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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.
  • August 20, 2025

    Rising Star: Dechert's Nitya Kumar Goyal

    Dechert LLP's finance and real estate partner Nitya K. Goyal worked on major loan deals last year, such as representing Bank of America and Deutsche Bank in a $1.58 billion mortgage loan origination that used nine luxury hotels as collateral, earning her a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 13, 2025

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Katie Roddy

    Katie Roddy of Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Hudson Pacific Properties on its $700 million sale of a shuttered Los Angeles mall to UCLA after the pandemic complicated Hudson's office redevelopment plans, earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: DLA Piper's Katherine Jahnke Dale

    Katherine Jahnke Dale of DLA Piper has been a key adviser on a transformation of Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood, along with projects that include a $7 billion redevelopment near the United Center and a purchase agreement for a former steel plant now envisioned as a technology hub, earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Nasser Alrubayyi

    Nasser Alrubayyi of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP won a dismissal for Raza Co. in its dispute with Azmeel Contracting over a $450 million construction contract, along with other big courtroom victories, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2025

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Garrett Gibson

    Garrett Gibson of Jones Day has notched several wins in notable construction cases, including a high-stakes dispute between a major contractor for the oil and gas sector and a petrochemical manufacturer in Texas, earning him a spot among construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 30, 2025

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Eric Meer

    Eric Meer of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP guided RXR Realty through major recapitalizations and loan modifications on New York City office properties amid a tight rate environment as the Manhattan office market continued to take a beating, earning him a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Almiro Clere

    Almiro Clere of King & Spalding LLP has advised Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism on what planners say will be the world's largest artificial reef off Dubai, where 1 billion corals will live on a marine bed the size of New York City, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • August 14, 2024

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Michael Shultz

    Michael Shultz of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has advised investor Blue Owl on several major transactions, including its $15 billion acquisition of real estate investment trust STORE Capital Corp. with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2024

    Rising Star: Latham's Dustin Paige

    Latham & Watkins LLP counsel Dustin Paige's work on large, complex deals, including a $7 billion joint venture between Digital Realty Trust and Blackstone Inc. to develop four hyperscale data center campuses and Flynn Properties' $1.1 billion acquisition of an 89-hotel portfolio and its subsequent refinancing, has earned him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 14, 2024

    Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Mica Klein

    Mica Klein of Perkins Coie LLP has advised Microsoft on a series of data center and electrical substation construction projects across North, Central and South America and represents the Seattle Mariners in a major stadium renovation, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Alana T. Sliwinski

    Alana Sliwinski of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has guided multiple high-profile and climate-focused public-private partnerships in her career, most recently playing a pivotal role in the $7 billion construction of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Skadden's Anoush Sarkissian

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP real estate counsel Anoush Sarkissian's work on major transactions such as advising alternative asset management company The RMR Group in an approximately $4 billion mortgage and mezzanine financing and its $80 million acquisition of multifamily real estate firm Carroll landed her a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 07, 2024

    Rising Star: Willkie's Melissa Fischetti

    Melissa Fischetti of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP navigated SL Green's $1.76 billion acquisition of 245 Park Ave, New York, amid contentious bankruptcy proceedings brought without the preferred equity investor's approval, earning her a spot among the real estate practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2024

    Rising Star: Kirkland's James Clark

    James Clark of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has for years worked on one of the world's largest development and infrastructure projects — a Herculean undertaking in Saudi Arabia — and in the process has earned a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2024

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Sam Rudik

    Sam Rudik, a recently promoted partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, guided Blackstone on several billion-dollar transactions over the past three years, including a handful of major development deals and acquisitions involving data centers, landing him a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 31, 2024

    Rising Star: Fried Frank's Julianne Befeler

    Julianne Befeler of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has been a key adviser on complex commercial real estate transactions for heavy hitters including Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Properties and Blackstone Inc., earning her a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • 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.

  • June 23, 2023

    Rising Star: Rosenberg & Estis' Cori A. Rosen

    Cori A. Rosen of Rosenberg & Estis PC helps New York property owners navigate the evolving landscape of discrimination law compliance in order to bulletproof them from unnecessary litigation, earning her a spot among real estate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 22, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Matea Bozja

    Matea Bozja, a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner, is a go-to choice for high-profile clients like sovereign wealth fund GIC, which she steered through a $15 billion takeover of a net lease real estate investment trust, earning her a spot among the real estate attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 21, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's David Perechocky

    David Perechocky of Kirkland & Ellis was the lead counsel in GLP Capital Partners' sale of its logistics business to Blackstone for almost $19 billion, including 1,300 logistics properties, which was called the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally and earned him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • June 20, 2023

    Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Andrew Zahn

    Andrew Zahn of Hogan Lovells advised VICI Properties on a $17.2 billion purchase of MGM Growth Properties and guided the New York-based REIT on billion-dollar debt and equity offerings, earning him a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 19, 2023

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Peter S. Borock

    Peter S. Borock of Greenberg Traurig LLP guided the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York through negotiations for the $11 billion construction of the new Grand Central Madison Terminal, earning his place among the real estate attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as 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.

  • July 01, 2022

    Rising Stars: Latham's Justin Elliott

    Justin Elliott of Latham & Watkins LLP represented Stonepeak in a $5.65 billion deal for the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and helped Oak Hill Advisors acquire a majority stake in a Chicago office tower valued at $1 billion, earning a spot among the real estate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.