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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 14, 2022
Rising Star: Latham's Robert Price
Latham & Watkins LLP partner Robert Price represented Austrian construction company Strabag SE in an arbitration against Libya that resulted in an award worth some €100 million ($107.3 million), landing him among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 14, 2022
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Vicky Forrester
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP fund formation partner Vicky Forrester has guided industry giants Apollo Global Management and KKR & Co. Inc. on their massive dislocation opportunities funds, among other accomplishments, earning her a spot as one of the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 14, 2022
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Jessica Wilson
Jessica C. Wilson of DLA Piper has steered some of the largest pharmaceutical companies through high-stakes litigation, including helping to snuff out a large mass tort lodged against Pfizer Inc. over alleged health risks connected to Viagra, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Kirkland's Brett Saltzman
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Brett Saltzman has advised sponsors in tens of billions of dollars' worth of high-profile fund commitments in the past few years, making him a leader in the real estate fund formation space and earning him a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Covington's Mark Herman
Mark Herman of Covington & Burling LLP has been instrumental in advising Merck & Co. on securing coverage for its $1.4 billion cyberattack loss, earning him a spot among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Jones Day's Philip Devenish
Jones Day partner Philip Devenish's leading role in resolving complex investor-state disputes, including helping secure a $1.1 billion award for a Ukrainian commercial bank in 2018 — one of the first cases to hold Russia internationally liable for annexing Crimea — has earned him a spot among the international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Zachary M. Briers
Zachary M. Briers of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP has represented Google in several patent infringement cases and worked on high-profile technology transactions including the sales of Weta Digital's visual effects tools to Unity Software for $1.625 billion and Intel's NAND memory business to SK Hynix for $9 billion, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Peter Berg
King & Spalding LLP senior associate Peter Berg navigated construction agreements for a hydro-power transmission line that will deliver clean energy to New York City, the first of its kind in the U.S., cementing his spot among the construction attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Jones Day's Brian C. Rabbitt
Jones Day partner Brian Rabbitt steered the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division to a landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlement and kick-started the DOJ's ongoing crackdown on pandemic loan fraud, earning him a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 13, 2022
Rising Star: Butler Snow's Susanna Moldoveanu
Butler Snow LLP lawyer Susanna Moldoveanu filed thousands of summary judgment motions on behalf of Johnson & Johnson over claims of defective pelvic mesh devices in what became one of the largest multidistrict cases in history, earning her a spot among life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Bird Marella's Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk
Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC helped return millions of dollars' worth of valuables to more than 30 clients whose private vaults were unconstitutionally raided by the government and beat a pharmaceutical distributor executive's $100 million fraud rap over widespread attorney-client privilege violations, earning her a spot among the white collar law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Debevoise's Alisa Waxman
Alisa Waxman of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has guided private equity firms on numerous multibillion-dollar transactions, including Ara Partners' $1.1 billion decarbonization fund and Global Infrastructure Partners' record-breaking $22 billion infrastructure fund, earning her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Hanson Bridgett's Brian Schnarr
Brian Schnarr of Hanson Bridgett LLP represented McWhinney in a dispute over a foreclosed Colorado shopping center and won a $156 million jury verdict in a trial hampered by COVID-19 restrictions, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Cohen Ziffer's Cindy Jordano
Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP partner Cindy M. Jordano helped notch one of the first pro-policyholder pretrial wins in a COVID-19 business interruption suit and worked to settle a client's hacking coverage dispute despite little precedent guiding the way, earning her a spot among the insurance attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Harris Bricken's Jihee Ahn
Jihee Ahn developed Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP's dispute resolution and litigation practice and serves as lead counsel for a Republic of Haiti government agency in U.S. proceedings spanning several jurisdictions, landing her among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Covington's Kate Cahoy
Covington & Burling LLP partner Kate Cahoy has spent half a decade defending Facebook from a series of class actions, earning her a spot among technology attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 10, 2022
Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Khelin Aiken
Khelin Aiken of Baker McKenzie is helping Johnson & Johnson spin off its consumer health business — which made $15 billion last year — earning her a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: Podhurst Orseck's Kristina Infante
Kristina Infante of Podhurst Orseck PA achieved millions of dollars in settlements for victims of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting and is currently representing victims of the Boeing 737 Max crashes, earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Jeffrey I. Kessler
WilmerHale's Jeffrey Kessler has dedicated his career to the field of international trade, serving as a lead adviser for Boeing in its long-running trade dispute with Airbus as well as a key decision-maker at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was appointed assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance, earning him a spot among the international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: Proskauer's Wai Choy
Proskauer Rose LLP partner Wai Choy has played a lead role in advising on some of the most significant recent transactions at the intersection of media and technology, including the $43 billion merger between AT&T's WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc., earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: Willkie's Debra M. Sinclair
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Debra Sinclair helped secure tens of millions of dollars for creditors in the bankruptcy of Mexico's flag carrier airline and played a part in one of the fastest Chapter 11 turnarounds in U.S. history, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Libby Weingarten
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC partner Libby Weingarten has counseled large social media companies that were among the first third-party platforms accused of violating children's online privacy rules, including helping YouTube negotiate a landmark Federal Trade Commission settlement, earning her a spot among privacy and cybersecurity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: Skadden's Brett J. Fleisher
Brett J. Fleisher of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has headed multibillion-dollar deals between a myriad of companies, including leading Dell's $4 billion sale of its Boomi business to Francisco Partners and TPG, earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2022
Rising Star: Shearman's Samuel Ogunlaja
Samuel Ogunlaja of Shearman & Sterling LLP has advised on a number of energy projects in Africa and the Middle East, including Uganda's first "greenfield" refinery project, and a large hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Neom, a city being built in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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June 08, 2022
Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Sunita Bali
Perkins Coie LLP partner Sunita Bali is defending Google from claims that its virtual personal assistant technology illegally records users, and helped radiology firm RadNet Inc. settle a data breach lawsuit at an early stage, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.