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Rankings: Rising Stars
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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.
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June 24, 2022
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Meghan McDermott
Meghan McDermott of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has guided several landmark deals, including Eldorado's blockbuster $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars' casino business and helping online dating giant Match revamp its balance sheet through a trailblazing $1.4 billion debt-and-equity offer, earning her a spot among capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2022
Rising Star: Foley & Lardner's Thomas Ferrante
Thomas Ferrante of Foley & Lardner LLP has helped numerous health-related businesses expand their platforms, including primary and urgent care business Carbon Health, earning him a spot among the health care attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 24, 2022
Rising Star: Blank Rome's Elizabeth Jochum
Blank Rome LLP partner Elizabeth Jochum's work to successfully defend Riva Solutions' position on an unusual $2 billion information technology contract, fending off protests in the process, has earned her a position among the government contracts attorneys under 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Luke McCloud
Williams & Connolly LLP partner Luke McCloud has successfully tried several cases to judgment in federal and state courts before making his U.S. Supreme Court debut in January, earning him a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored this year by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Darius Horton
Darius Horton of Mayer Brown LLP was lead counsel to purchases on seven securitizations of residential transition, or "house-flipping," loans worth more than $1.9 billion total, including the first repackaging of nonperforming house-flipping loans into capital markets securities, earning him a spot among the structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's James McDonald
James McDonald hit the ground running when he joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP after heading up the enforcement division of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and his various cryptocurrency cases and a key role in a recent $6 billion Allianz SE settlement have earned him a spot among the compliance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Jeanifer Parsigian
Over the past year, Winston & Strawn LLP partner Jeanifer Parsigian has helped the U.S. Women's National Team players secure a landmark equal pay deal with U.S. Soccer, won a U.S. Supreme Court victory that blew apart the NCAA's "amateurism" pay model and is pressing forward on another case that could further alter college sports, earning her a spot as one of four sports and betting attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Nossaman's Shant Boyajian
Shant Boyajian of Nossaman LLP has advised transit agencies in Massachusetts and Los Angeles on sprawling capital improvement projects, earning him a spot among the top transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Michelle Chen
Michelle Chen of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shepherded M&T Bank's $8.3 billion acquisition that vaulted it to "superregional" status, steered MUFG's $8 billion exit from the U.S. retail banking market and advised on Fiserv's mammoth $22 billion buy of First Data, landing a spot among the banking law attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 23, 2022
Rising Star: Jones Day's Marta Lahuerta Escolano
Jones Day's Marta Lahuerta Escolano provided key legal advice in opening Ethiopia's telecom market to competition, likely leading to billions of dollars in new investments, helping earn her a spot among the telecom attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' George John
Hogan Lovells senior associate attorney George V. John has been involved in helping major aerospace and telecommunications clients such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin navigate Federal Communications Commission regulations when it comes to obtaining spectrum for their launch vehicles, earning him a spot among the telecommunications attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: Skadden's Caroline Kim
Caroline Kim of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has helped several companies go public and comply with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, including advising WeWork during its protracted journey to becoming publicly traded, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Orestis Omran
DLA Piper partner Orestis Omran has captained many billion-euro securitizations and other financial transactions for major European parties, including recently representing loan servicer Qquant's securitization transaction involving a €1 billion portfolio of nonperforming loans by Pancreta Bank in Greece, earning him a place among the structured finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Morgan Ratner
Sullivan & Cromwell special counsel Morgan Ratner has played a lead role in helping clients win appeals, including arguing seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court while either pregnant or nursing, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mehdi Ansari
Mehdi Ansari of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shepherded DraftKings Inc.'s $1.56 billion acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming and helped Major League Baseball sell to Disney what would become the backbone of Disney+ in a $1.58 billion deal, earning him a spot as one of the sports and betting attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: Montgomery McCracken's Robert E. O'Connor
Robert O'Connor of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP has become one of the go-to maritime lawyers in the U.S., recently representing shipping giants Maersk and Ocean Network Express in dozens of separate disputes over the loss of thousands of shipping containers worth millions, earning him a spot among the transportation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 22, 2022
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Elizabeth Cassady
Elizabeth Cassady of Steptoe & Johnson LLP started her career litigating high-profile residential mortgage-backed securities cases in the wake of the financial crisis and recently represented JPMorgan in litigation contending a billion-dollar syndicated loan was a security, earning her a spot among the banking attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: Kaplan Hecker's Joshua Matz
Joshua Matz of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP helped defend Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear at the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge against his order temporarily suspending in-person K-12 classes in late 2020, and served as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives in impeachment proceedings in 2019 and 2021 against then-President Donald Trump, earning him a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: Latham's Andrew Galdes
Andrew Galdes of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised numerous companies on how to navigate sanctions against Russia and helped language learning company Duolingo secure a license to offer its English proficiency test in Syria, earning him a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: Latham's Nicole Fanjul
Nicole Fanjul of Latham & Watkins LLP co-led a team that represented JPMorgan in a nearly $5 billion term loan and revolving credit facility for pharmaceutical company Organon, earning her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: Dechert's Kenneth D. Hackman
Kenneth D. Hackman of Dechert LLP counseled Cerberus in a $2.5 billion single-family rental securitization and advised Pretium Partners in a $989 million loan financing secured by SFR properties, earning him a spot among the structured finance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jacob T. Spencer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jacob T. Spencer played a key role in securing a unanimous victory on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters in a media ownership dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court, which paved the way for more efficient consolidation in the media industry, earning him a spot among the telecommunications attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: Katten Muchin's Daniel Render
Daniel Render of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP was instrumental in negotiating the naming rights for the Los Angeles Clippers' future arena and helped orchestrate private equity investments in NBA teams over the last year, earning him a spot among the sports attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 21, 2022
Rising Star: K&L Gates' Ifigeneia Xanthopoulou
Ifigeneia Xanthopoulou of K&L Gates LLP has defended shipping company ARIS T in a suit over a near-collision in the Mississippi River and represented Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA in litigation over supply chain issues stemming from COVID-19, earning her a spot among transportation lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.