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.
  • January 24, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Representing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as construction continues on Manhattan's largest undeveloped tract of real estate and aiding CIM Group on various projects is some of the work that has earned Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Longtime consistency and diligence are paying off for real estate attorneys at Paul Hastings LLP, who were trusted with some of the country's largest land acquisitions and development deals for Starwood Capital Group, Aecom Technology Corp. and others, securing a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    A broad portfolio of real estate work, including advising underwriters in the Empire State Realty Trust Inc.'s $1 billion initial public offering and guiding Equity Residential in its $16 billion buy of Archstone Enterprise LP, has earned Hogan Lovells a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2014

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP's successful handling of some of the most complex deals in the hotel and gaming space has recently garnered the firm a slew of new high-profile clients — including MCR Development LLC, which turned to Latham for a $430 million portfolio buy — as well as a spot on Law360's Hospitality Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP engineered some of 2013's most prolific real estate deals, including the $3.3 billion sale of SuperValu Inc.'s supermarket chains and the $1.1 billion sale of Sony Corp.'s Manhattan headquarters, making it one of Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's real estate group represented lender, investor and operator clients in some of the biggest deals of 2013, including Rockpoint Group LLC and Fisher Brothers' $2 billion acquisition and financing of two Manhattan properties, making them one of Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2014

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    The real estate practice group at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP worked on aspects of a broad range of complex transactions in 2013, including the sale of a minority stake in New York's iconic General Motors Building to foreign investors, earning itself a place among Law360's Real Estate 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 15, 2013

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr

    A focus on complex transactions for some of the leading players in the global property market led to several billion-dollar deals for Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in 2012, earning it a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2013

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    In less than 50 years, Kramer Levin has succeeded in making itself a fixture on the New York real estate scene and breaking into a number of dynamic markets across the country. 2012 may have been one of its busiest years yet, with the firm racking up an impressive list of real estate deals that all but assured it a spot on Law360's list of 2012 Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 11, 2013

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP's work representing Morgan Stanley in more than $2.5 billion worth of property investments to structuring some of the sector's most complex finance deals, like Jamestown LP's new $1.4 billion fund, has earned the firm a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2013

    Real Estate Practice Group of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP wrangled many top-billing commercial real estate deals of the past year, including Colorado-based REIT UDR Inc.'s coup of five residential properties in Manhattan's swanky Upper West Side for $630 million in one of the largest deals of the year, to land among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of 2012. 

  • January 09, 2013

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP helped Cornell University land an agreement to develop a $2 billion science campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island and represented Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc. in the city’s largest lease of the year, earning it a place as one of Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • 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 17, 2012

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has worked on some of the most important deals of the year, from its cutting-edge transactions for real estate investment trusts to refinancing construction at the World Trade Center site, earning it a spot among Law360's Real Estate Groups of 2011.

  • January 13, 2012

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP aided private equity giant The Blackstone Group LP in its $9.4 billion acquisition of Centro Properties Group's massive U.S. mall portfolio — the biggest real estate deal since the financial crisis — helping it earn a place on Law360's list of Real Estate Groups of 2011.

  • January 12, 2012

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Bolstered by a series of high-profile additions, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's real estate group advised Anglo Irish Bank Corp. on the blockbuster sale of its $9.5 billion U.S. real estate portfolio and repeatedly closed complex equity deals in a handful of days, earning it a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of 2011.

  • January 11, 2012

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP started 2011 with the year's biggest single-asset real estate deal – the sale of a 2.9 million-square-foot New York building to Google Inc. — and closed it with a flurry of activity that promises to reshape skylines from Manhattan to Mexico, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of 2011.

  • January 10, 2012

    Real Estate Practice Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's resume is writ in the New York City skyline and the team punctuated 2011 by placing the anchor tenant for the new World Trade Center tower while finessing a score of other front-page transactions, making it one of Law360's real estate practices of the year.

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