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 17, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Wigdor

    Wigdor LLP secured settlements on behalf of an actress victimized by Harvey Weinstein and a fintech executive discharged after two pregnancies, and is leading the charge in high-profile employment litigation against the NFL and NCAA, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2026

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP's regulatory and enforcement lawyers convinced the U.S. Department of Justice to do away with an independent compliance monitorship requirement in a settlement with U.S. Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilder Austal, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2026

    Cannabis Group Of The Year: Dykema

    Dykema represented a coalition of Michigan cannabis interests in an ongoing effort to challenge the state's 24% wholesale tax on marijuana as well as steering a big-ticket transaction and advising on numerous regulatory matters, securing it a place as one of the 2025 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2026

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Sanford Heisler

    Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP worked to secure UnitedHealth Group employee 401(k) plan participants a record-breaking, $69 million class action settlement to end allegations that underperforming investment offerings breached fiduciary duties, handily earning the plaintiffs-side firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2026

    Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells continued to advise Major League Soccer franchise Inter Miami CF as it signed global superstar Lionel Messi to a contract extension and oversaw progress in its planned stadium, counseled the Paul Allen estate in selling the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and advised in the formation of a new partnership for the 174-year-old America's Cup international sailing competition, placing it among the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2026

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Husch Blackwell

    Husch Blackwell LLP helped its clients successfully navigate numerous levels of the U.S.'s international trade apparatus — securing reversal of a country-of-origin designation, of overbroad duties against goods from 15 countries, and of a Department of Commerce ruling worth more than $4 million annually — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP snagged substantial management-side wins last year, including a decision from the Maryland Supreme Court ruling that the de minimis doctrine for federal wage and hours cases applies to state claims, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2026

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Pillsbury

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's attorneys succeeded in getting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to backtrack on Peregrine Digital Services LLC's exclusion from a $60.7 billion contract and prevailed in defending the U.S. Army's award of a $991.3 million contract to Sierra Nevada Co. LLC, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year. 

  • February 13, 2026

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale helped PNC Bank overcome patent trial losses amounting to multimillions of dollars, while also protecting director M. Night Shyamalan in a copyright suit, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2026

    Competition Group Of The Year: Munger Tolles

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP helped Washington state enforcers bring a successful challenge to Kroger's planned $24.6 billion deal for Albertsons and steered major railroads to a crucial pretrial win in long-running price-fixing litigation, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Cassidy Levy

    Cassidy Levy Kent LLP led a company's challenge to overturn a moratorium on tariffs applied to solar energy products and helped guide one of the world's largest motor manufacturers through major U.S. import compliance matters, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: McDermott

    McDermott Will & Schulte's sports practice continued to be at the forefront of record-setting team purchases as private equity firms and other institutional investors continue to secure spots in the owner's box, landing it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP's government contracts team steered clients through a rare government equity investment in a defense-critical supply chain deal, as well as two bid protests that ended with the contracts going to the protester, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP steered collapsed crypto exchange FTX to the resolution of an industry-defining bankruptcy process, was early to the wave of public crypto treasury companies as an adviser to Twenty One Capital, and advised SmartBiz Loans through the acquisition of a bank — landing the law firm among the 2025 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys notched landmark victories across copyright, patents and trade secrets, including the first U.S. decision to address whether training artificial intelligence systems with copyrighted content qualifies as fair use, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: The DeRubertis Law Firm

    The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured recent jury verdicts for workers in employment litigation, including nearly $35 million in a defamation suit and $27.5 million in a whistleblower case, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Competition Group Of The Year: Wilkinson Stekloff

    Wilkinson Stekloff LLP negotiated a crucial settlement for the NCAA while successfully defending it against follow-up cases targeting player eligibility rules and name, image and likeness compensation, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP's capital markets team steered a number of blockbuster transactions last year, including StubHub's $800 million initial public offering and Verisure's $4.3 billion IPO, and represented funding sources in Sycamore Partners' $23.7 billion take-private purchase of Walgreens Boots — earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Capital Markets Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Beveridge & Diamond

    Beveridge & Diamond PC helped San Francisco prevail in a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case over "end result" provisions regulators have often added to wastewater discharge permits, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Technology Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as the lead adviser to Elon Musk, xAI and X during the merger of the artificial intelligence company with the social media company in a $113 billion transaction this past year, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Tax Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax practice showed the depth of its experience this past year, advising on multijurisdictional tax litigations to playing a key role counseling RedBird Capital Partners in a deal that merged Paramount and Skydance, helping it earn a place among the 2025 Law360 Tax Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper represented NFL franchises in planning and funding multibillion-dollar stadiums and renovations, including a planned stadium for the Washington Commanders and upgrades for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers, and counseled teams in adding minority partnership stakes, including the Los Angeles Chargers becoming one of the initial NFL teams taking on private equity ownership, placing it among the 2025 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Flexing its strength working with real estate investment trusts, while also closing one of the year's largest hospitality deals, helping to relaunch one of New York's biggest development projects and advising on a $900 million transformation of the Howard Hughes Corp., Hogan Lovells earned a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Practices of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's international trade team won major antidumping and countervailing duty victories for clients in the aluminum and other industries last year, including a hard-fought, precedent-setting win before the Federal Circuit, making it one of the 2025 Law360 International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Attorneys in Baker Botts LLP's intellectual property practice successfully resolved a patent infringement case against Ericsson after wiping out a monster verdict against the company and fended off a decade-long licensing case against MasterCard, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.