Nine Latham Attorneys Named 2025 Rising Stars

Nine exceptional Latham attorneys with notable achievements in transactional, litigation, and regulatory areas have been named 2025 Rising Stars by Law360, the most of any law firm this year. The contest honors “attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.”

The 2025 Latham honorees are:

• Aaron Chiu, a litigation and trial partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice, honored in the Sports & Betting category. Based in the Bay Area, he defends clients in enterprise-defining antitrust disputes and advises on emergent and antitrust issues, particularly complex cases in the sports, entertainment, and technology sectors.
• Ruchi Gill, a litigation and trial counsel in the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice, named in the International Trade category. Based in Washington, D.C., she advises clients on US national security regulatory issues involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and US economic sanctions and export controls.
• Jack McNeily, a litigation and trial partner in the Securities and M&A Litigation Practice, selected in the Fintech category. Based in Chicago, he represents clients in high-stakes civil litigation and white collar defense involving financial institutions and products, with particular focus in the FinTech and digital assets markets.
• Clare Nida, a litigation and trial partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigation Practice, honored in the Compliance category. Based in London, she represents international corporate clients in complex white collar investigations, criminal and civil enforcement, and associated litigation.
• Samuel Pape, a litigation and trial partner in the International Arbitration Practice, named in the International Arbitration category. Based in London, he is a strategic advisor and trial advocate who represents clients in bet-the-company cases in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, as well as in litigation.
• David Siegel, a finance partner in the Structured Finance Practice, selected in the Complex Financial Instruments category. Based in New York, he represents clients in a range of structured finance transactions, with a focus on digital infrastructure, emerging and up-and-coming asset classes, and other esoteric assets.
• Salvatore Vanchieri, a corporate partner in the Capital Markets Practice, honored in the Capital Markets category. Based in New York, he draws on broad experience across financing structures and industries to advise issuers, private equity firms, and financial institutions on the full spectrum of US and cross-border financing transactions.
• Michael Waldman, a finance partner in the Banking & Private Credit Practice, named in the Banking category. Based in New York, he represents financial institutions in a broad range of US and cross-border finance transactions, including acquisition financings, debt restructurings, asset-based financings, recurring revenue-based financings, and first-out/last-out financings.
• Daniel Williams, a corporate partner in the M&A and Private Equity Practice, selected in the Private Equity category. Based in New York, he advises private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and strategic investors in mergers, acquisitions, and other sophisticated corporate transactions.