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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Abe Alexander
Recently minted Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner Abe Alexander has been involved in some of the biggest-ever securities class action settlements against pharmaceutical companies, and negotiated a landmark deal in 2020 over one of the largest data breaches in history, landing him a spot as one of seven securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Jones Day's Amanda K. Rice
Amanda K. Rice, a partner in the appellate practice at Jones Day, earned her spot among appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars by garnering considerable experience in the U.S. Supreme Court. Not only has Rice drafted several merits briefs, four successful petitions for certiorari and numerous significant amicus briefs, she also presented her first Supreme Court oral argument in February.
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Irell's Elizabeth Tuan
Irell & Manella LLP partner Elizabeth Tuan helped Juno Therapeutics and Sloan Kettering win a $752 million verdict and then switched gears to win VLSI Technology a $2 billion one, earning her a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 02, 2021
Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Craig Zieminski
Vinson & Elkins' Craig Zieminski has been involved in winning a $1.6 billion shareholder challenge to a merger and convincing a court to let a different client abandon a $38 billion merger, earning him a spot among the trial lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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May 28, 2021
Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2021, our list of 180 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.
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August 13, 2020
Rising Star: Troutman Pepper's Kevin Wallace
Kevin Wallace of Troutman Pepper represents the financial backers of John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal One project and is a key member of the team working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on its new headquarters in New York City, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 13, 2020
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Matthew Rogers
Matthew Rogers of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has worked on teams steering transactions including the world's largest private real estate deal, a "blockbuster" that netted Blackstone some $18.7 billion in assets from GLP, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Eric Issadore
Ropes & Gray LLP's Eric Issadore represented tech investment giant Silver Lake Partners in a series of notable transactions including a $1 billion investment in Twitter, earning him a spot as one of five private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: White & Case's Elizabeth Kirk
White & Case LLP partner Elizabeth Kirk has established herself as a restructuring and finance ace who has negotiated complex, high-stakes deals in the maritime shipping industry, earning her a spot among the transportation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta of Steptoe & Johnson LLP helped French drugmaker Sanofi last year invalidate patents related to rival Amgen Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Wachtell's Viktor Sapezhnikov
Though President Donald Trump ultimately blocked the deal, Viktor Sapezhnikov of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz led the firm's cross-functional team on all aspects of Broadcom's unsolicited proposal to acquire Qualcomm for $150 billion, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Sandeep Nandivada
Sandeep Nandivada of Morrison & Foerster LLP helped Amazon win a block on the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud contract and secured Vectrus Systems Corp.'s stake in an $82 billion logistics deal, making him one of four government contract attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Moore & Van Allen's Nader S. Raja
Nader S. Raja made partner at Moore & Van Allen PLLC this year after successfully guiding dozens of clients on complex, multifaceted cases, many involving federal investigations with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, a body of work that's landed the white collar defense and investigations attorney a spot as a compliance professional under 40 honored as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2020
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Wilson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has represented clients across the globe, navigating multimillion-dollar infrastructure disputes in the Middle East and recovering damages for a sub-ocean pipeline incident in the Caribbean, solidifying her spot among the top construction attorneys under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Jonathan Katz
King & Spalding LLP partner Jonathan Katz has represented owners and developers in massive, complex petrochemical projects across the globe, including a major Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. project in Alberta, landing him a spot among the attorneys under 40 in the construction field honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: Miller & Chevalier's Ann Sultan
Ann Sultan of Miller & Chevalier Chtd. helped guide telecommunications company VEON through an internal investigation into suspected violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, ultimately resolving the matter with U.S. and Dutch authorities and earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: Latham's Dean W. Baxtresser
Dean W. Baxtresser of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised clients on several multibillion-dollar government contracts, including a $10 billion upgrade for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' health records, earning him a spot among the government contract law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Peter Denton
Peter Denton of Steptoe & Johnson LLP has spent his legal career advising major clients in the niche railroad industry, recently guiding one of the world's largest alternative asset managers to acquire a public short line railroad holding company for $8.4 billion, one of the largest railroad industry transactions in recent history, earning him a spot among the transportation practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: Skadden's Laura Knoll
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Laura Knoll guided Array BioPharma in Pfizer's recent $11.4 billion purchase of the pharmaceutical company to complement the pharmaceutical giant's cancer treatment offerings, earning her a spot among the life sciences practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: McDermott's Alex Clavero
Alex Clavero of McDermott Will & Emery has steered investment firm HIG Capital in its $250 million acquisition of BioVectra Inc. and its acquisition of a food product distributor with about $1 billion in annual net sales, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 11, 2020
Rising Star: Goodwin's Alessandra Simons
Goodwin Procter's Alessandra Simons has guided some major tech industry deals, including an $8 billion acquisition by software giant SAP, the $618 million sale of a cybersecurity company, and a majority investment in a digital experience company, earning her a place among the technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2020
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Zachary Blume
Ropes & Gray LLP's Zachary Blume has helped clients navigate complex transactions, including Genzyme's $20.1 billion acquisition by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Wright Medical's $5.4 billion sale to Stryker, earning him a spot among the life sciences attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2020
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Joshua Riley
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Joshua Riley has secured high-profile victories for his technology clients, including Palantir Technologies in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2020
Rising Star: Dentons' Rachel Milazzo
Rachel Milazzo of Dentons represented the Los Angeles Rams against the city of St. Louis over the ownership of the franchise's multimillion-dollar former training facility, earning her a spot among the construction law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 10, 2020
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Stephanie F. Johnson
Stephanie F. Johnson of King & Spalding LLP helped notch a precedent-setting defense verdict for a multistate hospital network last year and has negotiated multiple corporate integrity agreements in the health care sector, earning her a place among the compliance lawyers under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.