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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.
  • January 28, 2015

    Class Action Group of the Year: Labaton Sucharow

    Labaton Sucharow LLP makes a repeat appearance among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year with high-profile securities settlements with Fannie Mae and Hewlett-Packard, as well as a massive all-cash agreement related to a mining disaster.

  • January 28, 2015

    IP Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter

    Goodwin Procter LLP’s intellectual property group had a banner year, from scoring a high court decision on claim construction for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. to securing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s first precedential decision during post-grant proceedings, earning a spot among Law360’s IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has proven itself adept at meeting the needs of its clients, whether friendly or hostile, with standout efforts on behalf of both Time Warner to fend off the unwelcome advance of 21st Century Fox and InterMune in inking an $8.4 billion sale, earning it billing as one of Law360 M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2015

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP went to the mat to help media heavyweights like Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Sirius XM Holdings Inc. battle for essential content rights in 2014, earning the firm a spot among Law360s 2014 Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.

  • 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 28, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s securities litigation star continued to climb in 2014 as it beat a derivative suit against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. directors over the hotelier’s cybersecurity and crushed a shareholder claim over General Motors LLC’s landmark 2010 stock offering, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2015

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Insurance attorneys at Steptoe & Johnson LLP secured a string of rulings last year that helped clarify case law on important issues including bad faith claims, pollution exclusions and contingent business interruption, landing the firm its second consecutive spot among Law360's Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    Insurance Group of the Year: Kasowitz Benson

    Whether securing Imo Industries Inc. coverage for tens of thousands of asbestos claims or guiding Pennsylvania State University through the insurance fallout from a sex abuse scandal, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP was a thorn in the insurance industry's side in 2014, cementing its place among Law360's Insurance 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 27, 2015

    IP Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's intellectual property group convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to side with Nautilus Inc. in a ruling that made it easier to prove patent claims invalid for indefiniteness and scored another high court win for CLS Bank International in 2014, landing the team its second consecutive spot among Law360's IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP spearheaded some groundbreaking media cases in 2014, including TV companies’ monumental U.S. Supreme Court win against online streaming company Aereo Inc. and record label EMI’s eight-figure jury award against MP3Tunes LLC, landing it among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Wiley Rein LLP's diverse skill set within the international trade arena was on full display last year as the firm delivered crucial import relief for producers of solar panels and hot-rolled steel while also shepherding clients through an increasingly complex web of economic sanctions, securing a fifth straight nod as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cravath Swaine & Moore

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP had a banner 2014 that included winning the appeal upholding the dismissal of a $2 billion shareholder suit against Xerox Corp., a precedent-setting victory enforcing a foreign forum-selection bylaw, among others, earning a spot among Law360’s Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP represented energy clients in several major mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions in 2014, including Kinder Morgan Inc.’s $70 billion deal to buy up the outstanding equity shares of three subsidiaries, helping the firm nab a place among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis attorneys have had a big year in multidistrict litigation, winning strategic dismissals for Facebook Inc. in shareholder litigation over its initial public offering and battling hundreds of consolidated complaints on behalf of General Motors LLC over alleged ignition switch defects, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    To critics who question if the securities bar does anything but pad law firm bank accounts, the shareholder attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP could point to a number of victories in 2014 that delivered real value to investors and earned the firm a spot on Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn once again proved why it is a go-to firm for companies facing high-stakes class action lawsuits in 2014, securing big wins for clients like Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and PepsiCo and earning its fifth straight appearance among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Dickstein Shapiro

    Dickstein Shapiro LLP's insurance practice won key rulings last year for an NRG Energy Inc. unit in litigation over coverage for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suit and secured a $1.6 million jury verdict in a Superstorm Sandy dispute, making it a Law360 Insurance Group of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Thanks to its role in orchestrating the complex and multifaceted megamerger between Family Dollar Stores Inc. and Dollar Tree Inc., as well as its work on countless other high-profile deals across various sectors, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has earned a spot among Law360's Mergers and Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin LLP burnished its credentials as a truly global international trade shop last year with successes on both sides of the Atlantic, headlined by a groundbreaking settlement in a prolonged challenge to U.S. cotton subsidies at the World Trade Organization, easily carving out a spot among Law360's Practice 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 26, 2015

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Project finance attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP used the firm's global market savvy to nail down several game-changing plays over the last year, including a groundbreaking financing package for a massive U.S. energy export project that helped secure its place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    IP Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson

    The intellectual property attorneys at Fish & Richardson PC landed on Law360’s IP Groups of the Year for the third year in a row by doing more of the same: winning major patent cases for the likes of Apple Inc., Fresenius USA Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. and continuing to lead the pack in the aggressive use of new post-grant review proceedings.

  • January 26, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    When Kinder Morgan Inc. sought to explore one of the largest mergers and acquisitions deals in the energy market since Exxon and Mobil merged in 1999, experts at Vinson & Elkins LLP were called in on behalf of client El Paso Pipeline Partners LP, marking one of the multiple billion-dollar deals the firm advised on in 2014 to place it squarely on Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2015

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP was behind some of the year's biggest pharmaceutical decisions, including the Sixth Circuit's rejection of multidistrict litigation over generic versions of the painkillers Darvocet and Darvon and an Iowa Supreme Court ruling shielding branded-drug makers from injuries caused by generics, landing the firm among Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.

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