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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 21, 2015
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped secure financing for billions of dollars worth of projects over the past year, from a $16 billion natural gas liquefaction and export facility in Canada to projects for Brazil's national bank, making it one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2015
Energy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn’s energy group was at the center of key developments in 2014, including Chevron Corp.’s win in a suit over its environmental record in Ecuador and the Williams Cos. Inc.’s $50 billion merger with its pipeline unit, landing a spot among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: White & Case
White & Case LLP's work on complex, high-stakes litigation and deals on behalf of major clients such as pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor antitrust litigation and Zimmer Holdings Inc.'s proposed $13.4 billion acquisition of Biomet Inc. has again earned it a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Product Liability Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
Attorneys at King & Spalding secured major wins for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Merck & Co. Inc. in 2014, earning a spot on Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.
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January 20, 2015
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's bankruptcy team had hands in some of the splashiest bankruptcies of 2014, including two hands in the bankruptcy of Detroit, making it one of Law360's Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Energy Group of the Year: Chadbourne & Parke
From guiding a novel solar securitization deal to assisting with financing for projects like a massive liquefied natural gas plant and a rare domestic nuclear power plant, Chadbourne & Parke LLP's broad energy work has earned it a spot among Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Project Finance Group Of The Year: Chadbourne & Parke
Chadbourne & Parke LLP continued to excel in the energy finance arena both at home and abroad in 2014, through deals such as getting $8.3 billion in loans to finance the $14 billion expansion of a nuclear plant in Georgia, earning it recognition as a Law360 Project Finance Group of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Tax Group Of The Year: McDermott Will & Emery
Tax attorneys at McDermott Will & Emery LLP handled some of last year’s most complex deals and litigation, from tax work on Tyco International Ltd.’s headquarters switch, to Caterpillar Inc.’s transfer pricing dispute, landing the firm among Law360’s Tax Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Bilzin Sumberg
Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP has had a stellar year and advised on more than $8 billion worth of real estate transactions in some of the most significant deals in South Florida over the past 18 months, earning it a place among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Appellate Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block LLP’s appellate group led top broadcasters to victory in the U.S. Supreme Court during an epic battle against online streaming service Aereo Inc., garnering it a spot among Law360's Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Competition Group of the Year: O'Melveny & Myers
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's work helping Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. defeat a class certification bid by purchasers of optical disk drives who accused the electronics giant of participating in a price-fixing scheme earned the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's know-how on all things energy allowed the steadily-growing law firm to capitalize on what was a robust year for transactions in the energy sector, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Energy Practice Groups of the Year for the fourth time in a row.
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January 16, 2015
Appellate Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin LLP lawyers argued a half dozen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court over the last year, winning significant victories against over-reaching federal regulations and in an important case for transportation security, landing it among Law360's Appellate Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Competition Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP’s antitrust and competition group had a banner year, from representing WhatsApp in its $21.8 billion sale to Facebook Inc. to helping the London Metal Exchange beat price-fixing claims and successfully defeating class certification in the Toshiba Corp. optical disk drive litigation, earning the firm a spot on Law360’s list of Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
From guiding bankrupt Edison Mission Energy away from the brink to a $2.6 billion sale to clinching Syncora Holdings Ltd. a deal in Detroit’s bankruptcy that will keep it in the Motor City for decades to come, the creativity and tenacity of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's restructuring attorneys makes them one of Law360’s Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Employment Group Of The Year: Seyfarth Shaw
For their work securing major precedent-setting decisions and helping to defuse cases against defendants including Kaplan Higher Education Corp. and Prospect Mortgage LLC, Seyfarth Shaw LLP has landed a spot among Law360’s Employment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Tax Group Of The Year: Cravath Swaine & Moore
A year that saw Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP’s tax group advise Mylan Inc. in its $5.3 billion inversion deal with Abbott Laboratories and Time Warner Inc. in its tax-free spinoff of Time Inc. earned the group a place on Law360’s list of Tax Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP had a hand in some of 2014’s largest and most controversial pharmaceuticals deals, including AbbVie Inc.’s aborted takeover of Shire PLC and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.’s hostile bid for Allergan Inc., landing the firm among Law360’s Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's capital markets group steered several complex transactions, including General Electric Co. spinoff Synchrony Financial’s $2.95 billion initial public offering and $5.5 billion in offerings to back Tyson Foods Inc.’s $8.55 billion acquisition of The Hillshire Brands Co. to land among Law360's Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day’s product liability group has continued to dominate the field over the past year, securing wins not only in a diverse set of cases involving products such as baby formula and baby seats but also in many of the Engle progeny cases, landing a spot on Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2015
Environmental Group of the Year: Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin LLP was industry’s champion in 2014 as it confronted two sets of sweeping air pollution regulations before the U.S. Supreme Court, in one case winning limits on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources, securing the firm a spot among Law360’s Environmental Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2015
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Tasked with restructuring the debt of the largest municipality in U.S. history to enter Chapter 9, lawyers from Jones Day in less than 16 months secured confirmation of a sweeping restructuring plan that eliminates more than $7 billion in debt while rehabilitating city infrastructure, earning the firm a spot on Law360’s list of Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2015
Competition Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's antitrust team helped hospital company Community Health Systems Inc. navigate its $7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates Inc. and fended off high-stakes litigation against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and others, landing itself among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2015
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLC's real estate group set its high-water mark in 2013, then surpassed it in 2014 with deals including a $3.5 billion acquisition for Hudson Pacific Properties Inc., landing its second consecutive spot among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2015
Life Sciences Group Of the Year: Skadden
In a year bursting with merger deals in the life sciences sector, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP guided Merck KGaA through one of the biggest — a $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich Corp., securing the firm a place on Law360's list of Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.