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 02, 2016

    Real Estate Group of the Year: Paul Weiss

    The real estate team at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP poured the legal foundations last year for a series of projects set to remake the New York City skyline, including a 630-foot observation wheel in Staten Island and the tallest residential property in the Americas, securing the firm’s place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP's real estate team helped guide headline-grabbing deals in 2015, from the $5.4 billion purchase of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan to the $185 million sale and lease-back of DreamWorks' Glendale, California, campus, earning it a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    With transactions trending larger and clients commanding quick executions, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's real estate group has proven itself this past year on several complex deals — including Starwood Capital Group's $5 billion acquisition of a multistate apartment portfolio — and claimed a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Closing a number of record-breaking deals worth billions of dollars, Greenberg Traurig LLP achieved milestones like the highest price per room of any U.S. hotel sale and the second-largest office building transaction ever and secured a spot among Law360's 2015 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn’s role in multibillion-dollar real estate mergers and massive hotel, entertainment and residential property deals in some of the world’s biggest markets, from Manhattan to New South Wales, Australia, has helped snag the firm a prime location among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    After helping facilitate several multibillion-dollar transactions in the past year, including heavy involvement in the development of New York City’s Hudson Yards and other major purchases across Manhattan, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has earned a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Bilzin Sumberg

    After advising on more than $8 billion in transactions over the past 18 months, including transformative redevelopments in North Miami, Miami's Design District and Connecticut, and iconic projects such as Miami's SkyRise entertainment tower, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP has cemented its position on Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year for 2016.

  • January 22, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Allen Matkins

    Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has landed a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year for 2015 after handling a string of major deals including the $215 million acquisition of the DreamWorks headquarters by Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Inc.

  • 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.

  • January 30, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr & Gallagher

    For its help in steering a host of complex transactions, including working with Paramount Group Inc. on what became the largest-ever initial public offering by a real estate investment trust, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has landed a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2015

    Real Estate Group of the Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s real estate attorneys were busy in 2014, as their work guiding the largest ever single-hotel acquisition in the U.S., along with innovative efforts in creating tax-free REIT spinoffs placed them among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.

  • January 28, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s real estate attorneys helped guide Glimcher Realty Trust through its $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc., worked to close a blockbuster $8.1 billion sale of IndCor Properties Inc. and handled other big-name projects like the $2.2 billion sale of Three Bryant Park, landing among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Real estate attorneys at Paul Hastings LLP handled three of the largest land development deals in California since the recession, closed one of the largest single-asset securitizations and handled billions of dollars worth of financing and acquisition deals, making it one of Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    The role of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in major New York projects from Hudson Yards to the city's sale of 346 Broadway has reaffirmed its place as a trusted, go-to adviser in that cutting-edge market and earned the firm a spot on Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP's real estate attorneys guided Edens Investments Trust through a $762 million transaction with AmREIT Inc. and represented Morgan Stanley in $2 billion worth of transactions, landing the group on Law360's list of Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Providing a superior breadth of services to their clients, the real estate lawyers at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP are reshaping New York's landscape, from Hudson Yards to Brooklyn's Greenpoint Landing, earning recognition as a Law360 Real Estate Practice Group of the Year.

  • January 20, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Bilzin Sumberg

    Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP has had a stellar year and advised on more than $8 billion worth of real estate transactions in some of the most significant deals in South Florida over the past 18 months, earning it a place among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLC's real estate group set its high-water mark in 2013, then surpassed it in 2014 with deals including a $3.5 billion acquisition for Hudson Pacific Properties Inc., landing its second consecutive spot among Law360's Real Estate 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

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's real estate group achieved success for its clients both in the courtroom and across the negotiating table in 2013, from heading off a foreclosure sale at the last minute to facilitating Lehman Brothers' sale of Archstone, landing it among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP structured high-profile commercial real estate deals for AT&T Inc. and Vornado Realty Trust, and the firm advised a Goldman Sachs & Co.-managed fund in the sale of its stake in Manhattan’s iconic General Motors Building, making it one of Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2014

    Real Estate Group of the Year: Skadden Arps

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP handled a variety of real estate deals this past year, including foreign companies expanding their U.S.portfolios, deals involving major New York City office buildings and expansion of its representation in the health care sector, landing it on the list of Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP had its fingerprints on commercial and residential real estate investment deals worth billions on behalf private equity giants The Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group LP, earning it a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

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