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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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February 13, 2017
Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has spent the last year advising The Blackstone Group, KKR & Co. LP and other leading private equity firms on complex acquisitions and transactions involving billions of dollars, earning it a spot among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2017
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter LLP’s life sciences team in 2016 continued to build its reputation as a top choice for high-profile pharmaceutical clients, particularly in licensing deals, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings, earning a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2017
Hospitality Group of the Year: O'Melveny & Myers
O’Melveny & Myers LLP guided its large hospitality company clients through multibillion-dollar transactions and wage-and-hour litigation, including handling several major hotel transactions and winning a trial for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC over tips to banquet staff, landing the firm among Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2017
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
Whether it’s orchestrating billion-dollar transactions, winning contentious litigation or providing regulatory advice on cutting-edge technology, Covington & Burling LLP has long immersed itself in the life sciences industry, and its recent work has, for the sixth consecutive year, earned it a spot among Law360’s Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2017
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
Since its founding in 1946, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has built a reputation for innovative approaches to capital markets matters ranging from initial public offerings to equity, debt and regulatory capital issuances, sealing its place on Law360’s 2016 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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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.
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February 10, 2017
Insurance Group of the Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is making a name for itself as the firm insurance companies call when facing potential litigation and investment banks call when insurance issues arise in mergers and acquisitions, including stepping in to aid Exor SpA in its $6.9 billion acquisition of PartnerRe, landing it among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 10, 2017
Hospitality Group Of The Year: DLA Piper
From an air rights transaction for the construction of the first-ever hotel on Chicago’s Navy Pier to a $450 million acquisition of the Fairmont San Francisco, DLA Piper LLP’s hospitality practice advised on major deals in the last year, earning it the distinction of being one of Law360’s 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
Wiley Rein LLP’s work for hundreds of government contractors, ranging from a multivenue defense of a $100 million State Department deal to an unusual challenge to a $5 billion nuclear security contract, has earned the firm a slot as one of Law360’s 2016 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
Sports Group Of The Year: Skadden
Guiding all of the major sports leagues and the NCAA in some of the most significant sports cases of 2016, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP again showed why it is one of the top firms in the sports industry, earning it a spot as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Across the white collar spectrum, Quinn Emanuel represents clients in matters that stand out, including the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money-laundering cases ever, the largest environmental prosecution ever, and a case involving the largest U.S. Department of Justice penalty reduction ever, which earn the litigation stalwart a place among Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
Tax Group Of The Year: Sutherland Asbill
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP tax attorneys logged key victories nationwide in the last year, including for Verizon in fights over local attempts to hit the company’s set-top boxes with property taxes and for Comcast in Oregon Tax Court over $300 million in new taxes, landing the team as a Law360 2016 Practice Group of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
Appellate Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
After notching victories in four major appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, including a decision forcing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to give veteran-owned businesses a first shot at contracting opportunities, WilmerHale's appellate team has been named one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: White & Case
Every BigLaw managing partner and their mother has probably given some thought in recent years to starting an international arbitration practice, if their firm doesn't have one yet. But they’d have a hard time catching up with White & Case LLP, whose headcount and business book have swelled and put the firm atop Law360’s first-ever list of International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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February 09, 2017
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick
With developments as diverse as pipeline construction and airport expansions, the energy and infrastructure group at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP continued to have a hand in some of the largest projects in the world last year, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2017
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP secured a $1.17 billion award for NTT Docomo Inc. last year in a contract dispute and notched a victory for the Republic of South Sudan over ownership of its oil fields, making the firm one of Law360’s International Arbitration Practice Groups of the Year for 2016.
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February 08, 2017
Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's global tax practice group during the last term has litigated for its clients some of the most significant pricing transfer cases, including Amazon.com Inc.'s fight with the IRS, and advised others like DuPont Co. on major mergers, earning it a spot for the second year in a row as one of Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2017
Project Finance Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers
O'Melveny & Myers LLP used its more than 130 years of expertise to build support for complex and politically-sensitive projects ranging from California's high speed rail system to a significant redevelopment of part of the Port of San Diego by engaging with stakeholders and pushing for common ground agreements, landing a spot on 2016's Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2017
Appellate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
A triumph in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in a closely watched patent matter along with a sustained run of success in 2016 on behalf of financial institutions in state and federal appeals courts in New York and Delaware helped land Sullivan & Cromwell LLP among Law360’s Appellate Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2017
Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Pillsbury
Taking on the government has proven a successful enterprise for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, whose wins last year against the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Navy and others help make the firm one of Law360's Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2017
White Collar Group Of The Year: Morvillo Abramowitz
On top of successfully defending a former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executive in New York’s high-profile criminal prosecution of the defunct firm, the white collar attorneys with Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC also secured deals for clients in malpractice and bribery litigation, landing it among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2017
Sports Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP represented a number entities across the global sports industry, including helping successfully lobby the New York state legislature to legalize daily fantasy sports as well as guiding professional athletes and unions to some big wins, landing the firm among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 07, 2017
Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block’s rebuilt government contracts team scored major victories over the past year, including a win for client Science Applications International Corp. in a $575 million computer contract dispute, earning the attorneys a spot on Law360’s list of Practice Groups of the Year for 2016.
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February 07, 2017
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Nossaman
For the second year in a row, Los Angeles-based Nossaman LLP's project finance team is being recognized as a Law360 Practice Group of the Year, with $100 billion in projects under management across several states, including a major University of California expansion that closed late last year.
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February 07, 2017
White Collar Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s white collar group notched victories in the courtroom and at the negotiating table over the past year that included persuading federal prosecutors to drop charges in one of the largest tax fraud cases in U.S. history, landing the practice a spot on Law360’s 2016 White Collar Groups of the Year.