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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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February 15, 2022
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP last year guided leaders at PRA Health Inc. through its $12 billion cash-and-stock sale to rival Icon PLC, one of the first and biggest consolidations in the clinical research organization industry, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2022
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Lawyers at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP have spent the past year working on major deals for pharmaceutical giants, including Merck's $11.5 billion acquisition of a cancer and rare disease biotech and its spinoff of a $9 billion women's health care company, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2022
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Girard Sharp
Girard Sharp LLP helped lead the way in convincing a San Francisco jury that a freezer manufacturer was liable for a fertility clinic implosion that lost embryos and eggs for their clients, a first-of-its-kind trial that secured a $15 million verdict and landed the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2022
Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP helped sportsbooks, teams and media giants like NBCUniversal and ESPN navigate a complex licensing and regulatory landscape to ink lucrative sports gambling deals, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2022
Technology Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in 2021 shepherded the prominent Robinhood initial public offering and secured a major victory for Qualcomm at the Ninth Circuit that may have broader implications for the technology industry, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2022
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Dentons
Dentons guided a host of high-profile clients through the creation of impactful multimillion-dollar funds, including leading the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in a $120 million fund for minority depository institutions in low-income communities, scoring the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Ballard Spahr
Ballard Spahr LLP attorneys helped shape more than $10 billion in project financings over the past year, including securing funding for a lithium extraction project in southern California and advising underwriters for the world's first trash-to-fuel plant, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP guided the NFL and NHL to new multibillion-dollar broadcast rights deals in 2021 that included the return of the NHL to ESPN and ABC for the first time in nearly 20 years, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented Clayton Dubilier & Rice on the closing of a $16 billion buyout fund — the private equity company's largest to date — and helped KKR & Co. raise a $3.9 billion Asia-Pacific infrastructure fund, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Technology Group Of The Year: Covington
The technology practice at Covington & Burling LLP scored several precedent-setting victories in federal court and helped clients navigate the nascent world of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in the past year, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Class Action Group Of The Year: Simmons Hanly
Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC co-led negotiations against three opioid distributors and an opioid manufacturer that resulted in a $26 billion settlement, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP spent the past year helping clients navigate the changing COVID-19 landscape, notably assisting Moderna in obtaining emergency use authorization for its vaccine while also racking up wins in litigation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP's wins for major medical device makers such as Zimmer Inc. and Boston Scientific, as well as its support of Johnson & Johnson in a recent talc trial verdict in the company's favor, landed the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2022
Competition Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
The antitrust and competition practice at Winston & Strawn LLP secured a landmark win for college athletes over the NCAA at the U.S. Supreme Court while also scoring important rulings for several clients on the defense side of antitrust cases, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Competition Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2022
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden's global disputes team won a first-of-its-kind ruling that Belgium was liable for breach of international law in its fight with an Emirati port operator and landed more than $6.8 billion for telecom clients in a series of disputes with India that have big implications for foreign investment overseas, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2022
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Wilson Sonsini
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC represented DoorDash in its initial public offering, helping it raise nearly $3.4 billion amid the pandemic and the uncertainty of California's Prop. 22, which had a major effect on the classification of delivery drivers, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2022
Class Action Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP hammered out notable class action settlements this past year, helping gold traders resolve price-fixing claims against big banks and steering automakers Hyundai and Kia to a deal over alleged engine defects, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2022
Media Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP scored an appellate win for a photographer's copyright claims against the Andy Warhol Foundation, obtained dismissals for The Washington Post and CNN in three defamation actions and won a major victory on behalf of four major broadcasters, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2022
Competition Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling
Litigators at Shearman & Sterling LLP defeated the Federal Trade Commission at the Second Circuit last year, and its deal makers continue to advise ViacomCBS in its ongoing efforts to offload publisher Simon & Schuster, helping earn the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Competition Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2022
Cannabis Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block LLP secured the dismissal of securities class actions against two major cannabis companies, showcasing the strength of its lawyers in various industries and landing the firm among Law360's 2021 Cannabis Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2022
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped its clients out of bet-the-company litigation over the past year, winning a $1.7 billion award from the Indian government and setting important precedent in Brazilian oil contract law, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2022
Cannabis Group Of The Year: Greenspoon Marder
Greenspoon Marder LLP represented more than two dozen plaintiffs in closely watched litigation against Illinois' cannabis regulator and helped steer Florida marijuana operator Liberty Health Sciences in its $372 million sale, landing the firm among Law360's 2021 Cannabis Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2022
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP attorneys led multiple billion-dollar initial public offerings for high-profile businesses and special purpose acquisition vehicles, including a $1.38B SPAC debut backed by private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2022
Competition Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped defeat "gray area" class certification in a major pharmaceutical case, negotiated clearance on a closely scrutinized transaction and scored major defeats of financial services lawsuits, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Competition Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2022
Class Action Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP notched a significant victory for Goldman Sachs by successfully arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that class certification should be vacated in a decade-old investor suit against the bank, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.