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, 2026

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP successfully defended OpenAI in the first defamation case against a chatbot, is representing Warner Bros. Television in a battle over the medical drama "The Pitt" and secured an appellate victory for Bob Dylan in a high-profile case, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2026

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Cooley

    Cooley LLP helped Google avoid a multibillion-dollar jury verdict in a privacy trial over allegations that the company unlawfully collected cellphone users' personal information, and the firm steered professional services firm Marsh McLennan through a high-stakes legal challenge following an employee data breach, earning a place among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2026

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Insurance carrier attorneys at Wiley Rein LLP won rulings in 2025 that included an influential decision in a suit involving coverage for COVID-19 losses under policies affording disease coverage, and a determination that a bank wasn't owed more than $100 million in an acquisitions dispute, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2026

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP helped obtain a $167 million settlement for EQT shareholders over an overvalued acquisition and also secured a $139 million deal for Turquoise Hill Resources investors, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2026

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised an investor consortium on an all-cash transaction to acquire Electronic Arts Inc., in what the firm says is the largest take-private deal in history as the company had an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion at the time, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2026

    Healthcare Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys advised Ascension in its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg, served as lead transaction counsel for Prospect Medical's bankruptcy estate and advised nonprofit Scan Group in its strategic collaboration with Sutter Health, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2026

    M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP had a standout year in 2025 that involved a slate of diverse, complex and high-profile transactions, including Discover's $50.6 billion merger with Capital One, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2026

    Healthcare Group Of The Year: Bass Berry

    Bass Berry & Sims PLC's recent work advising Sycamore Partners on its $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, taking the pharmacy retailer off the public market, has earned the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2026

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Attorneys from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP led Rite Aid through its second reorganization in two years and won approval for the sale of DNA testing company 23andMe over the objections of state regulators, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP guided Union Pacific Railroad Co. on its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern, along with advising Ansys on a purchase valuing the software company at $35 billion, earning the firm a spot among 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's tax practice guided several major cases and deals this past year, including representing drugmaker Amgen Inc. in one of the largest transfer pricing cases litigated last year, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Tax Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP's real estate practice group provided guidance to Meta and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on two separate, multibillion-dollar data center joint venture partnerships, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Construction Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Last year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised the Gateway Development Commission on the $16 billion Hudson River tunnel replacement project and advised New York City on the Manhattan construction contract for its $13 billion Borough-Based Jails Program to replace the Rikers Island complex, earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Healthcare Group Of The Year: McDermott

    McDermott Will & Schulte attorneys advised Northwell Health hospital and health system through its integration with Nuvance Health and represented Lee Equity Partners and Solaris Health in the $1.9 billion sale of Solaris to Cardinal Health Platform, The Specialty Alliance, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare Practice Groups of the Year. 

  • January 28, 2026

    Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's acumen in structured finance helped it push a number of high-value deals across the finish line last year — including a multibillion-dollar financing package in connection with the acquisition and restructuring of Metronet by KKR and T-Mobile — earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in 2025 notched wins in novel bankruptcy issues, fending off a Brazilian telecommunication group's bid to ditch its Chapter 15 for Chapter 11 and representing the successful buyer of 23andMe's assets, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2026

    Healthcare Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    Williams & Connolly LLP took three False Claims Act cases to trial in three months, won an FCA case that had reached the Supreme Court and defeated antitrust litigation brought by the New York attorney general, earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2026

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP is helping guide Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. in its $18.4 billion planned acquisition of Netherlands-based global coffee and beverage company JDE Peet's and guided obesity drug developer Metsera Inc. when it was acquired by Pfizer Inc., earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2026

    Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's leveraged finance and private credit attorneys have continued to guide headline-grabbing deals in the midst of complex regulatory and tumultuous economic conditions, including financing Nexstar's proposed $6.2 billion mega-merger of television broadcasters, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2026

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Otterbourg

    Otterbourg's bankruptcy attorneys spent 2025 pushing the frontiers of their practice, helping secure the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit's bankruptcy plan and achieving confirmation of Purdue Pharma LP's $7.4 billion Chapter 11 plan — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2026

    Healthcare Group Of The Year: Holland & Knight

    Holland & Knight LLP attorneys advised AdventHealth on its multimillion-dollar outpatient acquisitions, Evernorth Health Services' $3.5 billion investment in Shields Health Solutions and Palomar Health on its strategic partnership with the University of California San Diego, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2026

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Wachtell Lipton

    As dealmakers navigated geopolitical risk and shifting trade policy in 2025, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz was consistently called on to advise on high-stakes, strategic megadeals, including a massive railway merger, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2026

    Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP's finance team led Arcline Investment Management through a first-ever emergency communications infrastructure securitized notes offering and secured a deal between chipmaker Wolfspeed and its creditors that involved slashing $4.6 billion of debt, placing the firm among the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2026

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's bankruptcy attorneys tackled some of the most talked-about cases in 2025, with work that included spearheading First Brands' more than $10 billion Chapter 11 and confirming Steward Health Care's plan, putting the team among the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2026

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.