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.
  • June 30, 2021

    Rising Star: Dechert's Laurence Bary

    Laurence Bary of Dechert LLP navigated the antitrust laws of the stars by helping shepherd the purchase of Europe's only space launch company, making her one of the top competition attorneys under 40 named by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Leslie Bailey

    Leslie Bailey of Arnold & Porter has successfully represented Korean steel producers and a Canadian province in disputes over U.S. tariffs on imports, earning her a spot among the international trade attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Jarrett Hoffman

    Jarrett Hoffman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has played a key role in crafting the executive compensation packages at the heart of multibillion-dollar transactions among the world's most recognizable companies, including representing IBM in its largest-ever acquisition, landing him among the benefits practitioners younger than 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Cravath's Lauren Roberta Kennedy

    Lauren Roberta Kennedy of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has established herself as a top-tier competition attorney, having represented companies like American Express and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in high-stakes litigation, earning her a spot among the competition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 29, 2021

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Katie St. Peters

    Katie St. Peters of Kirkland & Ellis LLP led private equity firm Thoma Bravo's formation and fundraising of nearly $23 billion in funds while managing over 30 attorneys and navigating the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, earning her a spot among fund formation attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Goodwin's Jaime Santos

    Jaime Santos of Goodwin Procter LLP focuses on ERISA litigation within her appellate litigation practice, and she secured the dismissal of a class action against General Electric Co. at the Second Circuit, earning her a spot among the benefits law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Jonathan Wakely

    Jonathan Wakely of Covington & Burling LLP guided Qualcomm's interactions with CFIUS amid the largest-ever attempted hostile takeover of a technology firm, earning him a spot among the top international trade attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Jamal Fulton

    Jamal Fulton of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised many investment firms in multibillion-dollar transactions, including a $16.25 billion transaction in February between AT&T Inc. and private equity firm TPG Capital, landing him a spot among the fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 28, 2021

    Rising Star: Freshfields' Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum

    Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has counseled clients through a wide range of antitrust matters, including sensitive conduct investigations, multibillion-dollar deal reviews and a merger challenge in federal court, earning him a spot among the top competition attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Buckingham Doolittle's Richard Fry

    Richard Fry of Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs LLC helped secure high-profile taxpayer wins before Ohio's Supreme Court, including a first-of-its-kind sourcing dispute involving ADT contracts and a tax exemption for the Cincinnati Reds, earning him a spot among the tax practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy

    Holland & Knight LLP's Chelsea Ashbrook McCarthy has built a track record of defending companies against claims they've mismanaged their employee stock ownership plans, landing her a spot among the benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Jing Zhang

    Mayer Brown LLP's Jing Zhang secured low tariffs for Turkey's largest aluminum sheet producer and nabbed several country-of-origin victories for Chinese companies facing Section 301 duties, winning her a spot among international trade attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Henry Liu

    Henry Liu of Covington & Burling LLP has defended against massive antitrust class actions, including notching important wins for JPMorgan against sprawling accusations of aluminum price-fixing, earning him a spot among the top competition attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Daniel Lloyd

    Daniel Lloyd of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has regularly advised a number of powerhouse private equity firms as they formed some of their most significant investment funds, such as with CVC Capital Partners' latest flagship fund that raised €21.25 billion, earning him a spot among the top fund formation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 25, 2021

    Rising Star: Berger Montague's Patrick F. Madden

    Patrick F. Madden of Berger Montague PC helped the city of Philadelphia receive millions of dollars of relief in litigation against Wells Fargo and represented mixed martial arts fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in an antitrust lawsuit, earning him a spot among the class action law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Baum Hedlund's R. Brent Wisner

    Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC's R. Brent Wisner has netted multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in sprawling litigation over Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 product liability Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Sarah L. Brodie

    Sarah L. Brodie of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped steer Disney's agreement to take over Hulu — a deal valuing the streaming giant at least $27.5 billion — earning her a spot among the tax lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Mintz's Kelly L. Frey

    Kelly Frey of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has litigated cases across a broad spectrum of matters related to commercial real estate and government regulation, including the first case establishing commercial landlords' rights against tenants protected by Massachusetts' COVID-19 eviction moratorium, earning him a spot among the real estate lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Vaughn Morrison

    Vaughn Morrison of Troutman Pepper has advised ConEdison in acquiring a $1.5 billion renewable energy asset and helped National Grid Renewables procure several utility-scale renewables, earning him a spot among the top project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Madison Kitchens

    King & Spalding partner Madison Kitchens has successfully defended manufacturers facing massive exposure, including a recent Ninth Circuit appeal of a $454 million verdict that saw his side go toe-to-toe with Michael Avenatti, earning Kitchens a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 24, 2021

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Samantha Rowe

    Samantha Rowe of Debevoise & Plimpton has represented countries going against companies and companies going against countries, including a precedent-setting case involving the Russian Federation and Yukos Oil, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Ofilio Mayorga

    Ofilio Mayorga of Foley Hoag LLP focuses on investment treaty and commercial arbitration, with expertise and experience in Latin American markets as well as high-profile cases before the International Court of Justice at The Hague, earning him a spot among international arbitration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Barnes & Thornburg's Kristen Richer

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Kristen Richer took lead roles in securing significant wins in the past year for retailers in multidistrict litigations over a probable carcinogen found in popular heartburn medication Zantac and generic blood pressure medications, earning her a spot among the top product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Josh Winefsky

    Josh Winefsky of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has negotiated huge casino, hospitality and retail space transactions while also guiding clients through the high-stakes world of New York City luxury condominium development, netting him a spot among the real estate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • June 23, 2021

    Rising Star: Skadden's Leah Chacón

    Leah Chacón of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented SunEdison in a $146 million debt refinancing that was among the first project financings of a solar project in Honduras and in Central America, earning her a spot among the project finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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