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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 06, 2014

    IP Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

    Helping CLS Bank International secure an en banc Federal Circuit ruling in a patent dispute over software involving abstract ideas and T-Mobile USA Inc. beat big-money patent infringement claims, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP'

  • January 06, 2014

    Tax Group of the Year: Davis Polk & Wardwell

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorneys advised clients on the tax implications of some of the largest deals of 2013 — including multibillion-dollar transactions involving H.J. Heinz Co. and Comcast Corp. — earning them a spot among Law360's Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    Energy Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day's energy practice group advised OGE Energy Corp. in its formation of an $11 billion master limited partnership venture with CenterPoint Energy Inc. and counseled Marathon Petroleum Corp. in its purchase of the troubled Texas City refinery for $2.4 billion, earning a spot among Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    A first-of-its-kind cross-border tie-up of two semiconductor giants and a slew of record-setting deals in a hot energy market are among Jones Day's many feats that landed its mergers and acquisitions attorneys a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    Bankruptcy Group of the Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    With the creativity, care and skill that have come to typify Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the firm stewarded bankruptcy cases for prominent clients including Fisker Automotive Holdings Inc., OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA and Hawker Beechcraft Corp., meriting a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    From taking a lead role on BP America Inc.'s team in the vast Deepwater Horizon litigation to thwarting an effort to reopen old asbestos settlements to handling the environmental analysis required in Bain Capital Partners LLC's $1.6 billion acquisition of a global tool manufacturer, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's environmental attorneys have earned their spot on Law360's Environmental Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Energy Group of the Year: Covington & Burling

    Helping the American Petroleum Institute win favorable outcomes in several high-profile court cases and playing a role in a number of significant industry deals, Covington & Burling LLP's recent work in the energy industry has earned it a spot among Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day's successful representation of a Michigan man in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case whose decision allowed inmates to file federal habeas corpus petitions after their convictions, if their innocence could be sufficiently proven, helped the firm earn a place among Law360's Appellate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams

    The Hunton & Williams LLP environmental team is playing a lead role in two challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rulemaking regarding greenhouse gas emissions and cross-state air pollution, landing the practice group on Law360's list of Environmental Groups of 2013.

  • January 03, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Deal makers at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP drew on expertise in a range of industries to land some of the biggest M&A wins of 2013 — including the year's biggest media deal and a multibillion-dollar energy company takeover — landing them among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Tax Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Attorneys at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP used their creativity and legal skill to guide clients through choppy tax waters in 2013, including Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.'s Chapter 11 reorganization and Google Inc.'s $2.35 billion sale of Motorola Home, landing the firm among Law360's Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    IP Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson

    The intellectual property attorneys at IP-centric Fish & Richardson PC once again handled more patent litigation than any other law firm last year, in the process securing the firm a slew of big-name victories and a spot on Law360’s IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day helped Detroit secure Chapter 9 relief in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history and negotiated sales of Hostess Brands Inc.'s assets that brought the iconic baker more than $860 million, earning the firm a place among Law360's Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn clinched a blockbuster victory for the gay rights movement when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that backers of California’s ban on same-sex marriages lacked standing to defend the law, in a decision that cleared the way for gay couples to tie the knot in the state, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Appellate Practice Groups of 2013.

  • January 02, 2014

    IP Group Of The Year: Finnegan

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP secured a win for SAP America Inc. in the first-ever decision in an America Invents Act patent challenge and handled a case that established that copyright can be transferred electronically, landing the firm among Law360's IP Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    Environmental Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper's environmental group toppled a staggering $1 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Mobil Corp. in landmark litigation over a major gas leak before Maryland's highest court, securing its place among Law360's Environmental Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Guiding billion-dollar deals for energy giants such as Kinder Morgan Inc. helped earn Bracewell & Giuliani LLP a spot on Law360’s list of Energy Practice Groups of the Year for the second time in a row, but it’s the firm’s all-in approach to the energy industry that makes that deal-making possible.

  • January 02, 2014

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn broke barriers in 2013 as it guided Bahrain-based Arcapita Bank BSC through the first U.S. reorganization that complies with Islamic financial law, landing itself a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    Tax Group Of The Year: Baker & McKenzie

    The breadth and success of the world's largest tax practice group makes Baker & McKenzie LLP one of Law360's inaugural Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Attorneys at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP tapped into long-standing client relationships to seal some of the past year's most notable and transformative deals, including over a dozen worth more than $1 billion, outpacing rivals and landing among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 01, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards, given to firms that excelled at getting the job done for clients in litigation and deals in 2013.

  • January 31, 2013

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: McKenna Long

    McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP's government contracts group crafted winning arguments in a multimillion-dollar “contractor on the battlefield” case involving Kellogg Brown & Root LLC and represented the Boeing Co. in the largest termination for default case in history, earning itself a spot among Law360’s Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2013

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Helping U.S. solar and wind tower manufacturers score approvals for stiff countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imported renewable energy products from China are among the wins that have earned Wiley Rein LLP a place among Law360's International Trade Groups of 2012.

  • January 30, 2013

    Class Action Practice Group of the Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP secured major class action victories in 2012 on behalf of both plaintiffs, in antitrust litigation against the nation's largest railroad companies, and defendants, in a data disclosure suit against IBM Corp., making the firm's team one of Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2013

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Over the past year, Wiley Rein LLP’s insurance experts have scored significant wins in a diverse range of coverage matters, including multimillion-dollar securities litigation involving Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and a notorious juvenile detention center bribery scandal, earning the firm its second consecutive appearance on Law360's list of Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.

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