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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 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.

  • January 25, 2013

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    A dedication to pursuing sophisticated private equity fundraisings and transactions for the industry's largest clients led to several blockbuster deals for the private equity group of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, earning it a spot on Law360's PE Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2013

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    With nearly 350 attorneys and almost as many clients, Kirkland & Ellis LLP boasts what is likely Big Law's biggest and broadest private equity practice. In 2012, it proved it was one of its most capable, too, tackling a dozen billion-dollar buyouts from large-cap investors and covering the middle market from Chicago to Shanghai.

  • January 01, 2013

    Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.

  • January 24, 2012

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr

    While megadeals captivated much of the private equity world in 2011's rebound, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP put together an unparalleled resume of mid-market transactions, earning the firm a growing roster of diverse clientele and a nod as one of Law360's practice groups of the year.

  • January 23, 2012

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP ranged across the deal market in 2011, working with private equity firms of every order on transactions that included The Blackstone Group LP's $1 billion sale of its theme park interests and Trimaran Capital Partners LLC's $340 million sale of Standard Steel LLC, making it one of Law360's Private Equity Groups of 2011.

  • January 20, 2012

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's 2011 resume includes the year's biggest leveraged buyout of a U.S.-based company and five multibillion-dollar fund closings, a one-two punch that continues to earn the firm business from the sector's biggest names, along with a nod as one of Law360's Private Equity Practice Groups of 2011.

  • January 19, 2012

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    The private equity group at Ropes & Gray LLP helped TPG Capital LP navigate its acquisition of J. Crew Group Inc. in one of the year's most controversial buyouts and negotiated some of 2011's largest private equity deals, earning it a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity Groups of 2011.

  • January 18, 2012

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    With more than 300 attorneys who work in the world of private equity, Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an 800-pound gorilla in the buyout jungle. Despite a down year for the industry overall, the Chicago-based firm worked 174 deals totaling $33 billion in 2011 and also expanded its practice abroad, earning it a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity Groups of 2011.

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