Rankings: Rising Stars

Law360’s Rising Stars profiles the top legal talent under 40. The winners are comprised of top litigators and dealmakers practicing at a level usually seen from veteran attorneys. Submissions highlight the winner’s age and reasons why his or her record deserves attention.
  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Chris Peponis

    As a multijurisdictional attorney licensed in Australia, Canada and the United States, Chris Peponis of Latham & Watkins LLP has been at the helm of multiple complex deals in far-flung parts of the world, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Darren Schweiger

    Darren Schweiger co-led a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP corporate team that helped advise TPG Capital's $1 billion initial public offering and has participated in other multimillion-dollar deals, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Cleary's Kim Spoerri

    Kim Spoerri of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has advised on multiple multibillion-dollar acquisitions, including representing pharmaceutical company Takeda in its $6 billion acquisition of autoimmune disease treatment developer Nimbus Lakshmi Inc., earning her a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 28, 2023

    Rising Star: Keller Rohrback's Ryan McDevitt

    Ryan McDevitt of Keller Rohrback LLP has helped secure a multibillion-dollar class action settlement against Volkswagen in sprawling emissions multidistrict litigation and co-leads a class action over lithium-ion batteries in Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles, earning him a spot among the product liability practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Orrick's Matthew E. Neuringer

    Matthew E. Neuringer of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped with a roughly $9 billion project to shutter and replace Rikers Island jails, guided a project to replace major bridges in Pennsylvania and advised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on improving its accessibility, earning him a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Davis Wright's Cydney Swofford Freeman

    Cydney Swofford Freeman of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has successfully defended authors and filmmakers against copyright infringement litigation and has advised the muckraking documentarians behind "Surviving R. Kelly" and other explosive projects on defamation risks, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Debevoise's Emily Huang

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Emily Huang spearheaded Kelso & Co.'s $610 million acquisition of two iconic General Mills brands for its food portfolio company, earning her a spot among the private equity lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Remi Korenblit

    Remi Korenblit of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC steered Twitter in Elon Musk's headline-grabbing takeover of the social media company, drafting the terms of a contract for the $44 billion deal following several dramatic twists and landing Korenblit a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 27, 2023

    Rising Star: Goldman Ismail's Edward Dumoulin

    Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP's Edward Dumoulin's work representing Bayer in mass tort litigation over a contrast dye agent used in medical imaging, and Merck in claims alleging that its HPV vaccine Gardasil causes injuries, won him a spot on Law360's list of product liability Rising Stars for 2023.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Andrew Krause

    Andrew Krause of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has represented General Electric on every step of its long unwinding, Amazon on its $1.7 billion iRobot and $3.9 billion One Medical acquisitions, and Qualcomm on its $4.5 billion purchase of Veoneer with SSW Partners, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Susman Godfrey's Katy Peaslee

    Susman Godfrey LLP's Katy Peaslee was a leading attorney on the team that helped Dominion Voting Systems secure a $787 million settlement in its defamation suit against the media giant Fox Corp., earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Katy McNeil

    Mayer Brown LLP's Katy C. McNeil has represented clients in financing major renewable energy projects, including Credit Suisse's $300 million financing for community, commercial and industrial solar projects across the U.S., earning her a spot among the project finance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Kristen Poole

    Kristen Poole of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has worked on high-stakes deals in the private equity space, including a recent one that carried an enterprise value of $16 billion, earning her a spot among the fund private equity practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 26, 2023

    Rising Star: Lieff Cabraser's Katherine McBride

    Katherine McBride of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP enjoys complicated cases and learning about different types of tech, pushing her career toward the automotive industry and earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Shearman's Derrick Lott

    Derrick Lott of Shearman & Sterling LLP served as lead counsel for the deal team representing CVS Health Corp. in its $10.6 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health Inc., and advised JetBlue in its $3.8 billion hostile takeover of Spirit Airlines, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Skadden's Thad Hartmann

    Thad Hartmann of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised the XFL on its relaunch this spring and guided Twenty-First Century Fox through its $71.3 billion acquisition by The Walt Disney Co., earning him a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: White & Case's James Hu

    White & Case LLP's James Hu has worked on some of the biggest transactions in life sciences during his career, including helping Danaher to buy General Electric's biopharma portfolio for $21.4 billion while at a former firm, earning him a spot among the life sciences law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Kevin Jang

    Quinn Emanuel attorney Kevin Jang has helped guide international tech firms including Google and Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek to victory in high-stakes patent disputes, earning him a spot among the international trade law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2023

    Rising Star: Hughes Hubbard's Fara Tabatabai

    Fara Tabatabai of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP helped Tepco, a Japanese company at the center of the Fukushima meltdown, defend a contract dispute that ended up awarding a small portion of the $700 million the company stood to lose, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's Neema Sahni

    Since starting her career at Covington & Burling LLP over a decade ago, Neema Sahni has helped lead high-powered litigation teams representing clients such as Universal, Warner, Sony, CBS Interactive and the NFL, earning her a spot among media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law 360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland's Lindsay Borgeson

    Lindsay Borgeson of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spearheaded health care company Owens & Minor's $1.6 billion acquisition of equipment provider Apria Inc., earning her a spot among the health care law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brad King

    Brad King of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has advised several high-figure deals surrounding innovative biotechnology and emerging health science applications, including guiding Seagen during an acquisition valued at more than $40 billion, earning him a spot among the life sciences practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Faegre Drinker's Nicolas Guzman

    Nicolas Guzman of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has helped companies navigate international trade matters, utilizing his Mexican background in U.S.-Mexico trade issues, while giving back to his community and helping pro bono clients with immigration matters, earning him a spot among the international trade practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2023

    Rising Star: Dentons' Diora Ziyaeva

    Diora Ziyaeva of Dentons has been representing Canadian gold mining company Aris Mining Corp. in its $300 million dispute with the Republic of Colombia before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, earning her a spot among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2023

    Rising Star: V&E's Rob Landicho

    Vinson & Elkins LLP's Rob Landicho won a $1.47 billion award from the International Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the Republic of Iraq against Turkey and handled several other disputes on behalf of Iraqi state-owned oil companies, landing him among the international arbitration law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

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