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Rankings: Rising Stars
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August 04, 2023
Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Justin Haan
Justin Haan of Morrison Foerster LLP advised software company Salesforce Inc. on its $27.7 billion acquisition of messaging platform Slack, and high-profile companies like Meta and OpenAI on other deals, earning him a spot among the technology lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2023
Rising Star: Dentons' Lauren Wilson
Lauren Wilson of Dentons US LLC helped T-Mobile through the second-biggest deal in the telecom company's history — reworking a nationwide 12-year tower and small cell agreement with Crown Castle International — earning her a spot among the telecom attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2023
Rising Star: Cooley's Tijana Martinovic Brien
Cooley LLP's Tijana Martinovic Brien helped land a precedent-setting California decision for Gilead Sciences and aided videoconferencing provider Zoom in escaping the bulk of proposed class claims alleging it misled investors about its security capabilities, earning her a spot among the securities law attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2023
Rising Star: Latham's Alex Martin
Latham & Watkins LLP's Alex Martin guided a headlining deal crowning the Carlyle Group as the world's largest collateralized loan obligation manager, earning his spot among the structured finance attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2023
Rising Star: Irell's Charlotte J. Wen
Charlotte Wen of Irell & Manella LLP has been a core member of trial teams winning nine- and 10-figure judgments, including the largest U.S. patent judgment of $2.3 billion last year, earning her a spot among technology attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2023
Rising Star: Wiley's Sara M. Baxenberg
Sara Baxenberg of Wiley Rein LLP has played a key role in shaping policies to determine the U.S. flight paths of commercial drones, earning her a spot as one of the telecommunications law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2023
Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Jesse Bernstein
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jesse Bernstein helped secure a rare securities class action victory on behalf of Tesla and Elon Musk and successfully defended a software company facing a post-merger lawsuit, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2023
Rising Star: Cadwalader's Michael J. Ruder
Michael Ruder of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP advised two banking giants that acted as co-lenders in a $3 billion securitized refinancing for one of New York City's tallest skyscrapers, earning him a spot among the structured finance practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 03, 2023
Rising Star: BCLP's Jonathan Potts
Jonathan Potts, a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, represents the NCAA in its head injury cases, and steered 30 NHL clubs in connection with national multidistrict litigation, earning him a spot among the sports and betting practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2023
Rising Star: Latham's Britt Lovejoy
Britt Lovejoy of Latham & Watkins LLP helped secure a victory for Oracle Corp. in a copyright dispute against Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., and helped reach a settlement on behalf of Spotify in a high-profile royalty dispute, earning a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2023
Rising Star: Jones Day's Arturo de la Parra
Arturo de la Parra of Jones Day served as lead counsel to Mexican development banks in connection with their $2.1 billion revolving loan granted last summer to a special purpose trust for the acquisition of jet fuel collection rights, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2023
Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Elizabeth Yahl
Elizabeth Yahl of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP advised ICON in its $12 billion takeover of PRA Health Sciences, one of the biggest mergers and acquisitions deals of 2021, earning her a spot among the structured finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2023
Rising Star: Saxena White's Thomas Curry
Thomas Curry of Saxena White PA helped represent a group of FirstEnergy Corp. shareholders whose $180 million settlement with the company last year marks the largest recovery in a derivative suit in Sixth Circuit history, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 02, 2023
Rising Star: Weil's Arianna Scavetti
Arianna Scavetti of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP was instrumental in guiding the National Women's Soccer League Players Association through a first-of-its-kind joint investigation of abusive coaching, earning her a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Maureen Ho
Maureen Ho of Morrison Foerster LLP has headed multibillion-dollar deals between a myriad of companies, including Alibaba's acquisition of a stake in Ant Financial, earning her a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Milbank's Munib Hussain
Milbank LLP's Munib Hussain spearheaded a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 billion bond transaction for a BlackRock unit acquiring a stake in a Saudi Arabian gas pipeline company, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Proskauer's Andrew Nightingale
Andrew Nightingale of Proskauer Rose LLP has advised the NBA, NHL and MLS on adopting policies to broaden franchise ownership, and advised the New York Islanders on their return to Long Island, earning a spot among the sports and betting law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Cravath's G.J. Ligelis Jr.
G.J. Ligelis Jr. of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP advised National Grid PLC in a pair of deals designed as an asset swap with PPL Corp., and steered AerCap Holdings NV's record $30 billion acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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August 01, 2023
Rising Star: Robbins Geller's Erika Oliver
Erika Oliver of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP helped secure a $141 million settlement for McKesson Corp. investors, and she played key roles in a pending $300 million investor settlement with Wells Fargo. These accomplishments and others earned her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: Covington's David Sneed
David Sneed, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, helped the firm convince the Fourth Circuit to overturn a $1.25 million jury verdict against pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, earning him a spot among the product liability attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: White & Case's Evelyn Balassiano
Evelyn Balassiano of White & Case LLP has represented banks in a $4.2 billion redevelopment project at one of America's busiest airports and helped advise lenders in the financing of a $3 billion subway line in Brazil, earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Michael Chao
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Michael Chao has honed a reputation as a trusted counselor steering massive private-equity deals — as evidenced by the more-than-$30 billion acquisition of health care supplier Medline — earning him a spot among private equity attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: Goodwin's Tevia Pollard
Tevia Pollard, named partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in October, was the lead associate advising Citrix Systems Inc. on its $16.5 billion acquisition and steering Forma Therapeutics' $1.1 billion acquisition by Novo Nordisk, earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 31, 2023
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Brittany Rogers
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Brittany Rogers has litigated several headline-making securities suits, including a case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court and resulted in a unanimous win, earning her a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
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July 28, 2023
Rising Star: Bird Marella's Kimberly A. Meyer
Kimberly Meyer of Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC has represented high-profile clients including Scarlett Johansson, in her battle against Disney over its "Black Widow" release, and helped the creators and stars of the TV show "Bones" get a massive payday in arbitration with Fox, earning her a spot among the entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.