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 03, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams

    With growth in its transactional and regulatory practice, continued expansion of its reach in Africa and other parts of the developing world and the addition of a team of experienced attorneys to deepen its bench, 2012 was big enough for Hunton & Williams LLP to be named one of Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented energy companies in market-moving transactions throughout 2012, including one $38 billion deal that created North America's largest midstream energy company, making the firm's energy practice one of Law360's Energy Groups of 2012.

  • January 02, 2013

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter LLP lawyers overturned unprecedented numeric standards for nutrient levels in Florida, scored a ruling that the Clean Air Act preempts state law tort claims over federal emissions violations and helped BP PLC resolve a plethora of environmental issues lingering from the Deepwater Horizon spill, earning them a spot on Law360's list of Environmental Groups of 2012.

  • January 02, 2013

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    In a year with few megadeals and cautious corporate growth, Cravath closed four deals over $10 billion, including the biggest acquisition in Johnson & Johnson's 125-year history and a $20 billion merger that created a global beer titan, earning a spot among Law360's top five M&A groups of 2012.

  • January 02, 2013

    IP Group Of The Year: Finnegan

    From winning a key precedent on joint patent infringement to helping AOL Inc. score a $1 billion patent deal, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP has used its range of expertise to notch victories for clients over the past year, earning the firm a place on Law360's list of IP Groups of 2012.

  • January 01, 2013

    Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.

  • January 31, 2012

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Taking on high-profile cases for the U.S. solar industry that target imports from China, Wiley Rein LLP last year launched the first anti-dumping and countervailing duty litigation in the renewable energy sector, earning the law firm a spot among Law360's International Trade Groups of 2011.

  • January 31, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP had a banner year for energy deals in 2011, capped by its advisement of Kinder Morgan Inc. in the energy pipeline company's groundbreaking $37.8 billion purchase of El Paso Corp. in October, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Energy Groups of 2011.

  • January 31, 2012

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Wiley Rein LLP guided The Boeing Co. through a high-profile procurement battle that won the aerospace giant a $35 billion contract for aerial tankers, earning the firm the respect of major contractors and a place among Law360's Government Contracts Groups of 2011.

  • January 31, 2012

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Skadden

    When Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. faced a Second Circuit appeal in a class action alleging inadequate disclosures related to the collapse of the $330 billion auction rate securities market, the investment bank turned to attorneys at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, who won affirmation of the dismissal over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's objections — one of many high-profile representations that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.

  • January 30, 2012

    IT Group of the Year: Steptoe

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP kept busy in 2011 helping the Korean government ink its free trade agreement with the U.S. and leading China to a victory over the U.S. in its first-ever World Trade Organization appeal, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of international trade groups of the year.

  • January 30, 2012

    Class Action Group of the Year: Sidley Austin

    In the past year, Sidley Austin LLP attorneys successfully defended AT&T Corp. in one of the largest class actions ever certified and persuaded plaintiffs questioning the integrity of Taco Bell Corp.'s seasoned beef products to drop their suit — just a few examples of why Sidley Austin's class action team is named one of Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.

  • January 30, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    Boasting one of the largest energy practice groups in the world and continually taking the lead on some of the biggest power and energy deals in the U.S., the sterling work of Vinson & Elkins LLP's energy team has earned it a place among Law360's Energy Groups of 2011.

  • January 30, 2012

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Vorys Sater

    Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP's government contracts group ensured that Lockheed Martin Corp. exited a qui tam suit over an $87 billion military contract without paying a cent of the billions of dollars sought in damages, making it one of Law360's Government Contracts Groups of 2011.

  • January 27, 2012

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Whether advising the government of South Korea on the U.S. free trade agreement President Barack Obama signed into law in October or winning a rare European Union General Court reversal of anti-dumping measures for LG Electronics, Sidley Austin LLP's international trade attorneys had a hand in some of the highest profile matters of the year, earning the group a spot among Law360's International Trade Groups of 2011.

  • January 27, 2012

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a game-changing decision in favor of AT&T Mobility LLC in a closely watched case over class action waivers in arbitration agreements and got a nationwide class decertified in a case against American Honda Motor Co. — just two of several cases that landed Mayer Brown a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.

  • January 27, 2012

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster LLP's government contracts group successfully defended DynCorp International LLC's award of a $1 billion U.S. Army contract and helped Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. protect its confidential contract information last year, making it one of Law360's Government Contracts Groups of 2011.

  • January 27, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    A new Houston office, where about a dozen attorneys are winning market share from deep-rooted Texas oil and gas law firms, is the highlight of a strong 2011 for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, one of Law360's Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2012

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's skilled trial attorneys beat back large, long-running class actions against clients Raytheon Co., The Dow Chemical Co. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., earning them a spot among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of 2011.

  • January 26, 2012

    International Trade Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP attorneys have scored victories for U.S. aluminum extrusions producers in one of the largest trade remedy investigations of Chinese imports ever conducted and helped California cement makers lobby for changes to the state's cap-and-trade regime — just two of many achievements that sealed King & Spalding's place among Law360's International Trade Groups of 2011.

  • January 26, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's energy team pioneered landmark transactions like BHP Billiton's $15 billion buyout of Petrohawk Energy Corp. as well as new regulations for the nuclear industry, making it one of Law360's Energy Groups of 2011.

  • January 26, 2012

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    When General Dynamics Corp. needed a win in the U.S. Supreme Court to resuscitate its 21-year-and-counting case over the termination of a stealth aircraft development contract for the U.S. Navy, it turned to Jenner & Block LLP, which delivered with the deep bench and decades-long relationships that earned it a spot on Law360's Government Contracts Practice Groups of 2011.

  • January 25, 2012

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell

    Crowell & Moring LLP racked up an impressive range of victories for government contractors in the past year, such as helping Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. retain a $3 billion military dental contract and winning a complete jury verdict in a potentially billion-dollar False Claims Act suit, earning the firm a place among Law360's Government Contracts Groups of 2011.

  • January 25, 2012

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Being on the winning team in the Wal-Mart v. Dukes ruling would have been enough to secure Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's position among last year's elite law firms, but it was just one of many decisive victories that earned the firm a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.

  • January 25, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP attorneys helped energy transportation giant Kinder Morgan Inc. negotiate a $38 billion deal to buy El Paso Corp. and create the country's largest pipeline network, one of several successes that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Energy Groups of 2011.

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