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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.
  • July 18, 2025

    Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

    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.

  • 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.

  • August 02, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Arturo de la Parra

    Arturo de la Parra of Jones Day served as lead counsel to Mexican development banks in connection with their $2.1 billion revolving loan granted last summer to a special purpose trust for the acquisition of jet fuel collection rights, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • August 01, 2023

    Rising Star: Milbank's Munib Hussain

    Milbank LLP's Munib Hussain spearheaded a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 billion bond transaction for a BlackRock unit acquiring a stake in a Saudi Arabian gas pipeline company, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2023

    Rising Star: White & Case's Evelyn Balassiano

    Evelyn Balassiano of White & Case LLP has represented banks in a $4.2 billion redevelopment project at one of America's busiest airports and helped advise lenders in the financing of a $3 billion subway line in Brazil, earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Chris Peponis

    As a multijurisdictional attorney licensed in Australia, Canada and the United States, Chris Peponis of Latham & Watkins LLP has been at the helm of multiple complex deals in far-flung parts of the world, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Orrick's Matthew E. Neuringer

    Matthew E. Neuringer of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped with a roughly $9 billion project to shutter and replace Rikers Island jails, guided a project to replace major bridges in Pennsylvania and advised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on improving its accessibility, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Katy McNeil

    Mayer Brown LLP's Katy C. McNeil has represented clients in financing major renewable energy projects, including Credit Suisse's $300 million financing for community, commercial and industrial solar projects across the U.S., earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • June 30, 2022

    Rising Star: MoFo's Ann Lilienthal

    Ann Lilienthal of Morrison Foerster LLP has taken the lead in high-profile deals, including a team that advised the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. on aspects of $190 million in financing a 12-fiber pair subsea cable system, earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2022

    Rising Star: Latham's Kelly Cataldo

    Latham & Watkins partner Kelly Cataldo represented lenders in one of the largest debt financings of a U.S. renewable energy project to date last year, and she worked on financing the largest solar and co-located battery storage project in the U.S., earning her a place among the project finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2022

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Gregory D. Howling

    Gregory D. Howling of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised a consortium led by global investment firm KKR in the $15 billion acquisition of global data center real estate investment trust CyrusOne, earning him a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 27, 2022

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Tristan Pelham Webb

    Tristan Pelham Webb of King & Spalding has helped put together deals for Axium Infrastructure US Inc. for the development of renewable energy transmission lines and massive battery storage in California, earning him a spot among the top project finance practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2022

    Rising Stars: Bracewell's Patrick K. Johnson

    Patrick K. Johnson of Bracewell LLP advised energy giant Equinor through a $1.1 billion deal that saw BP acquire a partial stake in two offshore wind projects and represented Global Infrastructure Partners in forming a joint venture geared towards U.S. offshore wind project development, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Vaughn Morrison

    Vaughn Morrison of Troutman Pepper has advised ConEdison in acquiring a $1.5 billion renewable energy asset and helped National Grid Renewables procure several utility-scale renewables, earning him a spot among the top project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Skadden's Leah Chacón

    Leah Chacón of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented SunEdison in a $146 million debt refinancing that was among the first project financings of a solar project in Honduras and in Central America, earning her a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2021

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' David Ziyambi

    David Ziyambi of Latham & Watkins LLP has led the funding process for multiple high-profile energy projects, and was part of the team advising on the $20 billion financing for Mozambique's first-ever onshore liquefied natural gas development, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2021

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's Daniel Lynch

    Daniel Lynch of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has helped energy funds like Excelsior Energy Capital and NextEnergy Capital invest in and purchase large renewable-energy-generating facilities across the country, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 18, 2021

    Rising Star: McDermott's Chris Gladbach

    Chris Gladbach of McDermott Will & Emery has helped clients develop major energy projects, including assisting a developer secure financing for a major wind farm planned for off the coast of Maryland, earning him a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • May 28, 2021

    Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • August 06, 2020

    Rising Star: Skadden's Aryan Moniri

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Aryan Moniri represented SunEdison in connection with $4 billion in financing over the course of six years and spearheaded multimillion-dollar restructuring and financing projects for Talen Energy, earning him a spot as one of five project finance lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 05, 2020

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Rustin Brown

    Acting as financing counsel on a series of high-value energy industry transactions, including the acquisition of a $2 billion stake in a gas liquefaction plant by Brookfield and a $1.6 billion purchase of a gas business by Goldman Sachs, has secured Rustin Brown of Kirkland & Ellis LLP a spot as one of five project finance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 04, 2020

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Lara Rios

    Holland & Knight's Lara Rios helped secure one of the first sustainability-linked loans in Latin American history and was instrumental in connecting five liberal arts colleges to a solar energy farm in New England, earning her a spot as one of five project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 03, 2020

    Rising Star: Bracewell's Andrej Kormuth

    Andrej Kormuth of Bracewell LLP has advised clients on major energy and infrastructure deals, including Qatar's first solar plant and stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.