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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 22, 2020

    Rising Star: Stoel Rives' Alex Mertens

    Alex Mertens of Stoel Rives LLP helps arrange financing for significant renewable energy projects, work that has included assisting energy-developer sPower secure nearly $500 million in financing, earning her a spot among the energy practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2020

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Shih

    Quinn Emanuel partner Kathleen Shih has supplied valuable advice to major energy sector companies, including offshore drilling companies, helping to bring in an award of more than $700 million to Vantage Energy Inc. among other deals, which landed her a spot as one of the energy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 20, 2020

    Rising Star: Orrick's Jonathan Ayre

    Jonathan Ayre of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped build the firm's oil and gas practice into a go-to adviser for major energy players and shepherded billion-dollar deals in the process, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 17, 2020

    Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Jane Accomando

    Jane Accomando of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has helped nuclear power plant operators recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government for waste storage, and she regularly spearheads investigations into alleged wrongdoing at nuclear plants, earning her a spot on the list of top energy lawyers under age 40 named as Rising Stars.

  • July 02, 2020

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2020, our list of 176 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • October 11, 2019

    Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Lande Spottswood

    Vinson & Elkins' Lande Spottswood has built a career working on some of the most sophisticated transactions for major players in the energy sector, including representing Energy Transfer Partners in its $60 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity, earning her a spot as one of five energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 10, 2019

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Ashley McMillian

    The energy litigation resume of Susman Godfrey's Ashley McMillian includes helping Apache Deepwater win a $43.2 million verdict in an offshore drilling decommissioning dispute, earning her a spot among the energy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 09, 2019

    Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Tim Chandler

    In the past two years, Sidley Austin’s Tim Chandler has closed 36 deals in the energy and infrastructure industry with a cumulative value of more than $15 billion, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 08, 2019

    Rising Star: Norton Rose's Becky Diffen

    Norton Rose Fulbright's Becky Diffen has made a career in renewable energy, helping to facilitate the financing of a 200 MW wind farm in the Texas Panhandle and assisting Duke Energy's effort to build an energy storage project at a time when the technology was especially new, earning her a place among five energy attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • October 07, 2019

    Rising Star: Earthjustice's Kim Smaczniak

    Earthjustice's Kim Smaczniak helped engineer a successful pushback to a Trump administration plan to bail out struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants as she built out a federal clean energy focus for the group, earning her a spot among the energy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • September 06, 2019

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2019, our list of 175 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.

  • August 29, 2018

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Maaren Shah

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Maaren A. Shah is a litigator who won a favorable result for FirstEnergy Generation LLC in its disputes with railroads over transportation contracts and went on to assist it in connection with its significant bankruptcy filing, earning her a spot as one of five energy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 28, 2018

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Rob Safi

    Susman Godfrey LLP partner Robert S. Safi has successfully represented both major companies and landowners in disputes in the oil and gas industry, including helping Hess Corp. defeat litigation involving more than $400 million in damages, making him one of five energy attorneys honored as a Law360 Rising Star.

  • August 27, 2018

    Rising Star: Bracewell's Austin Lee

    Bracewell LLP partner Austin Lee has taken the lead on some of the firm's most high-profile deals in the oil and gas sector, including representing Parsley Energy in its acquisition of Double Eagle's Permian Basin holdings, making him one of the five energy law practitioners under age 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 24, 2018

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Justin Stolte

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Justin Stolte recently helped ArcLight Capital Partners LLC close on its $1.12 billion acquisition of Midcoast Operating LP, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys named to Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • August 23, 2018

    Rising Star: Akin Gump's David Sweeney

    As an energy-focused transactional attorney, David Sweeney of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has done business in more than 30 countries and has worked on over $60 billion worth of deals, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys named to Law360's list of Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2018

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 168 attorneys selected as Law360's 2018 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. From guiding eye-popping deals to handling bet-the-company litigation, these elite attorneys under 40 are leading the pack.

  • July 27, 2017

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Alex Kaplan

    Susman Godfrey LLP’s Alex Kaplan has carved out his place in Houston’s energy litigation scene over the past several years through wins for big players such as Targa Liquids Marketing & Trade against federal antitrust claims and is currently working on a $3 billion fuel-oil contract dispute that's the largest of his career — putting him on the list of energy attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2017

    Rising Star: Bracewell's George Fatula

    Bracewell LLP’s George D. Fatula has negotiated major energy transactions on behalf of big-name companies, including helping facilitate the deals that made the Dakota Access pipeline possible, earning him a spot as one of five energy law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2017

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Rhett Van Syoc

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Rhett Van Syoc led teams that worked on nearly a dozen energy deals signed within the last year, including several big-ticket deals involving his primary client, private equity giant The Blackstone Group, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2017

    Rising Star: Jones Day's David Stringer

    Jones Day’s David S. Stringer has been the firm’s lead associate on numerous M&A transactions in the energy space with a special focus on midstream and downstream assets, including helping a major natural gas distributor acquire an interest in a large pipeline system, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2017

    Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Bryan Loocke

    Vinson & Elkins LLP's Bryan Loocke has helped broker a slew of multibillion-dollar deals in the oil patch, including over $5.5 billion in announced or closed deals in 2017 alone, earning him a spot as one of five energy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 14, 2017

    Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40

    The 156 attorneys selected as Law360's 2017 Rising Stars are lawyers whose accomplishments belie their age. This elite group of attorneys, all under 40, have distinguished themselves by handling bet-the-company litigation and brokering deals that make headlines.

  • May 06, 2016

    Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Debbie Yee

    For her work helping to shepherd two major infrastructure deals totaling some $56 billion for Energy Transfer Equity LP affiliates in the last year, Latham & Watkins LLP partner Debbie Yee has been named one of Law360's 2016 top energy sector attorneys under age 40.

  • May 05, 2016

    Rising Star: Sutherland's Ram C. Sunkara

    Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP partner Ram C. Sunkara’s efforts representing large energy consumers like Microsoft, Target, and Houston’s public transportation authority in their purchase and generation of renewable and traditional power has landed him a spot on Law360’s Rising Stars list of top energy attorneys under 40.

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