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Rankings: Rising Stars
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October 11, 2019
Rising Star: Wachtell's Michael Schobel
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Michael Schobel helped Pfizer craft the benefits program for its multibillion-dollar consumer health care joint venture with fellow pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC, earning him a spot among the benefits law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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October 10, 2019
Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Stephen Jacobson
Vinson & Elkins LLP's Stephen Jacobson has helped companies like Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and Talos Energy navigate the executive compensation and benefits issues associated with high-dollar mergers and acquisitions, earning him a spot as one of five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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October 10, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Ellyde Thompson
Ellyde Thompson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP crafted arguments to help two MLB players accused of buying performance-enhancing drugs overcome a news organization's First Amendment defense to their defamation claims, earning her a spot among sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 10, 2019
Rising Star: Steptoe & Johnson's Jared Butcher
Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Jared Butcher advised the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex on its $1 billion non-U.S. initial exchange offering, landing him on the list of fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Manatt's Randi Seigel
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP partner Randi Seigel represented Humana Inc. in its $4.1 billion deal to team up with two private equity firms to acquire and split up Kindred Healthcare Inc., earning her a spot among health care law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Proskauer's Krista Whitaker
Krista Whitaker of Proskauer Rose LLP assisted the Miami Marlins with their $1.2 billion sale to a group led by New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter, represented the Ivy League as it locked down a 10-year contract with ESPN and helped the NHL and MLS expand to new cities, landing her among sports and betting attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Lilya Tessler
Lilya Tessler of Sidley Austin LLP helped digital currency exchange Coinbase make headlines in 2018, advising on its acquisition of broker-dealer Keystone Capital Corp., alternative trading system Venovate Marketplace Inc. and investment adviser Digital Wealth LLC, earning her a spot among fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Christopher Buch
Holland & Knight LLP's Christopher Buch has demonstrated his expertise with big-ticket employee stock ownership plan transactions, including helping Isagenix Worldwide sell 30% of its stock to a plan for $382 million, making him one of the five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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October 09, 2019
Rising Star: Orrick's Brianna Pomatico
Brianna Pomatico, an associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, has taken charge of prominent business immigration client relationships and appeals of visa denials, earning her a spot as one of three immigration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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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.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Hooper Lundy's Eric Chan
Hooper Lundy & Bookman partner Eric Chan helped a California hospital score a win against insurer Anthem Blue Cross in an ERISA dispute over misdirected benefit checks, which helped earn him a spot among the four health care attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Sean McFarlane
Sean McFarlane of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has headed up big deals, including a consortium's acquisition of the YES Network, and represented the New York Arena Partners in their bid to construct a new home for the New York Islanders, earning him a spot among sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Latham's Stuart Davis
Latham & Watkins LLP's Stuart Davis has overseen some of the most significant transactions in the e-payments market, including Blackstone Group LP and CVC Capital Partner's £3 billion acquisition of Paysafe, he sits on the European Commission's Blockchain Observatory and advises some of the world's largest tech and crypto companies, landing him among fintech attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Cravath's Jonathan Katz
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's Jonathan Katz has helped craft the benefits and executive compensation components of major deals, including playing a key role in The Walt Disney Co.'s buy of 21st Century Fox, making him one of five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 08, 2019
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Nicholas Hobson
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Nicholas Hobson helps corporate clients navigate the complexities of immigration, including the teams behind the London Olympics and the London production of "Hamilton," landing him a spot as one of three immigration attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360.
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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.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Margaux Hall
Hogan Lovells' Margaux Hall has worked on standout matters in the health care field, including helping Capital Clubhouse prepare to open a community mental health center in Washington, D.C., that is the first of its kind, earning her a spot among health care law practitioners honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Keker Van Nest's Justina Sessions
Keker Van Nest & Peters' Justina Sessions has propelled an already accomplished career in telecommunications and trial litigation to the next level by defending Qualcomm against antitrust claims from a class of 250 million cellphone users, including winning a chance to appeal class certification, landing her a spot as one of three telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Richard Rubano
DLA Piper's Richard Rubano has guided some of the most significant sports team acquisitions in recent years, including a 2017 purchase of the Houston Rockets for $2.2 billion, the highest price ever for an NBA franchise, earning him a spot among sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Eric A. Love
Eric Love of Jones Day has advised a Fortune 50 information technology company on the implications of becoming a blockchain network operator and Overstock.com with launching its blockchain trading platform, landing him among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Mary J. Bortscheller
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's Mary J. Bortscheller has helped secure more than $230 million for workers in Employee Retirement Income Security Act settlements with hospitals over the past two years, earning her a spot as one of five benefits attorneys under age 40 honored as a Law360 Rising Star.
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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.
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October 07, 2019
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's Jennifer Hermansky
Greenberg Traurig’s Jennifer Hermansky has structured major EB-5 investor visa projects valued at over $3 billion in total, earning her a spot as one of three immigration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.