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 12, 2023

    Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig's April Kim

    April Kim of Greenberg Traurig LLP has made a name for herself by  representing Korean companies seeking to get their foot in U.S.-based energy projects, in addition to representing major U.S. companies like U.S. Bank in financing domestic green energy projects, earning her a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 12, 2023

    Rising Star: McDermott's Joseph Evans

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Joe Evans secured a landmark compensation plan for creditors of the defunct cryptocurrency broker Voyager Digital Holdings Inc. and led a novel lawsuit against a decentralized autonomous organization, earning him a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 12, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Conrad Van Loggerenberg

    Thanks to a variety of work for General Atlantic, including helping with a nearly $8 billion fundraising and a separate first-ever climate-focused fund, Conrad van Loggerenberg of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has earned a spot among fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 12, 2023

    Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Lauren Daniel

    Arnold & Porter partner Lauren Daniel saw her first trial work in Deepwater Horizon litigation and now is lead managing counsel for Honeywell International Inc. in a series of suits over its uranium conversion facility in Illinois, earning her a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Covington's Thomas Brugato

    Thomas Brugato's talent for deals, enforcement issues and regulatory processes have made him an asset at Covington & Burling LLP, where he's helped facilitate nuclear power business mergers, settle cleanup disputes and work with an electric car giant on fuel economy rules, earning him a spot among the environmental law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Akin's Jonathan Ross

    Jonathan Ross of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has shepherded in hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of fund formation deals in his career — including a multibillion-dollar fund for one of the firm's founding clients — earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Morgan & Morgan's Ryan McGee

    Morgan & Morgan's Ryan McGee has gone toe to toe with the world's biggest tech giants in suits filed over Google's alleged secret surveillance and Facebook's failure to stop a hack, earning him a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Nathan Goralnik

    Nathan Goralnik of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has spearheaded a number of legal firsts in the past three years, including securing the first ever judicial decision interpreting the ISDA North American Gas Annex, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2023

    Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Ella Alves Capone

    Ella Alves Capone of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP advises emerging financial technology companies on the ever-evolving regulatory landscape and has been working on headline-grabbing investigations of the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, earning her a spot among the fintech law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 10, 2023

    Rising Star: White & Case's Kevin Adam

    Kevin Adam of White & Case LLP helped Gilead fend off a novel "soft switch" product-hopping theory in an antitrust suit over the introduction of certain HIV treatments, earning him a spot among the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2023

    Rising Star: Dechert's Jennifer Rees

    Dechert LLP capital markets partner Jennifer Rees has advised a team overseeing a $2.5 billion Eurobond issuance by the Kingdom of Morocco, the first in three years for the kingdom, earning her a top spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2023

    Rising Star: Mattos Filho's Alexandre Arlota

    Alexandre Arlota of Mattos Filho has advised owners of some of Latin America's largest natural gas plants and wind and solar installations, earning him a spot among the construction law practitioners honored by Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2023

    Rising Star: WilmerHale's Michelle Diamond

    Michelle Diamond of WilmerHale has been one of the firm's leaders in conducting civil rights audits and workplace culture reviews for major companies such as Google, Pinterest and the New York Mets, along with leading trial teams to victory in state fights for reproductive rights, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 07, 2023

    Rising Star: Dechert's Julia Chapman

    Julia Chapman of Dechert LLP helped Endo Pharmaceuticals convince a jury that it hadn't struck an illegal deal with Impax Laboratories to delay the release of a generic version of Endo's Opana ER painkiller, earning her a spot among the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Latham's Erin Brown Jones

    Erin Brown Jones of Latham & Watkins LLP has worked on a matter stemming from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 election and built long-lasting compliance relationships with major corporate clients, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Sidley's Kate Lashley

    Kate Lashley of Sidley Austin LLP focuses on advising derivatives market participants on compliance issues related to the Commodity Exchange Act and has served as derivatives counsel for GE Capital for more than a decade, earning her a spot among the compliance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Tracie L. Bryant

    Tracie Bryant of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is representing nutritional drink maker Abbott Laboratories in two pending putative class actions in California, crafting the firm's strategy and managing day-to-day aspects of the cases, earning her a spot among the class action litigators under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: K&L Gates' Natalie Chye

    K&L Gates LLP construction associate Natalie Chye has worked on significant litigation, such as representing Australian construction company CIMIC Group Ltd. in a contractual dispute and creating an adjudication response for South Australia renewable energy projects, earning her a spot as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Baker McKenzie's Matthew Martin

    Matthew Martin, foreign legal specialist for Baker McKenzie, advised clients on a number of large energy projects in 2022, including $504 million in financing for a Utah hydrogen production facility, earning him a spot among the construction attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 06, 2023

    Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Megan Granger

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Megan Granger served a leading role in guiding Microsoft through the labyrinth of Activision merger scrutiny, right through still-pending government challenges, distinguishing her as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Jones Day's Ryan Ball

    Ryan Ball of Jones Day has successfully defended tech companies like Experian Information Solutions Inc. against class action complaints over data privacy, with decisions narrowing the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and clearing the company of $5 billion in liability, earning him a spot among class action lawyers under age 40 as one of Law360's Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Alan Fishman

    Alan Fishman of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has guided companies through high-profile transactions with complex structures, including AT&T's $43 billion spinoff of WarnerMedia and its combination with Discovery, earning him a top spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jessica Asrat

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Jessica Asrat advises high-profile companies on complex transactions, among them Twitter, for which she was one of three Simpson Thacher capital markets attorneys to advise the board on its historic $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, earning her a spot as one of the capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Brantley Webb

    Brantley Webb of Mayer Brown LLP has led major clients to success in high-dollar benefits suits, including a recent across-the-board win for Yale University in a case surrounding the administration of a $5.5 billion retirement plan, earning her a spot among the benefit law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 05, 2023

    Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel

    Eyitayo "Tee" St. Matthew-Daniel of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP played a lead role in helping craft a unique solution to resolve a rare U.S. Department of Justice criminal antitrust enforcement action against a health care provider, earning her a spot among the competition attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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