The Rising Stars Americas Awards 2020 has just announced 110 rising stars from across 22 practice area specialisms and 10 international jurisdictions.
We were unable to hold an awards presentation in these uncertain times, however the team is pleased to be able to present a short presentation with more information on all the winners. The full list of winners is below.
Congratulations to Baker McKenzie and White & Case, which have topped the list with the most rising stars in their teams. To learn more about how we chose the winners, please look at our methodology for the 2020 awards. Thank you for your continued interest and support for these awards and CONGRATULATIONS to all the 2020 rising stars.
Practice Area Awards
Antitrust and competition
Laura Collins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mariana Carrión Valencia, SAI Law & Economics
Michael Laskey, Stikeman Elliott
Sophia A Vandergrift, Sullivan & Cromwell
Aviation
Jasmine Jin, Blake Cassel & Graydon
John Brown, McAfee & Taft
Justine Chilvers, Vedder Price
Laura Lewis, Holland & Knight
Banking and finance
Benjamin Sayagh, Milbank
Laure Fouin, McCarthy Tétrault
Marcela Silva, Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría
Matthew Haist, Ashurst
Capital markets
Byron B Rooney, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Frederick Ryan Castillo, Mayer Brown
Mark J DiFiore, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Michael Hickey, Blake Cassel & Graydon
Commercial arbitration
David Riesenberg, White & Case
Jennifer Ivers, White & Case
Jessica Beess und Chrostin, Covington & Burling
Pablo Correa, Ugarte & Correa
Corporate / M&A
Erin Hanson, White & Case
Héctor Zegarra, Garrigues
Jakob Rendtorff, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Raaj S Narayan, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Silvia Castro Cunha Zono, TozziniFreire Advogados
Energy and natural resources
Alejandro Espejo, Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría
Esteban Fresno, Carey
Rocio Guadalupe Mendoza, Baker McKenzie
Stephen Hug, Bracewell
Environment
Joel Eagle, Thompson Hine
Patrick Welsh, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Insurance and reinsurance
Guyon Knight, McDermott Will & Emery
Tamara Bruno, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Investment funds
Luc Jansen, Kirkland & Ellis
Stephanie A Capistron, Dechert
Labor and employment
Molly Senger, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Philip Person, Greenberg Traurig
Life Sciences
Abigail Smith, Smart & Biggar
Hannah H England (Freeman), Ropes & Gray
Litigation
Amisha Patel, Dechert
César Ramos, Albagli Zaliasnik
Cristina Mejía, Baker McKenzie
Grace J Lee, Shearman & Sterling
Jacqueline E Tambone, Greenberg Traurig
Linton Mann III, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Media and entertainment
Brian Ascher, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Scott Sholder, Cowan Debaets Abraham & Sheppard
Patents
Annie King, Fish & Richardson
Bentley Gaikis, DLA Piper
Elizabeth Karnas, Fish & Richardson
Emilio Berkenwald, Berken IP
Eugenio Hoss, Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
Paula Caraffa Morando, Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
Privacy and data protection
Amy Pimentel, McDermott Will & Emery
Brittany Bacon, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Darren Abernethy, Greenberg Traurig
Private equity
Jessie Baxter, White & Case
Nicholas Jay Houpt, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Real estate
Eliska Krausova, Proskauer Rose
Jocelyn Bush Redman, Shearman & Sterling
Michael Davis, Greenberg Traurig
Restructuring and insolvency
Kathryn Esaw, Osler
Matthew Brod, Milbank
Samatha Braunstein, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tax
Brian Krause, Skadden Arps Slate Meaghan & Flom
Cristina Stiefken, Lewin & Wills
Diana Juárez Martínez, Baker McKenzie
Lina G Dimachkieh, Vinson & Elkins
Trademark
Ashley Edmonds, Kilpatrick Townsend
Graham Hood, Smart & Biggar
Nicole Zeit, Torys
Thaís Elise Pedace, David do Nascimento Advogados Associados
White collar crime
Ann Sultan, Miller & Chevalier
Gabriel Querry, McCarthy Tétrault
Katherine J Stoller, Shearman & Sterling
Margot Laporte, Miller & Chevalier
Rebecca Worthington, Squire Patton Boggs
Jurisdiction Awards
Argentina
Eugenio Hoss, Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
Maria Paula Bassi, Baker McKenzie
Paula Caraffa Morando, Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
Thomas Ambrosini, Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi
Brazil
Eduardo Barboza Muniz, BDE | Brigagão Duque Estrada Advogados
Franciny de Barros, BMA | Barbosa Müssnich Aragão
Jana Araujo, Lefosse Advogados
Ricardo Binnie, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Silvia Castro Cunha Zono, TozziniFreire Advogados
Thaís Elise Pedace, David do Nascimento Advogados Associados
Canada
Bentley Gaikis, DLA Piper
Graham Hood, Smart & Biggar
Jasmine Jin, Blake Cassel & Graydon
Michael Laskey, Stikeman Elliott
Nicole Zeit, Torys
R Nelson Godfrey, Gowling WLG
Chile
César Ramos, Albagli Zaliasnik
Marcela Silva, Philippi Prietocarrioza Ferrero DU & Uría
Pablo Correa, Ugarte & Correa
Santiago Bravo, Claro & Cia
Colombia
Cristina Mejía, Baker McKenzie
Cristina Stiefken, Lewin & Wills
Sebastian Quintero, Brigard Castro
Ecuador
Damián Hidalgo Robayo, Bustamante & Bustamante
Mexico
Mariana Carrión Valencia, SAI Law & Economics
Diana Juárez Martínez, Baker McKenzie
Daniel Legaspi, Santamarina + Steta
Mariana Vargas, Basham Ringe y Correa
Panama
Marycarmen Gonzalez, Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez
Melquisedec Sánchez, Evans Gonzalez Moreno & Asociados
Peru
Lucía Olavarría, Quiñones Alayza Abogados
Héctor Zegarra, Garrigues
Uldarico Ossio, Estudio Echopar
United States
Ann Sultan, Miller & Chevalier
Anna K Milunas, Blank Rome
Annie King, Fish & Richardson
Benjamin Sayagh, Milbank
Brian C Ascher, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
David Riesenberg, White & Case
Devin M O'Connor, Latham & Watkins
Eric Rothman, Arnold & Porter
Erin Hanson, White & Case
Floriane Lavaud, Debevoise & Plimpton
Grace Lee, Shearman & Sterling
Guyon Knight, McDermott Will & Emery
Hannah Freeman, Ropes & Gray
Jacqueline Tambone, Greenberg Traurig
Jason Lissy, Jones Day
Jennifer Ivers, White & Case
Jessica Beess und Chrostin, Covington & Burling
Jillian Kirn, Greenberg Traurig
John Brown, McAfee & Taft
Justine Chilvers, Vedder Price
Kabir Duggal, Arnold & Porter
Katherine Stoller, Shearman & Sterling
Laura Collins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Laura Lewis, Holland & Knight
Lina Dimachkieh, Vinson & Elkins
Louise Gibbons, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Margaret E Peloso, Vinson & Elkins
Margot Laporte , Miller & Chevalier
Mark DiFiore, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Matthew Greenberg, Vinson & Elkins
Matthew Brod, Milbank
Matthew Haist, Ashurst
Mireille Oldak, Baker McKenzie
Raaj Narayan, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Rocio Guadalupe Mendoza, Baker McKenzie
Samantha Braunstein, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Samuel Zimmerman, Hogan Lovells
Scott Sholder, Cowan Debaets Abraham & Sheppard
Sirathorn Dechsakulthorn, DLA Piper
Sophia Vandergrift, Sullivan & Cromwell
Vynessa Nemunaitis, Weil Gotshal & Manges
William Friedman, Davis Wright Termaine
Young Lee, Weil Gotshal & Manges
