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 14, 2023

    International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Freshfields

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP won a massive victory for client ConocoPhillips by securing enforcement in Washington, D.C., of an $8.5 billion arbitral award against Venezuela despite an ongoing annulment bid, landing the firm among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2023

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Holland & Knight

    Holland & Knight LLP negotiated complex aircraft leasing deals during pandemic-era airline restructurings and closed a major railroad deal in Virginia, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2023

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped Uber secure a no-penalty agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over a criminal investigation into the company's cover-up of a major data breach, and helped steer Discovery's $43 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2023

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: Cadwalader

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's structured finance team guided Wells Fargo's financing of Blackstone's affordable housing grab in Florida, the first such deal to secure a social bond label, earning its place among Law360's Structured Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2023

    Telecom Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP had a banner year securing wins for some of the world's largest telecommunications companies, including AT&T, Frontier Communications, DirecTV and Suddenlink, in matters including False Claims Act disputes and class actions, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: Dentons

    Dentons led one of the most unique securitization transactions of 2022, helping Texas-based Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative Inc. securitize its debt in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri, a first-of-its-kind deal that earned the team a spot among Law360's 2022 Structured Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP helped General Motors LLC defeat a product defect action, notched a win for Alphabet Inc.'s autonomous vehicle unit Waymo LLC in a trade secrets battle and blocked a discriminatory truck-tolling program in Rhode Island, landing the firm a spot among Law360's Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Int'l Arbitration Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP successfully defended pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Bayer from allegations that it withheld key financial data while negotiating a €7.4 billion ($7.9 billion) sale of its crop science businesses to chemical manufacturer BASF, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP attorneys represented AvidXchange in its $660 million initial public offering, advised Sorrento Therapeutics in its $5 billion at-the-market offering, and led LG Energy Solution in its $10.7 billion global offering, which marked South Korea's largest IPO, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP stayed at the forefront of high-profile class action victories, including the $24 million landmark settlement for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team in their equal pay battle against the U.S. Soccer Federation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP attorneys handled some of the most high-profile compliance cases of 2022, including representing German software giant SAP SE in connection with alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in Africa and Asia, and helping a Berkshire Hathaway-owned mortgage lender accused of redlining craft a cutting-edge settlement tackling gentrification, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Telecom Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells guided T-Mobile as the carrier snapped up $2.9 billion worth of midband airwaves through a federal auction and advised the company's public policy efforts on several fronts, making it one of Law360's 2022 Telecom Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2023

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    The bankruptcy attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP handled crisis after crisis for their clients in 2022, dealing with financial and natural disasters for the government of Puerto Rico and Brazos Electric Power Cooperative in their successful reorganizations, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2023

    Telecom Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP secured regulatory approvals for radio giant iHeartMedia Inc. and won approval from Team Telecom for the operator of one of the world's largest satellite fleets, among other wins, earning Wiley a spot among Law360's 2022 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2023

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP assisted on many major capital markets moments over the past year, from advising transportation tech company Grab on its mammoth $40 billion special purpose acquisition company merger to representing the underwriters in electric truck startup Rivian Automotive's $11.9 billion initial public offering, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2023

    Competition Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells helped the nation's biggest insurer go head-to-head with the U.S. Department of Justice last year and win, clearing the way for UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion vertical merger with health care tech company Change Healthcare and earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2023

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Brown Rudnick

    Brown Rudnick LLP secured the largest sexual abuse settlement in U.S. history by negotiating a $2.46 billion compensation trust for more than 63,000 victims in the Boy Scouts of America's restructuring, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP led settlements worth nearly $85 million for poultry workers this past year over allegations that Cargill Meat Solutions, Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms conspired to depress their wages, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP came out on top at the U.S. Supreme Court twice last year, convincing the justices that no emotional damages are available under the Affordable Care Act and getting clarity on who has jurisdiction when a non-Native person commits a crime on tribal land, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2023

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP helped drugmaker Mallinckrodt PLC resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits, glassmaker Owens-Illinois get out from under 40 years of asbestos claims and Chinese company Huachen Energy strike a landmark $500 million deal under Chapter 15, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2023

    Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's antitrust practice group scored major trial wins for clients in a pair of merger challenges, while also securing a crucial ruling for Blue Cross Blue Shield in antitrust litigation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2023

    Competition Group Of The Year: Joseph Saveri Law Firm

    Antitrust attorneys at the Joseph Saveri Law Firm secured a $600 million settlement in multidistrict litigation involving capacitor antitrust claims, significantly exceeding the $427 million done in damages, and cut a deal with Booz Allen Hamilton to resolve claims over the company's alleged "no-poach" scheme, earning the firm one of Law360's 2022 Competition Groups of the Year awards.

  • February 08, 2023

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Debevoise

    In advising Discovery, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP helped steer its $130 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T — a transaction that more than doubled the size of the company and set records as one of the largest deals of its kind, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP's class action group scored important wins last year in defeating class certification for clients involved in securities, fintech and consumer products, securing the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Latham

    The appellate practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP won four of the five cases its attorneys argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last term, including unanimous opinions involving international arbitration and a tax levy challenge, landing the firm among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

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