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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.
  • April 03, 2015

    The Rising Stars Of Banking Law

    Just three lawyers were selected for the Banking category of Law360's Rising Stars, lawyers under 40 lawyers who have had significant achievements in their practice area.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Jason Friedhoff

    Between multiple spinoff transactions and a litany of multimillion-dollar initial public offerings, Sidley Austin LLP's Jason Friedhoff spent 2014 impressing his bosses enough to earn a promotion to partner, landing him on Law360's list of top capital markets attorneys under age 40.

  • April 03, 2015

    Rising Star: McDermott Will's Anne Hance

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP partner Anne Hance has successfully guided health insurers, hospitals and pharmacy benefit managers through Medicare's dense thicket of regulations as they pursue more lucrative contracts and next-generation reimbursement arrangements, earning her a slot among Law360's top health lawyers under 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Scott J. Greenberg

    At 38, Scott J. Greenberg of Jones Day has already amassed an impressive record of achievement, including his lead role negotiating a restructuring plan for NII Holdings Inc. in one of the largest Chapter 11 cases of 2014, landing him a spot on Law360's list of bankruptcy Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Robyn Zolman

    Gibson Dunn capital markets partner Robyn E. Zolman's zest for tackling complex deals has helped her steer billions in acquisition financing for energy company The Williams Cos. Inc. and Zayo Group's $458 million initial public offering, earning her a spot on Law360's list of top capital markets attorneys under the age of 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: McKenna Long's Jason Workmaster

    McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP’s Jason Workmaster’s hardened experience in the ring with the U.S. government, warding off False Claims Act suits and protecting high-priced contracts, belies his age of 39 and has landed him among Law360's Rising Stars in government contracts.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Andrew Calica

    Mayer Brown LLP partner Andrew Calica has secured a string of game-changing victories in litigation implicating branded-drug maker UCB Inc. over alleged neurological disorders caused by its heartburn drug Reglan, landing him a spot among Law360’s Rising Stars list of top product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Molly Lens

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Molly Lens made a splash as soon as she hit the Hollywood scene, winning court battles for Warner Bros. and Fox Broadcasting Co. in connection with marquee productions "Lord of the Rings" and "American Idol," making her one of Law360's top media and entertainment attorneys under 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Eric Hochstadt

    From winning two decades of injunctive relief against a music rights organization the government declined to challenge to helping a private equity fund escape long-running antitrust litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Eric Hochstadt has racked up victories, making him one of Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Ian Dumain

    Just over 10 years out of law school, newly promoted Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP partner Ian Dumain has already added dozens of high-profile cases to his roster, which includes a starring role in Johnson & Johnson’s $600 million settlement over its failed Guidant Corp. merger, firmly placing him on Law360’s list of Rising Stars in the health care sector.

  • April 02, 2015

    Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Stephen Gill

    Whether it was helping Energy XXI Ltd. navigate its acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas Inc., or advising El Paso Pipeline Partners LP through its massive $70 billion sale to Kinder Morgan Inc., Stephen M. Gill of Vinson & Elkins LLP was on the front lines of last year's mergers and acquisitions boom in the oil and gas industry.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Michelle McGreal

    The first taste of debtor-side restructuring work for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Michelle McGreal put her at the center of two prominent coal industry bankruptcies that tested the firm's creativity and tenacity and landed her among Law360's top bankruptcy lawyers under 40.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Beau Buffier

    Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Beau Buffier represented Zillow Inc. in its recently approved $2.5 billion acquisition of online real estate rival Trulia Inc. among other high-profile deals, earning him a spot among Law360's top competition attorneys under 40.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Natasha Gianvecchio

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s Natasha Gianvecchio, who represents some of the country’s biggest energy companies in billions of dollars’ worth of transactions and in precedent-setting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings, is one of seven attorneys in the energy world honored on Law360's Rising Stars list.

  • 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.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Cooley's Divakar Gupta

    Cooley LLP's capital markets partner Divakar Gupta has crafted a reputation for delivering on complicated deals in the life sciences and technology sectors with recent work such as advising underwriters in cross-border initial public offerings for Ascendis Pharma A/S and DBV Technologies, making him one of eight attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in capital markets.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Emily Baker

    Jones Day partner Emily C. Baker has climbed the firm's ranks by demonstrating her expertise as a trial attorney, particularly by representing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a slew of Engle progeny suits, and ranks among Law360's top product liability attorneys under 40.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Chris Houpt

    While many litigators shy away from math, Mayer Brown LLP partner Chris Houpt uses his aptitude for the subject to help sway judges in support of his clients, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp. on several occasions, helping land him on Law360's list of top banking attorneys under 40.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: McDermott Will & Emery's James Kim

    Though he thrives in the relatively fast-paced environment of government contracts law, McDermott Will & Emery LLP's James W. Kim knew the first thing he had to do was slow things down when he took on the high-profile case of a federal contractor's fall from grace.

  • April 01, 2015

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Joseph Wetzel

    King & Spalding LLP partner Joseph R. Wetzel keeps his ear to the ground with the music industry's latest services, which has strengthened his role representing Pandora Media Inc. in royalty disputes and landed him a spot among Law360's list of top media and entertainment attorneys under 40.

  • March 31, 2015

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Daniel Smulian

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's Daniel Smulian ascended the ranks at his firm representing medical device defendants in large-scale multidistrict litigation — most recently as a co-manager of C.R. Bard Inc.'s epically large pelvic mesh MDL involving some 13,000 cases — landing him among Law360's top product liability attorneys under 40.

  • March 31, 2015

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Anthony Speier

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Anthony Speier represented both KKR & Co. LP in a deal with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to develop land in Texas' Eaglebine Shale and buyers of $1.2 billion in drilling rights from Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiaries, earning him a place among Law360's Energy Rising Stars.

  • March 31, 2015

    Rising Star: Covington's Jeffrey Davidson

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Jeffrey Davidson helped craft the strategy Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and other liquid crystal display panel makers used to escape most of Motorola Mobility Inc.'s $3.5 billion price-fixing claim, landing him a spot on Law360's list of top competition attorneys under the age of 40.

  • March 31, 2015

    Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Luke Platzer

    Handling the first jury trial to test the copyright infringement theory of "willful blindness," Jenner & Block LLP partner Luke Platzer secured a multimillion-dollar jury award for record label EMI in its long-running case against music storage service MP3Tunes, earning him a spot on Law360's list of top media and entertainment attorneys under 40.