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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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December 10, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's private equity practice spent the year guiding giants including Blackstone and KKR on more than 110 deals totaling more than $133 billion, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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December 09, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP guided half of the 10 largest private equity deals in the country between March 1 and July 1, and spearheaded Advent International in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Forescout Technologies, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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December 08, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP guided funds managed by client Apollo Global through a handful of billion-dollar deals this year, including shepherding over the finish line the private equity giant's $2.7 billion deal to buy Shutterfly, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 07, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins was able to keep plugging away this summer despite a pandemic, securing several big-ticket deals such as the $6.8 billion merger of CPA Global and Clarivate and earning the firm a spot among Law360's Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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December 04, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped an investor consortium buy RSA from Dell Technologies for more than $2 billion and is assisting KPS Capital Partners in its $2.1 billion bid to buy bankrupt auto company Garrett Motion, earning it a spot among Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.
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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.
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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.
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February 13, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher guided the creation of the world's largest real estate fund to date, the Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX $20.5 billion fund, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP helped Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC create the first Bitcoin-focused futures fund, alongside launching over a hundred other private funds, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP steered a record-breaking $16 billion technology fund and corralled investors from more than 40 countries to deliver Warburg Pincus' largest fund to date, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter LLP advised some of the largest private equity groups in the world on their fund formations last year, including the creation of a $17.5 billion vehicle for private equity group Advent International and an $8.5 billion fund for TA Associates, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 07, 2020
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Cleary
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP steered multibillion-dollar investment funds and helped investors in Abraaj's Global Healthcare Fund find a new fund manager following Abraaj's collapse, earning the group a spot among Law360's 2019 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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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.
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January 29, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher advised on a plethora of private equity transactions in 2019, including Blackstone Group's $18.7 billion acquisition of the logistics assets of investment manager GLP and Hellman & Friedman's $11 billion buyout of human resources software provider Ultimate Software, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP guided more than $91 billion in over 200 private equity transactions in the year ended Oct. 15, including advising Bain Capital LLC in the creation of a new biopharmaceutical company and the acquisition of U.S. Renal Care Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented private equity giants Thoma Bravo LLC in its $2.1 billion buyout of cybersecurity group Imperva Inc. and guided Bain Capital on its $2 billion acquisition of Rocket Software, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2020
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP handled many major private equity matters over the past year, including guiding across the finish line Brookfield Business Partners' $13.2 billion deal for the power solutions business of Johnson Controls and steering Warburg Pincus in a $5.1 billion transaction involving portfolio company SemGroup, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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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.
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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.
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February 08, 2019
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP won the attention of the private equity world in the past year in part by spearheading KKR & Co. Inc.'s $9.9 billion purchase of Envision Healthcare, making it one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 07, 2019
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP's private equity practice ushered forward some of the biggest deals in the industry this year, including The Carlyle Group's partnership with GIC in acquiring an AkzoNobel chemicals unit for €10.1 billion, making the firm a Law360 Private Equity Group of the Year.
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February 06, 2019
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP advised on close to 250 private equity deals over the past year, including helping Bain Capital complete its controversial, multibillion-dollar acquisition of Toshiba Corp.'s memory business amid a trade war between the U.S. and China, landing the firm on Law360's list of 2018 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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February 05, 2019
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Bain Capital in the estimated $8 billion sale of BMC Software Inc. and guided General Motors Corp. through nearly $5 billion worth of investments into its self-driving cars unit, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Private Equity Groups of the Year for the eighth year in a row.
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February 04, 2019
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Dechert
Dechert LLP's private equity practice is consistently on the cutting edge of the industry, guiding important deals for major names like Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Ltd. and Sun Capital Partners to earn a place as one of Law360's 2018 Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 01, 2019
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP spent the last year helping major private equity firms complete billions of dollars worth of deals, including a $4.1 billion agreement involving the acquisition and subsequent splitting up of Kindred Healthcare, landing the firm on Law360's list of 2018 Private Equity Groups of the Year.