The Rising Stars Awards Americas 2021 has announced its winners for the 2021 Americas awards, celebrating 105 rising stars from across 26 practice areas throughout the region and emerging leaders from in-house teams.
The Rising Stars Awards aims to recognise the outstanding work being done by the region’s emerging leaders. These individuals are associates, of counsel, and recently made partners who have been rising to prominence within their chosen specialisms.
It is our privilege to acknowledge the astounding work being accomplished by lawyers who may well be the next generation of leaders in their fields.
Sadly, as travel restrictions in the Americas have yet to be lifted and our list of multinational winners are located across both continents, we are unable to host an all-inclusive gala again this year. The Rising Stars team is delighted to be able to present to you the list of this year’s most distinguished up-and-coming talent.
Please join us as we celebrate the achievements of the Rising Stars 2021. We hope to see you all in person in 2022, all things being well. Until then, stay safe and keep up the incredible work.
If you have any questions about the awards, please contact our lead researcher John Harrison.
We are keen to fulfill any promotions that firms would like to undertake on the back of their success and request that you contact Nick Heath with any queries.
Without further ado, the winners are…
In-House Awards
Banking & finance
Alejandra Attar Cohen – Mercado Libre
Bruno Di Dotto – HSBC Brasil
Cintia Hutchinson – BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Cetelem
Márcia Marrano – Banco Santander Brasil
Corporate
Alice Sardinha de Azevedo – Canadian Solar
Guilherme Parente – Ambev
Nicolas Chaput – Uber
Energy & natural resources
Ana Paula Clemenc Alvarez – Unipar Carbocloro
Armando Gonzalez - LyondellBasell
Chelsea Grossi – Antero Resources
Julia Pabon – Targa Resources
Renzo Stagno – Minera Los Pelambres
Entertainment
Rodrigo Bastidas – The Walt Disney Company
Insurance & reinsurance
Marília Ribeiro – IRB Brasil Resseguro
Life sciences
Patrick Balaresque – Grünenthal Group
Tax
Felipe Rossi – Comgas
Technology, media & telecommunications
Amanda Almeida – Infracommerce
Carolina Sáez Tapia – La Red
Daniel Pink – Rogers
Daniela Bianchi – Ualá
Florence Chan – Bell
Gabriela Mancebo – SBA Torres
Santiago Eraso Lomáquiz – MODO
Practice Area Awards
Aviation
Felipe Bonsenso – Bonsenso Advogados
Fiona Henderson – Norton Rose Fulbright
Justine Chilvers – Vedder Price
Banking & finance
Karen Vadasz – Goodmans
Matthew Haist – Ashurst
Tatiana Mello Guazzelli – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Capital markets (debt & equity)
Jane Goldman – BMA Advogados
Marla Matusic – Mayer Brown
Vidal Vanhoof – Davis Polk & Wardwell
Commercial arbitration
Christina Doria – Baker McKenzie
Jessica Beess und Chrostin – King & Spalding
Lucía Olavarría – Quiñones Alayza Abogados
Competition & antitrust
Jorge Kargl Pavía – Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Sophia Vandergrift – Sullivan & Cromwell
Tara Lynn Tavernia – Latham & Watkins
Corporate / M&A
Matthew Greenberg – Vinson & Elkins
Rosalia Martinez Rial – White & Case
Santiago Pedro Balbi – Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Energy & natural resources
Diana Briones – Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Rocio Guadalupe Mendoza – Baker McKenzie
Sam Porter – Norton Rose Fulbright
Environment
Agustina Pérez Lete – Ferrere
Laura Mulry – White & Case
Patrick Welsh – Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Insurance & reinsurance
Bárbara Bassani de Souza – TozziniFreire Advogados
Jason Lissy – Jones Day
Tamara Bruno – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
International trade
Andrea Carolina Callegar – Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Dave Townsend – Dorsey & Whitney
Sarah Shulman – Cassidy Levy Kent
Investment funds
Cassie Kimmelman – Weil Gotshal & Manges
Crystal Frierson – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
John Weldon IV – Schulte Roth & Zabel
Labour & employment
Donna Lazarus – Schulte Roth & Zabel
Kimberly Cheeseman – Norton Rose Fulbright
Mariana Brassaloti Ronco – Motta Fernandes Advogados
Life sciences
Annie King – Fish & Richardson
Eric Rothman – Arnold & Porter
Michael Schubert – Leydig Voit & Mayer
Litigation
Joelis Araúz Ospino – Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez
Myriam Brixi – Lavery de Billy
Stephen Blake – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Media & entertainment
Jonathan Koby – Greenberg Traurig
Josh Ludmir – Greenberg Traurig
Vanessa Foltyn Roman – Akin Gum Strauss Hauer & Feld
Patent
Andy Rosbrook – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Eugenia Tulli – Ferrer Reyes Tellechea & Bouché
Ryan Evans – Smart & Biggar
Privacy & data protection
Eduardo Magrani – Demarest
Eva Pulliam – Arent Fox
Melissa Crespo – Morrison & Foerster
Private equity
Fernando Silveira Carvalho – TozziniFreire Advogados
Matthew Rogers – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Michael Hickey – Blake Cassels & Graydon
Product liability
Allison Ng – Greenberg Traurig
Nicole Henderson – Blake Cassels & Graydon
Zohaib Maladwala – Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Real estate
Alexander Sutherland – Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Daniel Shlomi – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Molly Lovedale – Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Restructuring & insolvency
Kevin Zuzolo – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Nathan Greenberg – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Thiago Braga Junqueira – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Structured finance & securitisation
Elizabeth Devine – White & Case
Macey Levington – Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Nicole Bright – Paul Hastings
Tax
Ariel Love – Fenwick & West
César Lopez – Arias
Graham Magill – Weil Gotshal & Manges
Trademark
Allison Blanco – Latham & Watkins
Gloria Niembro – Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cía
Michael Shortt – Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Transfer pricing
James Gadwood – Miller & Chevalier
Joe Tobin – Deloitte
Lisandra Ortiz – Miller & Chevalier
White collar crime
Frédéric Plamondon – Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Ignacio Ananías Zaror – López Escobar Del Río
Jason Smith – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jurisdiction Awards
Argentina
Pilar Lodewyckx Hardy – Beccar Varela
Santiago Pedro Balbi – Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Brazil
Tatiana Mello Guazzelli – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Thiago Braga Junqueira – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Canada
Karen Vadasz – Goodmans
Michael Shortt – Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Chile
Angelina Migliorelli R – Morales & Besa
Ignacio Ananías Zaror – López Escobar Del Río
El Salvador
César Lopez – Arias
Mexico
Gloria Niembro – Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa y Cía
Jorge Kargl Pavía – Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Panama
Joelis Araúz Ospino – Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez
Marycarmen González – Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez
Peru
Diana Briones – Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Lucía Olavarría – Quiñones Alayza Abogados
US
Allison Blanco – Latham & Watkins
Matthew Haist – Ashurst
