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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 29, 2020
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's capital markets practice spread its wings across the globe to guide massive equity and debt deals, ranging from Avantor's $2.9 billion initial public offering to tobacco giant Altria's $11.5 billion bond sale to fund business-reshaping acquisitions, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2020
Health Care Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP last year successfully defended CVS from Medicaid fraud claims leveled by the state of Texas and continues to spearhead Cardinal Health Inc.'s defense in sweeping multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis, landing the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Health Care Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2020
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped longtime client Australia Pacific LNG refinance $4.5 billion in debt with more favorable terms and facilitated $2.5 billion in financing toward a major copper mine project in Chile, earning it a place among Law360's Project Finance 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 29, 2020
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP is steering Facebook through the fallout from a cyberattack that impacted roughly 29 million users and helped Apple shake a proposed class action alleging security patches slowed down the processing speed of its devices, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells' cybersecurity and privacy team in the last year notched a big victory for Uber in multidistrict litigation over a major data breach incident and represented Equifax after one of the largest and highest-profile breaches in U.S. history, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick represented clients helming major transportation, energy and infrastructure projects, from a transformation of terminals at JFK Airport to negotiating the purchase prices for energy created by six offshore wind farms along the French coast, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's Project Finance 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 28, 2020
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's budding bankruptcy practice hit the ground running last year, helping to guide PG&E through a complex multibillion-dollar bankruptcy and quickly put together a $289 million sale for The Weinstein Co. after the company turned radioactive, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Banking Practice Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP has led the pack on banking litigation stemming from the Anti-Terrorism Act over the last year with wins for HSBC that narrowed the scope of liability for banks accused of financing terror attacks, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Banking Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Health Care Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray LLP attorneys have helped guide a number of health care-related deals over the past year, including working on a merger of two giant New England health insurers, earning its health care lawyers a spot among Law360's 2019 Health Care Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day scored a key victory for Merck in a closely watched Supreme Court case involving drug warning labels, and won a highly publicized First Amendment high court ruling to uphold the constitutionality of a government-kept cross on public land, making the firm a Law360 2019 Appellate Group of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Fenwick & West
Fenwick & West LLP represented stationary bicycle maker Peloton on its $1.2 billion initial public offering and biopharmaceutical company Morphic Holding on its $103.5 million IPO, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Cleary
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP closed a deal for the purchase of Sears, helped a major investor navigate PG&E's bankruptcy, and represented creditors in headline-making international bankruptcies to earn a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy 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 27, 2020
Appellate Practice Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
After victories in 2019, including a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling that defined "full costs" in patent litigation, a trailblazing win for a company whose property Venezuela nationalized, and a rapid response for Facebook after a subpoena in a murder case, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has extended its streak as a Law360 2019 Appellate Group of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped Facebook reach a historic $5 billion privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission while continuing to represent the social media giant in ongoing multidistrict litigation stemming from its data harvesting scandal, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Banking Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP started off 2019 by closing out almost 17 years of Enron-related litigation for Credit Suisse, then locked down $5 billion in financing for PG&E to maneuver through its bankruptcy, guided Occidental's $57 billion Anadarko acquisition, and won major rulings for its bank clients, earning the firm back-to-back honors as one of Law360's 2019 Banking Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Health Care Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP has deftly handled precedent-setting cases, including the American Clinical Laboratory Association's challenge to the implementation of a Medicare statute and Prime Healthcare's defense against allegations it submitted false claims, landing it among Law360's 2019 Health Care Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cooley
Cooley LLP helped guide some of the past year's biggest initial public offerings, steering Uber and Zoom through their debuts and advising the underwriters when Gossamer Bio and Livongo Health went public, earning the group a spot among Law360's 2019 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP was lead counsel for the City of Chicago in securing $2 billion in bonds to finance major improvements at O'Hare airport, helped negotiate a forward-looking parking deal between an Australian government investment group and a Boston college, and represented an energy company in the $8.6 billion privatization of a natural gas transport company, earning the firm a place as one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2020
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped lenders facilitate more than $1 billion in financing for a major natural gas-fueled power project in Ohio and assisted Blackstone Group's effort to gain an equity interest in a roughly $2 billion pipeline project, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2020
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's bankruptcy group fought voraciously over the last year for its clients, winning the right for unsecured noteholders in the bankruptcy case of California utility PG&E to file its own competing Chapter 11 plan and enabling unsecured creditors of retail giant Sears to pursue valuable causes of action against the company's former owner, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice group stood out with a series of significant wins over the last year, including scoring a precedent-setting Supreme Court victory in favor of hospitals and health care practices in a Medicare Act rulemaking challenge, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2020
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Edelson
Edelson PC defeated Facebook's bid to block a multibillion-dollar class action over the company's face-scanning practices from going to trial and secured a $925 million verdict in a rare jury trial over robocalls, earning the plaintiffs powerhouse a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.