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August 28, 2026
Ray Grant of Ropes & Gray LLP advised Bain Capital portfolio company Tanabe Pharma Corp. in a $2.5 billion sale of the global rights to a treatment for ALS, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 27, 2026
Heath Ingram of Goodwin Procter LLP advised Avadel Pharmaceuticals on its launch of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved narcolepsy drug and then its $2.37 billion sale to fellow Irish drugmaker Alkermes, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 26, 2026
RuiHui "Rachel" Yu of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped Chinese biotechnology company MediLink Therapeutics craft an agreement granting Roche exclusive rights to commercialize its lead antibody-drug conjugate outside China, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 25, 2026
Kathryn Kayali of Williams & Connolly LLP has helped secure major wins in high-profile pharmaceutical patent litigation over COVID-19 vaccines and played a role in landing the first injunctions under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, earning her a spot among life sciences lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 24, 2026
Benjamin Goodchild of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP developed an innovative deal structure while guiding obesity drug developer Metsera Inc. through a tumultuous bidding war that resulted in its acquisition by Pfizer Inc., earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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August 07, 2025
Laura Umbrecht Gulick of Goodwin Procter LLP advised Human Immunology Biosciences and Mariana Oncology in billion-dollar deals with Big Pharma last year, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2025
Frank Calvosa of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped land a jury trial win for Jazz Pharmaceuticals that protected its $1.8 billion market share of a daytime sleepiness drug, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2025
Piotr "Pete" Korzynski, a partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP and a go-to attorney for complex, international life sciences mergers and acquisitions, is recognized for his technical skill and client dedication, notably leading Olink's $3.1 billion acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lundbeck's $2.6 billion acquisition of Longboard Pharmaceuticals and doing significant pro bono work, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2025
Bailey Heaps of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP helped two chemistry professors defeat a lawsuit centering on the commercialization of a scientific breakthrough and won an $80 million verdict in a dispute over a milestone payment, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 18, 2025
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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August 08, 2024
Elise Baumgarten of Williams & Connolly LLP was counsel for Endo Pharmaceuticals in a "pay for delay" class action arising from a patent settlement that ended with a verdict in Endo's favor, and she won a major trial for Merck & Co. Inc. in Hatch-Waxman patent litigation, earning her a spot among healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 07, 2024
Julia Zousmer of King & Spalding LLP helped Boehringer Ingelheim nix roughly 50,000 claims by plaintiffs and an entire cohort of experts in multidistrict litigation over its heartburn medication Zantac, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 06, 2024
Adam Acosta of White & Case LLP helped secure a Second Circuit win for AbbVie Inc. in a "pay for delay" suit over its hypertension drug Bystolic, earning him a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2024
Tara M. Fisher of Ropes & Gray LLP advised cancer drugmaker ImmunoGen Inc. as it navigated a bidding war that culminated in its sale to pharmaceutical giant AbbVie in a $10.1 billion transaction, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 12, 2024
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 25, 2023
White & Case LLP's James Hu has worked on some of the biggest transactions in life sciences during his career, including helping Danaher to buy General Electric's biopharma portfolio for $21.4 billion while at a former firm, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 24, 2023
Brad King of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has advised several high-figure deals surrounding innovative biotechnology and emerging health science applications, including guiding Seagen during an acquisition valued at more than $40 billion, earning him a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 21, 2023
James Valentine of Hyman Phelps & McNamara PC started his career working at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, experience he exchanged for a job assisting clients obtain approval for drugs that treat rare diseases, putting him among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 20, 2023
Timothy Cook of WilmerHale helped lead Gilead Sciences to victory in a case in which a jury rejected a claim that Gilead infringed government-owned patents when it fielded its Truvada and Descovy HIV drugs — earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 19, 2023
Suni Sreepada of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised with multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions throughout the health care sphere and other spaces, including guiding a pharmaceutical maker in a 10-figure deal with Sanofi, earning her a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2023
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2023, our list of 183 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 16, 2022
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Emily Oldshue has led a number of major deals for life sciences companies in the last year, including several multibillion-dollar acquisitions by Pfizer, earning her a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 15, 2022
William Collins of Goodwin Procter LLP helped a biotech client secure $700 million in financing and later go public at a $3 billion enterprise value by merging with a special purpose acquisition vehicle, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 14, 2022
Jessica C. Wilson of DLA Piper has steered some of the largest pharmaceutical companies through high-stakes litigation, including helping to snuff out a large mass tort lodged against Pfizer Inc. over alleged health risks connected to Viagra, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.