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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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December 15, 2020
Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Wilkinson Stekloff
Wilkinson Stekloff LLP's work representing the NFL in an antitrust dispute over broadcast media rights and the NCAA in multiple class actions over student-athlete image rights earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's Sports Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP steered the creation of the direct lending platform Apollo Strategic Origination Partners and secured the dismissal of a suit looking to hold Blackstone accountable for a Kentucky pension fund's losses, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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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.
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December 15, 2020
Construction Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Attorneys at Jones Day helped Chevron navigate a $1.4 billion-dollar dispute involving an Australian liquefied natural gas jetty project and defeated efforts to make a California public agency the sole party responsible for the structural issues of the "Leaning Tower of San Francisco," winning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Construction Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Hughes Hubbard
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP helped secure wins before the Swiss Supreme Court confirming that the Ukraine-Russia bilateral investment treaty applies to Ukrainian investments in Crimea and helped establish a compensation fund for accusers of Jeffrey Epstein, landing it among Law360's 2020 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Covington
Securing a precedential win for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. in litigation over its blood thinner Pradaxa and ending nearly 20 years of lawsuits against Hoffmann-La Roche AG alleging that its acne medication Accutane causes bowel disease have earned Covington & Burling a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP shepherded the $1.6 billion financing of a giant natural gas power plant in Ohio as well as helped Canadian energy company ENMAX Corp. cement its presence in the U.S. energy sector by picking up a Maine utility for $1.3 billion, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP led AMC to a victory against producers of "The Walking Dead" who wanted more of the show's profits, notched a win for Rachel Maddow and MSNBC in a defamation suit by One America News Network, and represented Mary Trump in her family's attempt to block her tell-all book, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Compliance Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP's compliance team advised the largest petrochemical company in Latin America through the completion of an anti-corruption monitorship after a deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — a first for any Brazilian company — earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Compliance Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
White Collar Group Of The Year: Dechert
Dechert LLP's white collar practice landed Goldman Sachs partner Andrea Vella a no-penalty settlement in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal and persuaded a district judge to significantly reduce a jury award in a $70 million false advertising case against Spanish carbon-steel flange manufacturer ULMA Piping, earning it a place among Law360's 2020 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised DraftKings in its $3.3 billion cross-border merger with SBTech and Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. and in its simultaneous $1.8 billion initial public offering — all in the earliest months of the pandemic — earning it a spot among Law360's Sports Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP guided Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in the formation of a fund aiming to raise $14 billion and advised BlackRock in the $5.1 billion closing of its largest alternative asset fundraise, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Construction Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig LLP aided RBH Group in the successful completion of an $85 million project for Rutgers University even after the main contractor filed for bankruptcy, and helped other clients avoid delays and remedy defects, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Construction Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Fintech Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's fintech practice secured a dismissal in the first cryptocurrency antitrust case, got a favorable settlement for LendingClub with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and is shaping the digital asset ecosystem by counseling the Crypto Rating Council, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Competition Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
WilmerHale attorneys worked on investigations in the cannabis and auto industries that attracted attention this year over allegations of political influence, while also helping T-Mobile and Danaher pull off multibillion-dollar deals, landing the practice among Law360's 2020 Competition Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented several cash-strapped companies amid the economic downturn started by the COVID-19 pandemic, lending a hand to Macy's and United Airlines and earning it a place among Law360's 2020 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP helped a financial institution act as underwriter on a unique highway public-private partnership in Oklahoma and assisted clients with international transactions including an Argentina-based bond swap, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Baum Hedlund
Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC's work in reaching an $11 billion settlement with Monsanto to end more than 10,000 claims that its weed killer Roundup causes cancer earned it a spot among Law360's 2020 Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Davis Wright
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP helped director M. Night Shyamalan and Apple TV+ defeat a copyright lawsuit over the series "Servant," led Showtime's win in a defamation suit over the show "Billions," and successfully represented Simon & Schuster in a battle over President Donald Trump's niece's damning tell-all book, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP's white collar practice secured nearly 20 declinations from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and defeated a multibillion-dollar FCA case for a UnitedHealth unit, landing it among Law360's 2020 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Foley Hoag
Foley Hoag has helped nations like Mauritius, Bangladesh and Uruguay score big wins in several important investor-state arbitrations, averting damages claims from investors seeking millions or even billions of dollars, which has landed the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Compliance Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP facilitated major deals to streamline the production of crucial COVID-19 supplies and equipment, including a collaboration allowing Ventec Life Systems to use General Motors' manufacturing plants to produce about $489 million worth of ventilators, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2020 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP righted the ship for the U.S. Soccer Federation in its defense of pay discrimination claims brought by the players on the U.S. Women's National Team, leading the federation to an early win and earning it a spot among Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented Global Infrastructure Partners on the closing of its $22 billion investment fund, the largest such fund ever put together, as well as Stone Point Capital on its financial services-focused $7 billion fund, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Fintech Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's fintech team steered multiple multibillion-dollar acquisition deals and continues to advise Facebook and the group formerly known as the Libra Association, which recently rebranded as Diem, on its ambitious cryptocurrency initiative, earning the group's practitioners a spot among Law360's 2020 Fintech Groups of the Year.