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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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February 16, 2024
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP won a $16 billion victory against the Republic of Argentina for former shareholders of YPF SA in what the firm said is the largest U.S. judgment ever against a sovereign nation — and one of the largest U.S. judgments ever — landing it among Law360's 2023 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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February 16, 2024
Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Attorneys at Williams & Connolly LLP had a landmark year with two precedent-setting victories in the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect copyright and trademark litigation for years to come, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 16, 2024
Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley
Wiley Rein LLP helped major insurers score wins while navigating complex and novel coverage issues, including the applicability of "bump-up" exclusions and the scope of cyber liability policies, cementing the firm as one of Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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February 15, 2024
Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Irell
Irell & Manella LLP helped VLSI win a nearly $949 million verdict against Intel Corp. for infringing a patent for microchip technology, and represented Netlist in its win where a jury said Samsung owes $303 million for willfully infringing five flash memory patents, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 15, 2024
Insurance Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Insurance attorneys at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped Travelers score a win against CVS in a coverage fight over claims stemming from the opioid epidemic, securing the firm a spot on Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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February 15, 2024
M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions team tackled some of the biggest, industry-shaping matters of the last year, including advising Seagen in the biggest all-cash pharma deal and representing Amgen in its $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics, landing the firm a spot on Law360's 2023 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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February 15, 2024
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP aided hip-hop mogul Jay-Z in navigating closely watched arbitration hearings and related litigation as he sparred with liquor giant Bacardi over the multibillion-dollar valuation of their joint cognac venture, earning the law firm a spot among Law360's 2023 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2024
Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP scored a directed verdict of noninfringement for Dell during a $435 million patent trial in front of U.S. District Judge Alan Albright and shielded SharkNinja from any business interruption during proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot in Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP had a strong year bringing companies and assets together for their clients, from the UFC's $21 billion merger with the WWE to guiding the years' largest energy transaction in the U.S., earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Mergers And Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2024
Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP cemented an appellate court victory for Merck in a $1.2 billion dispute over the applicability of a war exclusion in the health giant's property policies this past year, topping a remarkable list of wins that earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2024
Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins
Vinson & Elkins LLP won a $280 million judgment for an Antero Midstream Corp. subsidiary in a water treatment facility dispute with Veolia, successfully defended Aera Energy LLC in an oil field development fight in California and also advised on billions of dollars of projects, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Energy Groups of the Year.
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February 14, 2024
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP was able to convince an international tribunal last April to order Russia to pay $5 billion to Naftogaz after the Kremlin seized the Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company's Crimean assets, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Fintech Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's fintech group led some of 2023's most headline-grabbing crypto cases, from steering the bankruptcy of FTX to defending Coinbase in a landmark securities registration suit, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
Baker Botts LLP lawyers got PepsiCo Inc. out of a trademark dispute with a small nitro cold brew startup and pulled a $278.9 million jury verdict against a Chinese drone maker out of the Western District of Texas, earning their law firm a place as one of Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer
Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna's attorneys won a rare, pro-policyholder reversal in COVID-19 insurance litigation and secured an even rarer reversal of a jury verdict in a dispute over coverage for a settlement of Medicaid fraud claims, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Seyfarth
Seyfarth Shaw LLP continues to defend a historic $367 million award it secured for the city of Anchorage, Alaska — one of the largest monetary judgments ever entered against the U.S. government in a contract dispute — landing the firm among Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP was a strong force in the energy sector in 2023, guiding Duke Energy in the $2.8 billion sale of its renewables subsidiary and aiding Venture Global LNG in the largest liquid natural gas project financing in history at $21.1 billion, earning it a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Environmental Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's attorneys over the past year have helped Guam wrestle tens of millions of dollars in environmental cleanup costs from the federal government, worked on two multibillion-dollar settlements to resolve "forever chemicals" pollution claims, and assisted New Jersey in obtaining hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with industrial contamination there, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP guided Exxon Mobil Corp. in its agreement to buy Permian Basin shale producer Pioneer Natural Resources for $59.5 billion, the largest deal announced in 2023, landing the firm a spot among Law360's Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2024
Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells convinced the U.S. Government Accountability Office that a $1 billion contract for services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children was awarded based on a flawed evaluation, making it one of Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2024
Environmental Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback
Keller Rohrback LLP attorneys secured a nearly $700 million deal on behalf of the state of Oregon in environmental contamination litigation against Monsanto, as well as a first-of-its-kind jury verdict against PacifiCorp for its role in the Beaver State's wildfire disaster, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2024
Fintech Group Of The Year: Skadden
Within one month, the fintech practice group at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP secured the dismissal of class actions against Coinbase — one of the largest U.S. digital asset platforms — and MakerDAO, a leading decentralized finance system, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2024
Energy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP attorneys advised Magellan Midstream Partners LP on the largest U.S. energy M&A deal of the year, coming in at $18.8 billion, and were also involved in seeing through four of five industry initial public offerings finalized last year, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Energy Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP guided the Snyder family through a tense environment to seal the $6.05 billion sale of the Washington Commanders and advised WestRock's complicated $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Mergers and Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2024
Insurance Group Of The Year: Carlton Fields
After a year of achieving precedential wins defending the travel insurance industry in COVID-19-related class actions and other complex litigation, Carlton Fields has secured its first Law360 Practice Group of the Year award.