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 27, 2014

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Attorneys at Jenner & Block LLP have been counsel in several matters that could change the business of television as we know it, including Viacom International Inc.’s billion-dollar copyright lawsuit against YouTube LLC and Google Inc. and Fox Broadcasting Co.’s salvo against Dish Network Corp.’s streaming services, landing the firm among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Health Group Of The Year: McDermott Will & Emery

    Guiding health-care solutions organization Premier Inc. through an initial public offering that yielded $820 million is just one of the accomplishments that earned McDermott Will & Emery LLP's health care practice group a place among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP's advising on six district energy project financings in the Middle East last year, more than any other firm, along with its bustling hydropower practice and its role in the industrialization of Malaysia has secured the firm a place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's labor and employment team recently defeated a bid to certify a class of around 150,000 women in Betty Dukes' gender bias case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and convinced the Nevada Supreme Court to permit a Wynn Casino Las Vegas tip-sharing policy, landing the firm among Law360's Employment Practice Groups of the Year for the third time running.

  • January 27, 2014

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    In 2013, the project finance group at Latham & Watkins LLP closed 66 transactions totaling $38 billion, including for a record-setting $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Australia and a $1.1 billion bridge crossing the Ohio river, earning it a place in Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • 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 24, 2014

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Along with many other victories Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP closed the book on a series of False Claims Act suits that challenged the sale of Chinese-made computers to government agencies, and helped a client win a place on a massive U.S. Air Force contract, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Employment Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    Attorneys in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's labor and employment practice group secured a series of impressive victories in 2013, helping clients beat back cutting edge legal claims over their tipping, arbitration and background check policies and landing the firm a spot among Law360's Employment Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Competition Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to decertify a class of Comcast Inc. customers who claimed the company monopolized the Philadelphia cable market – a ruling that reshaped class actions nationwide – was just one of the feats placing Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP among Law360's antitrust groups of the year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Anderson Kill

    From helping to win coverage for thousands of asbestos-related claims to ensuring a city was fully covered for a settlement with a man wrongly convicted of murder, Anderson Kill PC's wide variety of work on behalf of policyholders has earned it a spot on Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Health Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP chalked up another victory for health care providers in 2013, getting a government rule that slashed Medicare reimbursements overturned in a key case that earned the firm a place among Law360’s Health Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    When a federal judge found Paul Ceglia had likely fabricated a 2003 contract with Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg that purportedly promised him a 50 percent stake in the company, Ceglia blamed his embarrassment on Zuckerberg’s attorneys at Gibson Dunn, one of Law360's Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Banking Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    With offices around the globe and experts in all areas of finance, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Banking and Financial Institutions Group provided counsel on some of the largest international banking transactions of the previous 12 months, placing it among Law360's Banking Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2014

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Even as market dynamics reshape private equity, Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys preserved their legacy as one of the industry's go-to firms by creatively structuring agreements to help their clients nail down some of the past year's highest-profile deals, placing them among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2014

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    The results that Wiley Rein LLP's international trade practice obtained for U.S. industries challenging foreign companies' and governments' alleged unfair trade practices — including a victory in one of the largest trade remedy cases ever against China — has landed the firm among Law360's International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2014

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: McKenna

    McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP continued to hold court over the government contracts realm in 2013, participating in a number of landmark deals with far-ranging repercussions, earning it a place on Law360's list of Government Contracts Practice 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 23, 2014

    Competition Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP's antitrust professionals were hard at work last year, handling no less than four billion-dollar transactions, with none looming larger than the $17 billion merger of US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines, resolving a challenge to the deal from government regulators and landing the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2014

    Competition Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in 2013 successfully represented Comcast Corp. in several antitrust matters and secured the dismissal of antitrust claims against Bank of America Corp. over an alleged conspiracy to rig the London Interbank Offered Rate, landing the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2014

    Government Contracts Group of the Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells' deep bench of government contracts experts and a track record of cost-efficient successes made it a go-to firm for Lockheed Martin Corp. and other contractors in need of help in bid protests and other legal work in 2013, earning the firm a place among Law360's Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2014

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    With success in a range of trade matters, a booming 337 practice at the International Trade Commission and an elite-status World Trade Organization unit, Steptoe & Johnson LLP more than earned itself a spot as one of Law360's International Trade Groups of the Year for a fourth year in a row.

  • January 22, 2014

    Technology Group Of The Year: Wilson Sonsini

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC’s representation of Google Inc. and YouTube LLC against copyright infringement claims, along with its guidance on high-profile tech deals like Western Digital subsidiary HGST’s $685 million acquisition of Virident Systems, earned the firm a spot among Law360’s Technology Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2014

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's hospitality practice has had a hand not only in large refinancings and hotel sales of 2013 — including a major lender’s $26 million sale of a San Jose Hotel — but also in complex acquisitions and redevelopments that have maintained Chicago’s iconic city skyline, landing a spot on Law360's Hospitality Practice 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 22, 2014

    Consumer Protection Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s consumer protection team racked up a banner year, beating back consumer false advertising class actions against top corporate clients including Johnson & Johnson and Skechers USA Inc., which earned it a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

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