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Rankings: Rising Stars
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July 18, 2024
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Shanu Bajaj
The same year she made partner, Shanu Bajaj was on Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's lead M&A team advising Exxon Mobil Corp. in the largest merger announced in 2023, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 17, 2024
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Andrew Kaplan
Andrew Kaplan of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP handles high-stakes mergers and acquisitions such as advising VMware when it was bought by Broadcom Inc., earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 16, 2024
Rising Star: Wachtell's Eric M. Feinstein
Eric Feinstein of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz has advised various companies on highly complex M&A transactions, including Fidelity National Information Service's $18.5 billion carve-out sale of its Worldpay merchant solutions business to private equity giant GTCR, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 15, 2024
Rising Star: Covington's Andrew Fischer
Covington & Burling LLP M&A partner Andrew Fischer has spent a large chunk of his career fostering relationships with his clients to help lead them through complex deals, including Merck's $11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron and Bristol Myers Squibb's $14 billion purchase of Karuna Therapeutics, making him one of the law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 12, 2024
Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40
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 12, 2024
Rising Star: Fenwick's Victoria Lupu
Victoria Lupu of Fenwick & West LLP has worked on several billion-dollar deals across industries related to artificial intelligence and life sciences, including a number of acquisitions made by Databricks since last year, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Cravath's G.J. Ligelis Jr.
G.J. Ligelis Jr. of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP advised National Grid PLC in a pair of deals designed as an asset swap with PPL Corp., and steered AerCap Holdings NV's record $30 billion acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: Goodwin's Tevia Pollard
Tevia Pollard, named partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in October, was the lead associate advising Citrix Systems Inc. on its $16.5 billion acquisition and steering Forma Therapeutics' $1.1 billion acquisition by Novo Nordisk, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2023
Rising Star: Cleary's Kim Spoerri
Kim Spoerri of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised on multiple multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including representing pharmaceutical company Takeda in its $6 billion acquisition of autoimmune disease treatment developer Nimbus Lakshmi Inc., earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 27, 2023
Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Remi Korenblit
Remi Korenblit of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC steered Twitter in Elon Musk's headline-grabbing takeover of the social media company, drafting the terms of a contract for the $44 billion deal following several dramatic twists and landing Korenblit a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 26, 2023
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Andrew Krause
Andrew Krause of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has represented General Electric on every step of its long unwinding, Amazon on its $1.7 billion iRobot and $3.9 billion One Medical acquisitions, and Qualcomm on its $4.5 billion purchase of Veoneer with SSW Partners, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 25, 2023
Rising Star: Shearman's Derrick Lott
Derrick Lott of Shearman & Sterling LLP served as lead counsel for the deal team representing CVS Health Corp. in its $10.6 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health Inc., and advised JetBlue in its $3.8 billion hostile takeover of Spirit Airlines, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2023
Law360 Names 2023's Top Attorneys Under 40
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 07, 2022
Rising Star: Wachtell's Elina Tetelbaum
Elina Tetelbaum of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz co-led the team representing Kansas City Southern in its $31 billion acquisition by Canadian Pacific following a high-profile bidding war, landing her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 06, 2022
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Mark Myott
Mark Myott of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP nailed down multiple billion-dollar deals last year, including Dell Technologies' $52 billion sale of its stake in VMware, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2022
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Laura Turano
Laura Turano of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP worked on a range of multibillion-dollar transactions, including Teladoc Health's $18.5 billion acquisition of Livongo Health and Carrier Global's $3.1 billion sale of its Chubb Fire & Security business, making her one of the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2022
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Daniella G. Silberstein
Greenberg Traurig LLP mergers and acquisitions shareholder Daniella G. Silberstein was part of a Greenberg team that closed a $16 billion merger between mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage and The Gores Group last year, which is one of the reasons she's been picked as one of Law360's Rising Stars this year.
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June 01, 2022
Rising Star: Freshfields' Jenny Hochenberg
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner Jenny Hochenberg has played a lead role in some of the biggest-ever cross-border acquisitions at a busy time for mergers and acquisitions across the globe, advising on deals worth a total of $85 billion in 2021, earning her a spot among the M&A attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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May 31, 2022
Rising Star: Cooley's Ian Nussbaum
Ian Nussbaum of Cooley LLP helped represent Tableau in its $15.7 billion sale to Salesforce and advised NeoPhotonics on its $918 million deal with Lumentum, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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May 30, 2022
Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2022, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Sarah Young
Sarah Young of Ropes & Gray LLP has helped steer an impressive roster of blockbuster deals throughout her career, including Dunkin's $11.3 billion sale and Michaels' $5 billion acquisition in the last year, cementing her spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Rachael Coffey
Rachael Coffey of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP co-led a team that helped Inspire Brands Inc. acquire Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. in a deal valued at $11.3 billion, earning her a spot among the merger and acquisition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 04, 2021
Rising Star: Cravath's Keith Hallam
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Keith Hallam's work helping pilot deals like AerCap's $30 billion purchase of General Electric's aircraft lessor — the biggest transaction inked in 2021's first quarter — landed him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 03, 2021
Rising Star: Wachtell's Jake Kling
Jake Kling of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped advise on several multibillion deals, including the $45 billion tie-up of Global Payments and Total Systems and the consumer health joint venture between Pfizer Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Skadden's Dohyun (Do) Kim
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Dohyun "Do" Kim has assisted on major deals since joining the firm as a summer associate in 2009, including advising LVMH on its complicated multibillion-dollar purchase of fellow jewelry giant Tiffany that ultimately prevailed despite litigation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, earning her a spot as one of five M&A attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.