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Rankings: Rising Stars
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Adam Summers
Fried Frank partner Adam Summers counseled Goldman Sachs Lending Partners on its nine-figure funding of a blank-check company’s tie-up with Ranpak Corp. and helped guide Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith in a $1.15 billion financing for Alliance Laundry Systems, earning a spot among the five banking attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Pillsbury's Stephen Amdur
From advising U.S. e-cigarette giant Juul Labs on a $12.8 billion investment to steering WestJet's $3.7 billion acquisition by funds affiliated with Onex Corp., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Stephen Amdur has distinguished himself as one of the go-to private equity advisers, earning him a spot as one of five private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Freshfields' Maria Julia Milesi
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's Maria Julia Milesi played a leading role in some of her firm's most complex client matters this past year, including 10 investor-state disputes collectively worth more than $3 billion, earning her a spot as one of five international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360.
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Proskauer's Susan Gutierrez
Proskauer Rose LLP partner Susan Gutierrez has helped secure several trial victories for Johnson & Johnson over consumer claims about its talc products, landing her among the trials practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's Kelann Stirling
Kelann Stirling of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has advised clients on numerous complex project financings over her career, including on a $1 billion project that is expected to be the largest natural gas-fired electric power plant in the United States, earning her a spot as one of five project finance attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 18, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Marjorie P. Duffy
Jones Day partner Marjorie P. Duffy successfully argued a motion to transfer on only two hours' notice for energy industry supplier Fairmount Santrol in a case relating to a securities class action and reached a settlement after six years of litigation for law and garden supply company Scotts in a $100 million class action over its Morning Song Bird Food, earning her a place among the six securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Laura Kathryn O'Boyle
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Laura Kathryn O’Boyle successfully defended Susquehanna Growth Equity against fraud charges related to its sale of an e-commerce payment processing business, helped Merck & Co. beat a shareholder suit, and is representing Marriott International Inc. in a multidistrict litigation related to its November data breach, making her one of five securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Latham's J. Cory Tull
Latham & Watkins LLP's J. Cory Tull guided The Carlyle Group through its multibillion-dollar buyout of StandardAero and inked a deal that put the St. Louis Blues under full local ownership within a week of the hockey team's historic Stanley Cup win, making him one of five private equity attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Hunton Andrews Kurth's James Head
James Head of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has helped public and private sector clients finance critical infrastructure, including a $1 billion deal privatizing one of the biggest electric utilities in sub-Saharan Africa, earning him a spot as one of five project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Cravath's Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea
Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has helped Alliance Laundry Systems LLC secure $1.15 billion in credit facilities and represented Morgan Stanley in arranging $765 million of credit facilities for a private equity firm’s acquisition of The Bay Club, all while leading diversity and inclusion efforts at her firm, earning her a spot as one of five banking attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Kasowitz's Lauren Tabaksblat
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP's Lauren Tabaksblat co-led a decade-long litigation that vindicated an insurer with a jury verdict totaling nearly $11 million against a defunct hedge fund and related parties over claims they schemed to lower her client's share price, making her one of Law360's 2019 Rising Stars in the trials category.
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September 17, 2019
Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Ina Popova
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Ina Popova has secured key wins for clients including Perenco's Ecuador unit and Iraq in investment arbitrations where hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake, earning her a place as one of five international arbitration attorneys under 40 named to Law360's list of Rising Stars.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Jones Day's Joyce McKinniss
Jones Day's Joyce McKinniss helped tobacco companies score complete defense verdicts in multiple trials in cases brought by smokers seeking millions of dollars in damages, earning her a spot as one of five trial attorneys under 40 being honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Amber Hay
Arnold & Porter’s Amber Hay has advised on bank mergers like Stifel Financial’s purchase of The Business Bank of St. Louis and provided sharp regulatory and compliance counsel to companies like First Republic Bank, landing her a spot as one of five banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Daniela Stolman
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Daniela Stolman has helped clinch numerous major deals for clients over the course of her career, including a recent $1 billion acquisition for Stone Canyon Industries, earning her a spot as one of five private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Mallory Silberman
Arnold & Porter partner Mallory Silberman has represented Chile in what is believed to be the longest-running investment arbitration ever, along with other governments and investors in some of the world's most high-profile investor-state arbitrations, helping to land her a spot among five international arbitration lawyers under 40 honored by Law360.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: DLA Piper's Amala Nath
DLA Piper's Amala Nath has helped clients finance major projects, including a road in Colombia that involved coordinating with multiple lenders and working on a deal that expanded the metro system in Sao Paulo, Brazil, earning her a spot as one of five project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as a Rising Star.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Block & Leviton's Joel Fleming
Block & Leviton LLP's Joel Fleming helped keep alive portions of an investor lawsuit challenging the multibillion-dollar Charter Communications-Time Warner Cable Inc. merger last year, earning him a spot as one of six securities law practitioners under age 40 honored as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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September 16, 2019
Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Irene Yang
Sidley Austin LLP’s Irene Yang has helped major tech companies, including Microsoft and Sprint, win a number of high-stakes patent cases, earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored as one of Law360's Rising Stars.
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September 14, 2019
Rising Star: Wachtell's Sabastian Niles
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Sabastian Niles has played a key role in protecting high-profile clients like eBay and Dollar Tree from aggressive activist investors and advising boards of directors, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 13, 2019
Rising Star: WilmerHale's Bonnie Heiple
WilmerHale’s Bonnie Heiple successfully guided Vermont through the thorny, yearslong process of shutting down a nuclear power plant and helped Vail Resorts navigate the environmental implications of buying a host of ski resorts across the country, making her one of five environmental attorneys under 40 selected for Law360’s Rising Stars.
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September 13, 2019
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Matthew Robson
Matthew Robson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has successfully represented the Broad Institute in several high-profile battles involving patents covering CRISPR genome-editing technology, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 13, 2019
Rising Star: Sanford Heisler's Kate Mueting
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP partner Kate Mueting has guided lawyers and female professionals in numerous other industries through gender discrimination class actions against high-profile employers like KPMG and Jones Day, earning her a spot among the five employment lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 13, 2019
Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Karen Toto
Karen Toto of Wiley Rein LLP has helped defend insurers against a variety of claims and topics ranging from asbestos and pharmaceuticals to municipal bonds, landing her among the insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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September 13, 2019
Rising Star: Kirkland's Leslie Schmidt
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Leslie Schmidt has amassed numerous victories on behalf of her intellectual property clients over her career, including U.S. Supreme Court wins in WesternGeco's long-watched litigation about overseas patent infringement, earning her a spot as one of six IP practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.