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.
  • January 24, 2022

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kasowitz

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP helped lift a stop-work order on the iconic Chelsea Hotel and convinced a New York judge to restart land use review on two contested Brooklyn apartment towers, earning a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2022

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells handled multiple deals north of the $10 billion mark in 2021 as the firm was able to quickly integrate various practice groups to get the transactions across the finish line under time pressure, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2022

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 14, 2022

    The Firms That Dominated In 2021

    Nine law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 52 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, having steered complex deals and won high-profile victories including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • December 22, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP's real estate practice guided Morgan Stanley's landmark $3 billion financing of the Bellagio Resort and advised on Colony Capital's $3.4 billion data center asset deal, earning it a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    Real estate was among the industries immediately displaced by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced deal makers at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP to act quickly to work out their client's share in creating the largest casino and entertainment company in the U.S. and earned the practice a spot among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped a host of retail giants handle the COVID-19 pandemic, including Macy's in a $4 billion financing and JCPenney in its restructuring, and advised on deals to build arenas, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 17, 2020

    Construction Group Of The Year: Schiff Hardin

    Schiff Hardin attorneys served as outside counsel to the owners of a $6 billion mega-development in Chicago and negotiated contracts for environmental remediation on the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in New York City, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2020 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • December 17, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has closed many multimillion-dollar acquisitions, financings and redevelopments in recent months, counting heavyweights such as Amazon, Blackstone and Brookfield among its clients, landing it a spot on Law360's 2020 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • December 16, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper's real estate practice group helped Ventas buy a $1 billion life science portfolio, aided a Canadian pension fund in closing a $972 million construction loan for a Google building in New York City, and is advising on the construction above Boston's South Station, earning the group a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 15, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP's work helping lenders get multiple loan deals north of $1 billion across the finish line amid the COVID-19 pandemic has earned it a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • November 25, 2020

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2020 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • November 25, 2020

    The Firms That Dominated In 2020

    The eight law firms topping Law360's Firms of the Year managed to win 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, for guiding landmark deals, scoring victories in high-profile disputes and helping companies navigate uncharted legal seas made rough by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • February 06, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's real estate practice helped close SoftBank’s $9.5 billion rescue package of WeWork in October and it represented Sears in its $5.2 billion purchase by ESL Investments, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360’s 2019 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Thanks to its work helping Blackstone with the largest real estate deal of 2019 and its counsel on various other transactions north of the $1 billion mark, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has earned a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year for 2019.

  • February 04, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster arranged financing for some of the largest real estate moves of the year, not only guiding SoftBank's $9.5 billion rescue package for WeWork, but also leaving a multibillion-dollar footprint on the Hudson Yards skyline, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Real Estate Practice 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.

  • 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 10, 2020

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2019 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • January 11, 2020

    The Firms That Dominated In 2019

    Law360's top seven Firms of the Year cleaned up at the 2019 Practice Group of the Year awards, notching a combined 46 wins after spending the past year helping companies navigate blockbuster deals and secure key high court rulings.

  • February 25, 2019

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Holland & Knight

    Holland & Knight LLP's attorneys worked on several major deals for their hospitality clients in 2018, including helping Marriott with its takeover of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama, putting the firm among Law360's Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2019

    Construction Group Of The Year: Duane Morris

    Duane Morris LLP's ongoing representation of The Related Cos. during the massive Hudson Yards development in New York City headlines the firm's recent work on construction-related matters, earning it a spot among Law360's Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2019

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper led LaSalle Hotel Properties in a hotly contested merger for more than $5 billion and represented a credit lender in a $1 billion financing for Marriott and entrepreneur Ian Schrager's new mega-hotel, The Edition Times Square, landing the firm among Law360's 2018 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2019

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP last year handled transactions such as GGP Inc.'s $14.8 billion buyout by Brookfield Property Partners and the San Francisco Giants' $1.6 billion redevelopment of the land around its stadium, earning it a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2019

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP scooped up a series of high-dollar real estate victories last year, including guiding mall operator GGP Inc. through its $14.8 billion takeover by Brookfield Property Partners, valued at nearly $28 billion including debt, maintaining its spot among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

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