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 06, 2023

    Rising Star: K&L Gates' Natalie Chye

    K&L Gates LLP construction associate Natalie Chye has worked on significant litigation, such as representing Australian construction company CIMIC Group Ltd. in a contractual dispute and creating an adjudication response for South Australia renewable energy projects, earning her a spot as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Matthew Martin

    Matthew Martin, foreign legal specialist for Baker McKenzie, advised clients on a number of large energy projects in 2022, including $504 million in financing for a Utah hydrogen production facility, earning him a spot among the construction attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Megan Granger

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Megan Granger served a leading role in guiding Microsoft through the labyrinth of Activision merger scrutiny, right through still-pending government challenges, distinguishing her as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Ryan Ball

    Ryan Ball of Jones Day has successfully defended tech companies like Experian Information Solutions Inc. against class action complaints over data privacy, with decisions narrowing the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and clearing the company of $5 billion in liability, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Alan Fishman

    Alan Fishman of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has guided companies through high-profile transactions with complex structures, including AT&T's $43 billion spinoff of WarnerMedia and its combination with Discovery, earning him a top spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jessica Asrat

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Jessica Asrat advises high-profile companies on complex transactions, among them Twitter, for which she was one of three Simpson Thacher capital markets attorneys to advise the board on its historic $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, earning her a spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Brantley Webb

    Brantley Webb of Mayer Brown LLP has led major clients to success in high-dollar benefits suits, including a recent across-the-board win for Yale University in a case surrounding the administration of a $5.5 billion retirement plan, earning her a spot among the benefit law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel

    Eyitayo "Tee" St. Matthew-Daniel of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP played a lead role in helping craft a unique solution to resolve a rare U.S. Department of Justice criminal antitrust enforcement action against a health care provider, earning her a spot among the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Ben Steinberg

    Ben Steinberg of Robins Kaplan LLP helped contact lens buyers score more than $118 million in settlements for antitrust claims and also helped land a $28 million deal for monopolization claims against "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli and his former companies, earning him a spot among antitrust practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Roshni Banker Cariello

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP capital markets partner Roshni Banker Cariello has advised companies through every stage of the IPO life cycle, including leading purchasers through a $7.75 billion deal to buy unsecured notes offered by Johnson & Johnson spinoff Kenvue in March, earning her a top spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Krysta Pachman

    Krysta Pachman of Susman Godfrey LLP has helped plaintiffs find relief through class action settlements, including owners of music copyrights who sued Spotify over unpaid royalties, and investors who lodged investor claims against Pershing Square and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Spencer Sloan

    Spencer Sloan of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised a host of top financial institutions on multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including an $8 billion deal in which U.S. Bancorp scooped up MUFG Union Bank, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under ago 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Genna Ghaul

    Genna Ghaul of Jones Day has helped oversee Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court restructurings for businesses in a variety of industries, including automobile manufacturer Shiloh, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 03, 2023

    Rising Star: O'Melveny's Brian P. Quinn

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Brian P. Quinn helped defeat one of the U.S. Department of Justice's most persistent and high-profile criminal price-fixing prosecutions, carving out a spot for himself as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's Megan Rodgers

    Covington & Burling LLP's Megan Rodgers helped guide McKesson Corp. into settling a blockbuster opioids case for less than 1% of the requested damages, and assisted Meta Platforms Inc. in fending off litigation from its moderators, earning her a spot among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Weil's Andriana Georgallas

    Andriana Georgallas of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP played a key role in the trailblazing restructuring of $1.1 billion in assets for the international logistics company Syncreon, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibbons' Michael D. DeLoreto

    Michael D. DeLoreto of Gibbons PC has spent much of his career helping to pass legislation to legalize cannabis in New Jersey and has aided dispensaries in their efforts to start operating in the Garden State, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Akin's Jesse Brush

    Jesse Brush of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP helped internet support company GTT Communications slash $1 billion from its capital structure and instructed GEO Group on how to address $2 billion in debt maturities, earning him a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 30, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Timothy J. Gaffney

    Timothy Gaffney is a core member of the banking team at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP with a list of longtime clients that he has guided through significant transactions, including Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo and DMG Bancshares, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Kasdin Miller Mitchell

    Kasdin Miller Mitchell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP was counsel to Facebook, now Meta Platforms Inc., and PennEast Pipeline Co. in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Ken Li

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Ken Li was in the trenches helping a struggling Credit Suisse sell off its securitized products unit and line up this spring's unprecedented fire-sale takeover by UBS, earning him a place among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Nelson Mullins' Jahmy Graham

    Jahmy Graham of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP helped defend luxury automaker Lexus against a lawsuit seeking relief for all Californians who alleged problems with its certification program for pre-owned vehicles and successfully argued for summary judgment in a suit alleging false advertising by the online dating service Tawkify, earning him recognition among class action attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Saul Ewing's Monique B. DiSabatino

    Saul Ewing LLP partner Monique B. DiSabatino has helped oversee the wind-down of a 170-plus-year-old Philadelphia hospital and the liquidation of a major organic food distributor and a Sears spinoff, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2023

    Rising Star: Dykema's John Fraser

    John Fraser of Dykema Gossett PLLC has helped change cannabis law and shape the budding industry from the ground up in Michigan, with accomplishments including landing a chair position on the state bar's cannabis section, earning him a spot among the cannabis law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Simone Hicks

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Simone Hicks has helped clients such as Discovery Inc. and Spirit Airlines navigate the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, earning her a spot among benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

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