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Rankings: Rising Stars
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Latham's Nicola Higgs
Latham & Watkins LLP's Nicola Higgs was part of a legal team that advised on the drafting of Egypt's landmark new banking law and played a lead role in counseling banks on Aston Martin's £1.3 billion refinancing last year, earning her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Marissa Boynton
Latham & Watkins LLP's Marissa Boynton helped guide Facebook through its global response to a data breach that affected nearly 50 million accounts and is representing a subject of a novel Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the technology industry, earning her a spot among the top cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Laura McNally
Laura McNally of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has successfully argued pivotal motions to dismiss and examined expert witnesses at trial in several high-stakes securities disputes — something very few lawyers can say at her age — earning her a spot among the top securities law practitioners under 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Haynes And Boone's Michelle Prejean Scheffler
Michelle Prejean Scheffler of Haynes and Boone LLP has led a team major oil interests, including one of the country's largest independent producers, in a suit against the state of North Dakota over royalties, earning her a spot among energy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Perry Guha's George M. Barchini
George Barchini of Perry Guha LLP helped former President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen win release to home confinement after he was imprisoned ahead of publishing a tell-all book about his former boss, one of several high-profile cases that have landed the 33-year-old a spot among the white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 09, 2021
Rising Star: Weil's Candace M. Arthur
Whether she is arranging an out-of-court restructuring for movie theater colossus AMC or wading through the onslaught of retail bankruptcy cases triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Candace M. Arthur of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has been deploying creative business solutions to address her clients' needs, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Sidley's Geeta Malhotra
Geeta Malhotra of Sidley Austin LLP has successfully defended an embattled Chicago city contractor against high-profile bribery investigations and guided Neiman Marcus through a data breach probe, earning her a spot among the white collar attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Sarah Young
Sarah Young of Ropes & Gray LLP has helped steer an impressive roster of blockbuster deals throughout her career, including Dunkin's $11.3 billion sale and Michaels' $5 billion acquisition in the last year, cementing her spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Bracewell's Jeris Diana Brunette
Jeris Diana Brunette of Bracewell LLP has served as lead counsel to Credit Agricole in connection with billions of dollars in complex financing it provided for energy industry giant McDermott International Inc. over the past few years. She's also a leader in Bracewell's New York office, where she mentors and trains early-career finance attorneys and runs the firm's quarterly sustainability bulletin. These accomplishments and others have earned her a spot among the top banking attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: BakerHostetler's Camille C. Bent
Camille C. Bent of BakerHostetler has played a part in some high-profile bankruptcy and liquidation matters, including aiding an ongoing effort to recover billions of dollars in losses tied to the fraud perpetrated by disgraced Wall Street titan Bernie Madoff, earning her a spot among the bankruptcy attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Christopher Capuzzi
Christopher Capuzzi's work at Ropes & Gray LLP has helped make the firm a leading player in the burgeoning market around special purpose acquisition companies, earning him a spot among the top capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Tom Gorman
Thomas Gorman of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP has litigated intellectual property, antitrust, fraud and breach of contract cases, including one that uncovered a massive trade secret theft leading to a $179 million arbitration win for Google, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris
Williams & Connolly LLP appellate partner Sarah Harris argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in two high-profile cases related to denied disability and retirement benefits, earning her a spot among the appellate attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Fran Faircloth
Fran Faircloth of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised SolarWinds' former chief on litigation and congressional probes stemming from Russian hackers' data breach of the software company and the U.S. government, placing her among cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Ratzan Weissman's Stuart Weissman
Stuart Weissman of Ratzan Weissman & Boldt has won multiple eight-figure trial verdicts, including a record-breaking $46.5 million medical malpractice award for an Arkansas family whose newborn suffered severe brain damage, earning him a spot among the trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Brian E. Rosenzweig
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Brian Rosenzweig's skillful and innovative handling of several billion-dollar financings for large energy industry players, including advising lenders through TechnipFMC's $1.8 billion committed financing package, has earned him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 08, 2021
Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Katherine Lubin Benson
Katherine Lubin Benson of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has established herself as a top-tier plaintiff-side securities and antitrust attorney who recently helped shareholders land a multi-million dollar settlement with Wells Fargo, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Rachael Coffey
Rachael Coffey of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP co-led a team that helped Inspire Brands Inc. acquire Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. in a deal valued at $11.3 billion, earning her a spot among the merger and acquisition law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Crowe & Dunlevy's Melanie Wilson Rughani
Melanie Wilson Rughani of Crowe & Dunlevy scored several major appellate victories in Oklahoma, including leading the legal side of a successful fight to expand Medicaid eligibility in the state, earning her a spot among the appellate law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Sierra Elizabeth
Kirkland & Ellis equity partner Sierra Elizabeth has spent the last two years representing 3M in massive multidistrict litigation against the company by service members who used its earplugs and now have hearing loss, resulting in a hot-off-the-press bellwether trial win, earning her a spot among the top trial lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Alex Iftimie
Morrison & Foerster LLP's Alex Iftimie, a co-chair of the firm's global risk and crisis management group and a former national security official at the U.S. Department of Justice, helped FireEye Inc. navigate a breach that led to the discovery of a Russian espionage campaign that targeted software used by federal agencies and thousands of companies, earning him a spot among the top cybersecurity and privacy attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Davis Polk's Angela Libby
Angela Libby of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has played a key role in significant restructurings in the energy industry, including a cross-border proceeding that involved $5.3 billion in debt, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Daniel Kay
Daniel Kay of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised JPMorgan Chase on various acquisition financings throughout the pandemic, including a $2.1 billion bridge financing that paved the way for one of 2021's largest medical technology acquisitions yet, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Celia Soehner
Celia Soehner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has guided major corporations in significant transactions, including representing 23andMe in a $3.5 billion deal with a Richard Branson-backed special purpose acquisition company, earning her a spot among capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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June 07, 2021
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Julie S. Goldemberg
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Julie S. Goldemberg has been involved in high-profile patent eligibility cases and defended TCL Communications in its patent disputes with Ericsson, earning the patent litigator a spot among intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.