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.
  • February 23, 2023

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: DiCello Levitt

    DiCello Levitt LLC helped win approval of a $90 million privacy settlement requiring Facebook to delete allegedly wrongfully collected data and earned a landmark class certification in litigation stemming from a cyberattack on hotel giant Marriott, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity and Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2023

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's multidisciplinary fintech practice group tallied an impressive series of victories over the last year that included working with high-profile clients from a variety of sectors, such as FIFA, PayPal and Coinbase, earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2023

    Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter defended a Dell unit's $3.4 billion deal against claims that naval officials mishandled an integrity investigation and successfully protested the U.S. Army's cancelation of a $200 million deal that a client challenged twice, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2023

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback

    Keller Rohrback LLP in 2022 secured a $350 million payout by T-Mobile for more than 76 million individuals whose data was allegedly exposed during a 2021 breach, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity and Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2023

    Energy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Fulbright advised Shell Enterprises LLC in its Permian Basin asset sale, secured a jury victory in a contract interference suit and helped close financing for 650 megawatt hours of standalone battery energy storage projects in Texas, earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2023

    Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has advised the fund formation of several active investment managers, including Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and Carlyle Group Inc., over the past year, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2023

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped secure a dismissal of a class action against the largest stateside crypto exchange and assisted in closing a $2.2 billion acquisition by Visa last year, earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2023

    Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP's recent successes in both protesting and defending multiple government contracts worth more than $1 billion, including securing a client's place on a $22.3 billion U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs information technology contract, have earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2023

    Energy Group Of The Year: V&E

    Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys' wide-ranging energy focus over the past year has included advising a whopping 51 energy-related deals worth approximately $73 billion since October 2021, and successfully representing a number of clients, including NorthWestern Corp., before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as well as other federal agencies and the Fifth Circuit, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2023

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Edelson

    Edelson PC represented the American Civil Liberties Union in a settlement with Clearview AI over the sale of facial recognition data last year, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2023

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP helped Flo Health launch a new feature to enhance users' privacy following the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision and continues to be a go-to adviser for companies hit by some of the most high-profile global cyberattacks, earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity and Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2023

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP levied its cross-border and cross-discipline capabilities to close a number of high-profile fintech transactions, including a dual Latin American and U.S. listing in late 2021 that became that year's fourth-largest initial public offering, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2023

    Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Blank Rome

    Blank Rome LLP's efforts to help RIVA Solutions successfully defend an unusual $2 billion U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contract award across multiple protests helped earn the firm a place as one of Law360's 2022 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2023

    Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Willkie

    A whopping $20 billion fundraise for longtime client Insight Partners, a leading private equity and venture capital firm, fueled Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's entry into Law360's 2022 Fund Formation Practice Groups of the Year. 

  • February 17, 2023

    Energy Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    BakerHostetler attorneys helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to curb the federal government's climate change authority, and potentially administrative authority in general, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2023

    Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP's government contracts practice showed a federal watchdog that the U.S. Navy fumbled a $372 million award investigation, and convinced a contracting appeals board that Lockheed Martin's $143 million U.S. Air Force dispute was timely filed, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Government Contract Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2023

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    From leveraging U.S. Supreme Court rulings to defeating trendy "session replay" litigation and obtaining for social media giant Meta an already influential biometric privacy ruling, Mayer Brown LLP left its mark on the privacy landscape in 2022 with wins that earned the firm's cybersecurity and data privacy practice a spot among Law360's 2022 Cybersecurity and Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2023

    Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorneys counseled on multiple billion-dollar deals over the past year, including a $1.5 billion fund for BlackRock, a $9.7 billion fund for Goldman Sachs and the formation of a $3.1 billion credit solutions fund for Angelo Gordon, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2023

    Energy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Energy attorneys at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped create a new energy company, shepherded an oil and gas company purchase to completion and assisted a liquefied natural gas company's initial public offering, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2023

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's fintech team spearheaded banking app Dave's $4 billion special purpose acquisition company merger and cross-border payment platform CurrencyCloud's $965 million acquisition by Visa, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2023

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shepherded Electrify America and Volkswagen Group through a $450 million investment, warded off antitrust claims against Volkswagen, and advised Canadian Pacific Railway in its $31 billion acquisition of railroad Kansas City Southern last year, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2023

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster

    Morrison Foerster LLP provided sanctions counsel to the Ukrainian government after Russia's invasion last year and advised on the first quantum computing transaction reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's appellate practice group notched high-stakes wins in the past year for major tech, pharmaceutical and financial companies, including a substantial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court for fabric designer Unicolors, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2023

    International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP successfully represented a Singaporean offshore marine services company in a widely watched investment treaty arbitration after Mexico seized its vessels, showcasing the law firm's ability to deliver victories in high-profile investor-state cases and earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2023

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP's structured finance team guided several major 2022 transactions, such as Churchill Asset Management LLC's $700 million collateralized fund obligation and JPMorgan's structuring of Pentagon Federal Credit Union's first offering of $460 million in auto loan-backed securities, earning its spot among Law360's 2022 Structured Finance Groups of the Year.

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