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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 25, 2023
Environmental Group Of The Year: Shearman
Shearman & Sterling LLP attorneys secured one of the most significant green hydrogen distribution deals by routing the promising renewable energy source to Europe, and slashed Belize's debt burden in exchange for the country's commitment to protect its ocean, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2023
Construction Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig
Perhaps no construction settlement last year rivaled the impact of Greenberg Traurig LLP's skillful and speedy work involving multiple defendants and insurance companies to settle claims from the June 2021 collapse of a condo tower in Surfside, Florida, which killed 98 people and garnered national headlines, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Construction Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2023
Securities Group Of The Year: Latham
In a rare complete defense victory in Delaware's Chancery Court, Latham & Watkins LLP beat a derivative challenge to the $875 million acquisition of Berkeley Point Financial by BGC Partners Inc., whose controlling shareholder is Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, earning Latham a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2023
Environmental Group Of The Year: Weitz & Luxenberg
Weitz & Luxenberg PC attorneys helped secure a $626 million settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, as well as settlements for communities whose water was contaminated by so-called "forever chemicals," earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2023
Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig LLP steered developers through a deal for the creation of a $2 billion mixed-use project in Beverly Hills, California, and guided clients in multimillion-dollar hotel acquisitions through late 2021 and 2022 — achievements which, for a third consecutive year, landed the firm's hospitality practice on Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2023
Employment Group Of The Year: DeRubertis Law Firm
The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured a $460 million jury verdict in June, representing the largest award in an employment case in the country, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2023
Securities Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped to tie up one of the biggest shareholder derivative settlements on record and clinched multimillion-dollar investor deals to hold big corporate boards accountable for rooting out alleged workplace bias and abuse, landing it among Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2023
IP Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property team last year smacked down a preliminary injunction preventing Grubhub from using its new logo — convincing a district judge to reject a magistrate judge's recommendation — and won a preliminary injunction against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's fintech company for client H&R Block, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2023
M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's global team steered acquisitions, divestitures and spin-offs for a diverse mix of clients over the past year, highlighted by migraine-treatment developer Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s $11.6 billion sale to Pfizer Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2023
Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP over the past year guided the U.S. Soccer Federation through high-profile collective bargaining negotiations with its women's and men's national teams and defended dozens of employers from workers challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates, thereby planting itself among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2023
Tax Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP's successful appeal for Fidelity Investments in a closely watched $26 million tax credit dispute was one of several high-profile wins over the past year that earned the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2023
Tax Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP's tax practice guided medical records giant Cerner in its $28.3 billion acquisition by Oracle and helped secure a U.S. Supreme Court win in a law firm's day-late challenge to an Internal Revenue Service levy, exemplifying its strengths in both transactional tax and tax controversy, and earning it a spot on Law360's 2022 Tax Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2023
Securities Group Of The Year: Wachtell
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz last year successfully fended off Elon Musk's attempt to renege on his promised $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and won a Delaware high court ruling that erased a $690 million judgment for its client, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2023
IP Group Of The Year: Patterson Belknap
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP won more than $2 billion for a software company that had its trade secrets stolen, prevented a generic version of Janssen's schizophrenia drug Invega Sustenna and cracked down on counterfeit surgical devices, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2023
M&A Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP had another banner year in 2022 representing clients on blockbuster deals, including guiding General Electric Co. in its spinoff into three public companies and advising global investment firm 3G Capital in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Hunter Douglas, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2023
Employment Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Drawing on a deep bench of legal experts and a reputation for digging into complex employment law issues, Jones Day helped avert a potentially devastating work stoppage for the U.S. railroad industry and secured a win for IBM in a novel COVID-19 expenses class action, landing it a spot among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2023
M&A Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represented clients involved in some of the highest-profile deals of the year, including longstanding client Microsoft in its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and the Twitter board of directors as they navigated the Elon Musk takeover, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2023
Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP recovered billions of dollars for investors last year, most prominently through a series of settlements with German financial firm Allianz, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2023
IP Group Of The Year: Desmarais
Desmarais LLP secured a $272 million patent infringement verdict against LabCorp and helped Cisco beat a $371 million infringement case, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2023
Tax Group Of The Year: Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland secured several significant tax victories in 2022, including convincing a judge to side with Comcast and Verizon to invalidate Maryland's first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax and winning Sirius XM a $2.5 million Texas franchise tax refund, earning it a spot on Law360's 2022 Tax Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2023
Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
An interdisciplinary employment law practice with a motto of handling the most sensitive matters for the largest employers, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP shut down a former Amazon manager's misclassification lawsuit and successfully booted Lowe's workers' wage claims to arbitration, earning the team a place among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 18, 2023
M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP steered clients through some of the most talked-about deals of 2022, including the record-breaking $68.7 billion agreement between Activision Blizzard Inc. and Microsoft Corp. and Elon Musk's blockbuster $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2022 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 18, 2023
Securities Group Of The Year: Robbins Geller
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP secured a record-breaking $809.5 million settlement for class members the day before jury selection was set to commence in a trial between Twitter Inc. and its investors, ending a suit that dated back to 2016 and earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 18, 2023
IP Group Of The Year: Erise
Erise IP's intellectual property group secured several consecutive victories in the Eastern District of Texas this past year, successfully defending major companies like Sony and NetScout Systems against millions in potential damages and earning the group a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 18, 2023
Tax Group Of The Year: Akerman
Akerman LLP's tax practice group has been involved in major decisions across the country over the past year, including successfully arguing that Massachusetts couldn't tax the capital gains of a company domiciled in another state and that a Target subsidiary isn't liable for Florida income tax, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Tax Groups of the Year.