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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Kirkland's Polina Liberman
Polina Liberman of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped advise private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven Group on their $4.2 billion acquisition of Switzerland's Lonza Specialty Ingredients, one of several deals to earn her a place among tax practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2021
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Kevin R. Budner
Kevin R. Budner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP was on the leadership team that helped strike a $10 billion settlement for plaintiffs alleging Volkswagen cheated customers, lied to the government and misled the public about the emissions of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles, earning him a place among the class action attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Brown Rudnick's Nicole Bouchard
Nicole Bouchard of Brown Rudnick LLP is part of a tax team advising on the settlement structure of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and has worked on tax issues related to a trust to meant help California wildfire victims, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Herbert Smith Freehills' Liang-Ying Tan
Liang-Ying Tan of Herbert Smith Freehills has helped companies secure claims for hundreds of millions of dollars, recently helping an energy company land a $540 million arbitral award, earning her a spot among international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Erin Meyer
Erin Meyer's successful arguments on behalf of defendants in major California class actions, including Coinbase and Public Storage, have earned her a place among the best class action lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Eric Rumanek
Eric Rumanek of Troutman Pepper has helped Johnson & Johnson defend against multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective pelvic mesh devices, one of the largest mass tort cases in history, earning him a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Danielle Jackson
Danielle Jackson of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped steer Blackstone through $55 billion in real estate deals — including the world's largest-ever private real estate transaction — earning her a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Freshfields' Kate Apostolova
Kate Apostolova of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led multijurisdictional investor-state disputes, including representing one of the largest Chinese national oil companies in a nearly $500 million dispute, earning her a spot among the top international arbitration practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Brian Awe
Brian Awe of DLA Piper leads a team representing developer Millennium Partners in its development of the $1.3 billion mixed-use Winthrop Center, which, once complete, will be one of Boston's largest buildings, earning him a spot among the real estate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Emily Ullman
Covington & Burling LLP's Emily Ullman has defeated class certification in the sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation and ended another MDL over allegations that Cialis and Viagra cause melanoma, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2021
Rising Star: Skadden's Nick Gianou
Nick Gianou of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has guided a variety of clients through the tax implications of several multimillion-dollar transactions, including advising Westfield Corp. through a $15.7 billion takeover, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: Covington's Rani Gupta
Rani Gupta of Covington & Burling LLP has taken a lead role in advising Major League Baseball and Goodwill Industries of Orange County in two major pandemic coverage suits, earning her a spot among insurance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: Andrus Wagstaff's David Wool
Andrus Wagstaff PC partner David Wool's trial and appellate wins on behalf of a Roundup user who won a $25 million judgment against Monsanto over his claims that its weedkiller caused his cancer landed him a place on Law360's list of product liability lawyers under 40 honored as Rising Stars for 2021.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Joseph Fox
Joseph E. Fox of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised T-Mobile on its merger with Sprint last year and guided SoftBank in monetizing its T-Mobile stockholding in the largest nongovernmental secondary offering of all time, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: Skadden's Avelina Burbridge
Avelina Burbridge of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has for nearly a decade worked on a massive mixed-use development project in Brooklyn, as well as the $13 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy Airport and major matters for Silverstein Properties, earning her a spot among the real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 18, 2021
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Anisha Sud
Anisha Sud of King & Spalding LLP has participated in precedent-setting international arbitration victories involving Shell and Chevron, conglomerate Reliance Industries and Unión Fenosa Gas, winning her a spot among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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June 17, 2021
Rising Star: Wilkinson Stekloff's Rakesh Kilaru
Over the past year, Wilkinson Stekloff LLP partner Rakesh Kilaru has helped the NCAA fight a massive case that could forever alter college sports, defended the NFL in protracted antitrust litigation, and secured a jury verdict on behalf of the NCAA in a defamation lawsuit, earning him a spot as one of four sports and betting attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's William Allen
William Allen of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as a chief day-to-day manager in the $27 billion sale of Refinitiv to the London Stock Exchange Group, in a deal involving complex regulatory hurdles that closed in January, earning him a spot among the top private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2021
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Zachary Fayne
Zachary Fayne of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP represented British Petroleum as the oil giant dealt with the immediate aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the plethora of litigation that followed, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2021
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Lauren Blas
Lauren Blas of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped Ashley Judd revive a sexual harassment claim against Harvey Weinstein and secured a successful decertification bid of a class of 11,000 drivers for J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., earning her a spot among the top employment law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2021
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Tara L. Ward
Tara L. Ward has logged wins on behalf of several Wiley Rein LLP clients in high-stakes cases, including a thorny prime-subcontractor dispute that went to trial last year, earning her a spot among the government contracts attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 17, 2021
Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Meredith Elkins
Meredith Elkins of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP has represented Verizon in seeking almost $120 million in D&O coverage and helped TIAA recover 100% of its underlying defense costs over an investor dispute, earning her a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.