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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.
Andrew Kissner of Morrison Foerster has represented bondholders in the lengthy and novel bankruptcy of the Puerto Rico commonwealth and was recently recognized for his more than 1,000 hours of pro bono service, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Dominic Foulkes of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has advised companies on several multibillion-dollar transactions, including a technology-maker's $4.9 billion initial public offering, the largest in the United States in the last three years, earning him a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
BakerHostetler's Bonnie DelGobbo has quickly built a reputation in the data and video privacy world, crafting defense strategies for major corporate clients like Chick-fil-A and Landmark Theatres to fend off proposed class actions. It's earned her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Sanders Witkow of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is getting used to steering highly complicated banking transactions, including as lead counsel for a group of banks that put up $13.2 billion in financing for Elon Musk's $44 billion hostile takeover of Twitter, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Stephen Payne of Irell & Manella LLP has advised clients on disputes worth hundreds of millions, including as part of the team that secured what his firm calls the third-largest patent verdict in the U.S. on behalf of chipmaker Netlist Inc., earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Paul Hastings LLP announced on Monday that it has added an insurance transactional lawyer to its Chicago office, reuniting him with two former Sidley Austin LLP colleagues who made the move last year.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jaysen Chung has represented numerous big name clients — such as Pfizer, Dell and Apple — in successful patent litigation throughout his career, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Gary Klinger of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC has become a leading plaintiffs' attorney in class actions under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act after securing a $68.5 million settlement against Meta, earning him a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Emily Au of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been the lead attorney on several high-profile cases, including a key case across the U.K. construction industry in terms of HMRC's Value-Added Tax policy, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
John MacGregor of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has successfully defended Credit Suisse in litigation over a complex financial product alleging more than $2 billion in losses, and secured dismissal in a claim alleging losses of $1 billion over its financial adviser work. These matters and others have earned him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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.
Chris Hopkins of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has devised complex restructuring deals and helped major companies emerge from Chapter 11 as stronger entities while also finding time for pro bono work representing families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Megan Morgan of Beveridge & Diamond PC helped strike down more than $200 million in permit fees for California's Chiquita Canyon landfill, guided Fortune 100 tech companies on corporate sustainability and responsible sourcing, and defended BNSF Railway against a potentially $4 trillion penalty, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter's former chief financial officer, who has admitted to skimming off $1.5 million from his firm, has filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey as he faces both a civil suit and criminal charges over the embezzlement.
After a slower first quarter, lateral recruitment at law firms appeared to find more solid footing in the second quarter, with both associate and counsel hires showing signs of recovery from the previous quarter, according to recent data provided by legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge received public admonishment by the Commission on Judicial Performance on Thursday for making insulting and gratuitous remarks to litigants, which included likening two of them to "pigs in the trough, fighting," comparing a dispute to a "Jerry Springer case" and warning another, "You're lucky you weren't shot."
As Washington, D.C., joins a national movement to require job postings to include pay ranges and to ban employers from asking for salary histories, recruiters predict an uneven effect in the district's legal market.
Federal lawmakers are seeking to put the reins on third-party investors bankrolling litigation, with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., introducing legislation that would require disclosure of third-party financing deals in civil lawsuits, and Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., asking Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday to have the Judicial Conference review the practice.
Brad Karp, chairman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, shared in a podcast published Thursday that the firm has followed a new two-track partnership compensation model as a means to combat retention issues plaguing similar firms.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced the hiring of an executive compensation and employee benefits partner in New York with previous stops at Simpson Thacher and the Blackstone Group.
Polsinelli PC has hired a Daspin & Aument LLP attorney in Chicago as an intellectual property litigation practice shareholder, after he spent almost 17 years with the firm, according to an announcement Thursday.
The executive director of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation has died in a car crash in Mercer County, officials announced.
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