped the NBA launch the first esports venture operated by a professional sports league, and guided a host of other groundbreaking tech- and sports-related deals, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Jane Accomando of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has helped nuclear power plant operators recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government for waste storage, and she regularly spearheads investigations into alleged wrongdoing at nuclear plants, earning her a spot on the list of top energy lawyers under age 40 named as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Daniel Goldberg of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC has guided a wide range of clients, including Domino's Pizza, mobile shopping app Wish and video game makers Bungie and Zynga, through the elaborate compliance process of California's new privacy law, landing him a spot as one of the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Duane Loft has represented professional basketball players in a crucial spat against the NBA, and he continues to work some of the most important pharmaceutical pricing antitrust cases, netting him a place among the antitrust attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2020
Dentons' Jeffrey Zachman has built a deep relationship with established fintech lender Kabbage Inc., culminating in a first-of-its-kind victory in a "true lender" case that upheld the core of the company's business, landing him a spot among fintech practitioners under 40 chosen as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2020
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Justin Lee has advised the arrangers on Fox's proposed acquisition of Sky Broadcasting, guided Goldman Sachs on a multibillion-dollar acquisition financing deal during market turmoil in the early days of the pandemic and carved out a niche working with European borrowers accessing U.S. markets, earning a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2020
Steptoe & Johnson's Catherine Cockerham has helped defend insurers against a variety of complex, multi-party asbestos-related injury claims and insurance coverage disputes, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2020
Emily D. Johnson of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped architect the financing for the split-up of industrial giant United Technologies Corp., which resulted in three publicly traded companies, earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2020
Pomerantz LLP's Jennifer Banner Sobers has played crucial roles in major international securities cases, including overseeing third-party discovery in Brazil's largest oil company Petrobras' $3 billion litigation, earning her a spot as one of five class action practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2020
In 2019, Sidley Austin LLP partner James Heyworth saw the Third Circuit affirm his win for Bear Stearns in a decade-old case that's spanned his law career and secured a well-cited victory for Cigna in the Second Circuit, landing him a spot as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Michael Gehrt of Pasich LLP has secured millions in coverage for DirecTV after a flood in Thailand hurt one of its suppliers, and he got the City of Beverly Hills a rare windfall through a settlement with its insurers over three car accidents, earning him a spot among the Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Julia Kohen has supplied valuable financing counsel on a blockbuster €9.8 billion ($10.7 billion) European real estate fund for Blackstone and dozens of other funds with values totaling more than $20 billion, landing a spot as one of the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Moira Penza of Wilkinson & Walsh LLP knocked it out of the park last summer when she prosecuted the leader of a shadowy New York self-help group for sex trafficking in a six-week trial, then went to private practice and was hired to lead Allergan into an antitrust battle, making her one of Law360's Rising Stars for trials.
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July 15, 2020
A specialist in consumer class actions, Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP's Ryan Watstein has prevented an autodialer suit against Bright House Networks from getting certified and convinced a federal court to toss junk fax claims against Time Warner Cable, earning him a spot among five class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Irina Vasilchenko of Labaton Sucharow LLP garnered a historic $192.5 million deal for investors in energy company SCANA Corp. over a failed nuclear reactor project and secured a $19 million preliminary settlement in a shareholders' suit against Daimler AG over its Mercedes Benz diesel emission scandal, earning a place as one of six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's London-based partner John Horsfield-Bradbury has steered massive deals across global jurisdictions over the past decade, highlighted by Budweiser Brewing Company APAC's $5.75 billion Hong Kong IPO in 2019, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Alfred Xue of Latham & Watkins LLP has represented major financial institutions in high-profile transactions, including J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and other banks as they financed Brookfield Business Partners' $13.2 billion acquisition of a battery business in 2019, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Rachael McCracken was a key part of the trial team that secured a $1.1 billion verdict for the California Institute of Technology in its patent showdown with Apple this year, earning her a spot as one of four attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360's trials Rising Stars.
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July 14, 2020
Laura Bange Stephens of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has been instrumental in securing major coverage and settlement decisions for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., ranging from decades-old sexual abuse claims to bankruptcy issues, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.