Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

RSS

Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year

Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year highlights up to five practice groups that notched the biggest litigation victories or deals of the year. Winners are recognized for the size, complexity and significance of the deals or litigation they worked on.
  • February 03, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibbs Law Group

    Gibbs Law Group LLP won a $1.5 billion settlement against Equifax for a massive data security breach and reached deals against Hyundai over shattering sunroofs and a television manufacturer over improperly collected consumer data, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's real estate practice guided major deals over the past year, including an international $5.8 billion hotel portfolio acquisition and a $1.2 billion acquisition of thousands of apartments across New York City, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP has spent the past year defending universities in Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits accusing them of mismanaging workers' retirement plans, placing the firm among Law360's 2019 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Levine Lee

    Boutique firm Levine Lee LLP employed creative arguments that shone a spotlight on the government's "outsourcing" of its fraud investigations to corporate counsel, winning favorable results in two high-profile cases and earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    It was a blockbuster year for Covington & Burling LLP's technology team, as the group guided Uber through its closely watched $8.1 billion public offering and snagged a U.S. Supreme Court win that made waves in the patent industry, landing the practice among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Davis Wright

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP successfully represented BuzzFeed as it beat back defamation claims by a Russian tech executive concerning the publication of a dossier alleging ties between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC sent a proposed class action with high stakes for pensioners' court access to the U.S. Supreme Court, and continued inking multimillion-dollar settlements for suits accusing hospitals of misusing an ERISA exemption in 2019, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Blank Rome

    Blank Rome LLP's insurance recovery practice secured $26 million in coverage for a bankrupt Catholic diocese in Minnesota facing more than 100 sexual abuse lawsuits, landing it a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn over the past year has done mega real estate deals for Related and Welltower and has also picked up significant work in the burgeoning Los Angeles studio sector, earning a spot among Law360's 2019 Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year in the process.

  • January 31, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Edelson

    Edelson PC helped certify a class of 6 million Illinois residents in a case against Facebook for its facial recognition data collection and won a $925 million jury verdict on behalf of consumers suing a marketing company accused of unauthorized robocalls, landing the group among Law360's 2019 Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Appellate Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    Lawyers at WilmerHale landed in front of the Supreme Court three times in the past year, where they netted big wins in remaking the limits of bankruptcy protection, sovereign immunity and liability on the high seas, accomplishments that have landed the firm a place, yet again, among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP advised Disney through the antitrust regulatory process for its $71 billion deal with 21st Century Fox and represented major record labels in copyright lawsuits against Charter Communications over music piracy, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Talking the U.S. Department of Justice out of charging Cognizant over an alleged bribery scheme and helping Nissan deal with the fallout from undisclosed pay to former CEO Carlos Ghosn were just a few of the significant matters that landed Latham & Watkins among Law360's 2019 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Cooley

    Cooley LLP represented ride-sharing giant Uber Inc. as it raised $8.1 billion in May in the largest U.S. initial public offering in five years, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Stueve Siegel

    Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP helped reach a landmark data breach settlement with Equifax that requires the credit reporting giant to pay consumers up to $425 million, and won $3.25 million for eye doctors in an unusual case involving an alleged data breach at the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Troutman Sanders

    Troutman Sanders LLP helped guide Con Edison through the biggest merger in the company's nearly two centuries in the energy game, a $1.5 billion pickup of a Sempra Energy unit, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Zuckerman Spaeder

    Zuckerman Spaeder LLP has made a name for itself in the health care industry, successfully challenging the federal government's handling of the 340B drug discount program and insurers' internal coverage guidelines, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell spent the last year shepherding numerous billion-dollar transactions across the globe, including SoftBank's $23.5 billion IPO, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Over the past year, Sidley Austin LLP's appellate team beat back a federal challenge to AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner and secured two key victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, earning the powerhouse a place among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has had another year of headline-capturing cases, handling both the largest and second-largest bankruptcy filings of the year and guiding one of 2018's largest filings to a sale to earn a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Banking Practice Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services group advised client SunTrust Bank Inc. on its $66 billion, all-stock merger of equals with BB&T, which formed one of the country's largest banks and represents the largest transaction since the financial crisis. This accomplishment has earned the group a place among Law360's 2019 Banking Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's private equity practice helped close some of the biggest deals in the industry, including SoftBank's $9.5 billion rescue of WeWork following its failed IPO and Brookfield's $4.8 billion majority stake in Oaktree Capital Group, making it one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2020

    Banking Practice Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's banking litigators completed a trifecta of final False Claims Act case dismissals, steered billion-dollar class investor litigation to resolutions in the millions, and helped Citi bring home a $1 billion judgment from Italy, securing their place among Law360's 2019 Banking Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2020

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP's appellate group secured an impressive number of victories for major clients in cases addressing important issues over the last year, including one for Google in the U.S. Supreme Court and another for Facebook in California federal court, as well as a big win for arbitration clauses, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP earned big wins over the past year for its work on large, complex Chapter 11 cases, including the $4 billion restructuring of chemical giant Hexion Inc. and the international prepackaged bankruptcy of oilfield services company Weatherford International PLC, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

Hello! I'm Law360's automated support bot.

How can I help you today?

For example, you can type:
  • I forgot my password
  • I took a free trial but didn't get a verification email
  • How do I sign up for a newsletter?
Ask a question!