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 15, 2014

    Privacy Group Of The Year: Wilson Sonsini

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC attorneys' eagerness to aggressively tackle cutting-edge privacy issues led to the defeat of consumer tracking and data misuse claims levied against Google Inc. and the quick disposal of spam-texting allegations facing Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., earning them a spot among Law360's Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP had an outstanding 2013, scoring a positive jury verdict for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., winning a proxy fight for a group of Morgans Hotel Group investors and protecting Green Mountain Coffee Roasters from market backlash, earning itself a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2014

    IP Practice Group of the Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale's intellectual property group helped convince the White House to overturn an import ban for Apple Inc., won a major U.S. Supreme Court victory for Monsanto Co. and scored a $2.15 billion patent infringement settlement for Pfizer Inc., landing the firm among Law360's IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale left multibillion-dollar marks on the pharmaceutical industry in 2013, from a monumental patent win on behalf of Pfizer Inc., to a key role in helping Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fund its colossal acquisition of Life Technologies Corp., placing it among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's merger and acquisitions group leveraged its collective experience to create innovative structures for complex deals, like Applied Materials Inc.'s $29 billion merger with Tokyo Electon Ltd., and handle shareholder activism, like Bill Ackman's short bet on Herbalife Ltd., landing the team on Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2014

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s product liability practice group, with a series of huge wins over the past year including a Supreme Court decision siding with a generic drug manufacturer on a preemption issue and the successful defenses of wide-ranging litigation over two major drugs for different companies, has earned a place at the top of class as one of Law360’s Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP's success in defending Toshiba Corp. from a potential $2.3 billion penalty in a class action trial over price-fixing on liquid crystal display panels plus its repeated presence in front of the U.S. Supreme Court has earned the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s M&A practice has kept itself at the center of major international deals in 2013 through its global reach and diverse skill mix, earning it a place as the Law360 M&A Practice Group of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Perkins Coie

    Perkins Coie LLP secured an influential appellate decision on confidential source allegations in securities litigation against The Boeing Co. and defeated class certification in a string of high-profile consumer claims, earning it a spot among Law360’s Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: White & Case

    Several major victories in pharmaceutical patent cases, including the distinction of being the only law firm involved in both of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent "pay-for-delay" deal rulings, have earned the global pharmaceutical and health care group at White & Case LLP a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    Taking advantage of trial opportunities in Engle progeny tobacco cases and the Fosamax multidistrict litigation, King & Spalding LLP attorneys delivered major victories for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Merck & Co. Inc. in 2013, earning a spot on Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Privacy Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP maintained a leadership position in some of the most closely watched data security and privacy cases of 2013, earning the firm a repeat recognition on Law360's Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    The securities practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP helped Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban defeat a major insider trading suit and convinced a judge to toss claims against Lehman Brothers auditor Ernst & Young LLP, earning it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year for 2013.

  • January 14, 2014

    IP Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    The leaders of the Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's intellectual property team credited the group's diversity and specialization for its big year as the firm repeatedly scored significant litigation and shepherded clients through the complex IP components of high-profile transactions, winning a spot among Law360’s IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Munger Tolles

    By developing customized solutions to unique problems, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP beat back litigation in 2013 seeking billions from Philip Morris USA, Bank of America Corp. and Transocean Ltd., earning it a spot among Law360’s Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Securities Group of the Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in 2013 represented Credit Suisse Group AG in a host of lawsuits stemming from mortgage-backed securities and shepherded PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to a precedent-setting win in litigation over its role as American International Group Inc.’s accountant, earning the firm a place among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Product Liability Group of the Year: Kaye Scholer

    Expanding from its stronghold in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, Kaye Scholer LLP delivered a trial victory to Philip Morris USA Inc. on a $543 million California class action claim, while also clinching court approval of an innovative $1 billion Chinese drywall settlement, earning itself a place among Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    IP Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    After helping Google Inc. fend off a patent infringement suit over its AdSense program and representing Micron Technology Inc. in a case where Rambus Inc.'s patents were ruled unenforceable, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has earned a spot among Law360's IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Privacy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP's privacy team burnished its reputation as a global ally for businesses handling increasing threats to their data — seeking rapid and discrete legal guidance — and secured key wins for clients including Delta Air Lines Inc., work that earned it a spot on Law360's list of Privacy Practice Groups of 2013.

  • January 13, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Its time-tested method of focusing on teamwork enabled Sullivan & Cromwell LLP to help execute huge transactions in 2013 — from Amgen Inc.'s $10.4 billion acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. to American Greetings Corp.'s $878 million sale to its founding family — landing the firm among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP's precedent setting victory for Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its representation of Avalon Ventures in the formation of a $495 million venture fund, among other key wins and high-end work in 2013, earned the firm a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    Product Liability Practice Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day earned a third consecutive berth in Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year by pulling out victories for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in arbitration with states over a historic multi-billion dollar settlement and in personal injury and consumer fraud litigation stretching coast to coast.

  • January 10, 2014

    Class Action Group Of the Year: Morgan Lewis

    Guiding Toyota Motor Corp. toward a more than $1 billion settlement in unintended acceleration litigation and securing decisions for Hewlett-Packard Co. in putative consumer and employment class suits are some of the accomplishments that have earned Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP a place among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    Privacy Group Of The Year: Cooley

    No conversation about privacy law in 2013 would be complete without the mention of Cooley LLP's game-changing results for Facebook Inc. or its high-profile work with Google Inc., evidence of the growing prominence that landed Cooley among Law360's Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP had an outstanding year representing the world's top financial institutions in class action against the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and scoring big victories for banks in Madoff-related lawsuits, earning it a place among Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.

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