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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 10, 2017

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s private equity group advised global PE investment firm HarbourVest Partners' £1.1 billion ($1.37 billion) initial takeover bid and subsequent £806.6 million acquisition of the investment portfolio of publicly listed investment fund SVG Capital, one of the transactions that earned it a place on Law360's 2016 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2017

    The Firms That Dominated In 2016

    Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.

  • January 09, 2017

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.

  • January 29, 2016

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher's private equity practice steered some of the year's largest deals and fundraisings, drawing on its financing prowess to champion Dell's $67 billion EMC buyout and Blackstone's $15.8 billion real estate fund, landing the firm among Law360's Practice Groups Of The Year.

  • January 28, 2016

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP spent the last year ushering billions of dollars' worth of deals across the globe for Thoma Bravo, Sycamore Partners, Bain Capital LP and other private equity clients old and new, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Private Equity Groups of the Year for the fifth consecutive year.

  • January 27, 2016

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Long established as a major law firm player in the private equity space, Gibson Dunn worked on a pair of billion-dollar deals for Lone Star Funds this past year as the firm continued grabbing work on some of 2015's largest private equity matters and secured a place among Law360’s Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2016

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s private equity group has helped structure some of the past year’s most complicated deals, including Permira Fund’s $925 million acquisition of eBay Enterprise, landing it a spot on Law360's Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2015

    The Firms That Dominated In 2015

    Three legal stalwarts landed at the top of the pack in 2015 to take the title of Law360's Firms of the Year, bolstered by their combined 27 Practice Group of the Year wins and their deft handling of high-stakes, high-profile work.

  • December 18, 2015

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Group of the Year awards, given to those firms that came through for clients by sealing the biggest deals and securing wins in high-stakes litigation.

  • February 18, 2015

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's private equity group led the pack when it came to PE deals in 2014, sewing up billion-dollar transactions in several industries across the globe and earning itself a place on Law360's list of Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2015

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s private equity team continued its dominance in 2014 by steering Permira’s $3.5 billion sale of Arysta Lifescience Ltd. and a series of multibillion-dollar transactions for Fortress Investment Group LLC, making it one of Law360’s Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2015

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's private equity team counts such industry giants as The Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co. LP as loyal clients and helped guide a considerable number of blockbuster deals in 2014, landing the team a spot among Law360’s Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2015

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s private equity practice championed some of 2014’s most intricate cross-border transactions, including The Carlyle Group’s $4.15 billion acquisition of Johnson & Johnson’s global blood-testing diagnostics unit, landing the team a spot among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2015

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    From Vista Equity’s $4.2 billion buyout of Tibco Software Inc. to a slew of deals for GTCR LLC, Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s private equity practice was the industry’s go-to group for nimble deal structuring, earning the firm a place among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year

    Showcasing strength in numbers and the agility needed to serve up top-notch client service on a number of fronts, two law firms secured a combined 18 Law360 Practice Group of the Year awards in 2014 to earn the distinction of Law360's Firms of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year, awarded to firms that came through for their clients in 2014, sealing the big deals and winning the high-stakes suits.

  • January 30, 2014

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden

    The private equity practice group at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP this year has handled deals around the world involving some of the largest investment firms, such as representing JLL Partners Inc. in the $1.4 billion sale of a private equity-backed prepaid-card company, making it one of Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2014

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP led its heavyweight private equity clients through a slew of megadeals and fund formations, including Silver Lake Partners' controversial $24.4 billion acquisition of Dell Inc. and the creation of The Blackstone Group’s $4.5 billion Tactical Opportunities fund, landing it a place among Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2014

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Between developing existing relationships and cultivating new ones — such as Bain Capital LLC and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, respectively — Ropes & Gray LLP spent 2013 helping to usher billions of dollars in deals across the globe, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped sew up some of the most complex private mergers and represented some of the biggest private equity funds that closed in 2013, earning the firm a place among Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Even as market dynamics reshape private equity, Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys preserved their legacy as one of the industry's go-to firms by creatively structuring agreements to help their clients nail down some of the past year's highest-profile deals, placing them among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 01, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards, given to firms that excelled at getting the job done for clients in litigation and deals in 2013.

  • January 30, 2013

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Despite a dampened deal market in 2012, attorneys at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP harnessed the diversity of their client roster to land more than a dozen billion-dollar deals, including a record-setter in China, earning a spot among Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2013

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Standing behind some of 2012's largest fundraisings and more complex private equity deals, such as the $6.7 billion stake sale of a European pharmacy operator to Walgreen Co., is a well-oiled Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP team that has earned a spot on Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2013

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP led two of the world's largest private equity firms — Bain Capital LLC and TPG Capital — in several multibillion-dollar, cross-border transactions in the last year while maintaining a global presence in middle-market private equity deals, earning a spot on Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of the Year.

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