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December 26, 2025
Partners Eva Mak and Joe Soltis Selected as 2025 Law360 Rising Stars

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- Two Freshfields partners, Eva Mak and Joe Soltis, have been named Law360 Rising Stars for 2025
- Eva Mak, based in Silicon Valley, was recognized as a Private Equity Rising Star for her work advising private equity, growth, and venture funds on complex transactions
- Joe Soltis, based in New York, was recognized as a Tax Rising Star for representing clients on U.S
- tax aspects of various transactional deals across multiple industries.
Two Freshfields partners have been selected as Law360 Rising Stars for 2025. The Rising Stars award recognizes top legal talent under 40 “whose legal accomplishments belie their age”. Silicon Valley-based partner Eva Mak was recognized as a Private Equity Rising Star. Eva has extensive experience advising private equity, growth and venture funds, as well as their portfolio companies, on a wide range of complex transactions. Learn more about Eva here. New York-based partner Joe Soltis was recognized as a Tax Rising Star. Joe represents clients across multiple industries on U.S. tax aspects of transactional deals, including domestic and cross-border taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, recapitalizations, financing arrangements, investments, partnerships and joint ventures, bankruptcy reorganizations, and securities issuances. Learn more about Joe here.
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