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 18, 2022

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped steer some of 2021's biggest moments in fintech, including Robinhood's initial public offering and "meme stock" litigation and Block's $29 billion acquisition of Afterpay, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: Cadwalader

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's team of securitization and structured finance attorneys guided Wells Fargo through the $3 billion financing of Midtown Manhattan skyscraper One Vanderbilt and emerged as leaders in the sustainable finance space, netting it a spot among Law360's 2021 Structured Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC notched several key court wins and settlements over the past year in Employee Retirement Income Security Act class actions, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Cadwalader

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP during the pandemic guided a $4.65 billion securitized financing for the acquisition of 570 Extended Stay America hotels and represented a lender in its $158.4 million construction loan to develop a Great Wolf resort, placing it among Law360's 2021 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Dykema Gossett

    Dykema Gossett PLLC has built a top-tier practice representing global automakers and parts suppliers in high-stakes product liability litigation and advising leading developers of autonomous vehicle technology, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Attorneys at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP have recently steered billions of dollars in broadband infrastructure investment deals, including propping up Chile's first open-access wholesale fiber company, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP represented Salesforce in its $27.7 billion July 2021 acquisition of Slack and played a key role in the formation of the fourth-largest car manufacturer in the world, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Construction Group Of The Year: Cozen O'Connor

    Cozen O'Connor successfully defended Energy Transfer Partners-owned Rover Pipeline LLC against Texas contractor U.S. Pipeline in a suit that alleged more than $100 million in claims and ended in a near-total victory for the firm's client, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represented Hellman & Friedman on the closing of a $24 billion buyout fund, the largest private equity fund to close in 2021, and helped CVC Capital Partners raise €21.25 billion (about $24.2 billion) to form Europe's largest buyout fund to date, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    Williams & Connolly LLP helped Ionis Pharmaceuticals win a $41.2 million arbitral award and Teva Pharmaceuticals keep a generic cancer drug off the market for a decade, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn

    Winston & Strawn LLP won a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court for student-athletes against the NCAA, helped Stanford students get their sports back and fought a suit over the MLB moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver, earning a spot among Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Motley Rice

    Motley Rice LLC helped negotiate the preliminary $26 billion opioid settlement with Johnson & Johnson, the nation's three largest drug distributors and state attorneys general, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP in the past year worked on multibillion-dollar deals for tech companies like McAfee and represented Samsung and Roku in patent litigation, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP represented multiple airport groups and airlines in multibillion-dollar projects to construct, redevelop and modernize terminals and also advised the lead underwriter for a new 600-unit student housing development at the University of California, Davis, winning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2022

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the past year advised clients in major financings and acquisitions dealing with aviation, liquefied natural gas and renewable energy assets, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2022

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    Nossaman LLP's project finance group has driven major public infrastructure projects by clients including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, earning the team a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2022

    Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP spearheaded a multiyear effort to bring mobile sports betting to New York and worked with state lawmakers to open new gaming markets in Arizona, Maryland and Wyoming, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2022

    Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Mattos Filho

    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados has been on the cutting edge of investments in Brazil, serving as underwriters in the country's first crypto-asset exchange-traded fund and helping XP Allocation Asset Management form the first Brazilian private equity fund-of-funds targeted to qualified investors, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP advised IBM Corp. on forming a major offshoot business and assisted clients in securing a win before the First Circuit and forming large-scale mergers and acquisitions, cementing the firm's place among Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2022

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback

    Keller Rohrback LLP's work over the past year in litigation over the opioid crisis — which helped lead to a $26 billion settlement with Johnson & Johnson, major drug distributors and state attorneys general — as well as leadership roles in multidistrict litigation over Juul have earned the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2022

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP notched big wins last year for C.R. Bard Inc. in suits over its vein filters and pelvic meshes, as well as for Sandoz Inc. in litigation over the chemotherapy drug Taxotere, earning it a place as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2022

    Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP helped financial institutions create and raise funds for investment in markets worldwide, including Dyal Capital Partners' vehicle to acquire minority interests in NBA teams and a $13 billion fund that marked Goldman Sachs' largest since the 2008 financial crisis, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2022

    Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells negotiated first-of-their-kind, multimillion-dollar institutional investments in pro basketball and soccer teams, effectively writing the playbook for future such deals in the sports industry, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped Apple fend off antitrust challenges, successfully defended Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s record $3 billion verdict before the Ninth Circuit and secured a victory for Uber in a ruling that found the ride-hailing company's drivers would have to arbitrate their class action, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2022

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: McDermott Will & Emery

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP counseled a clean energy company on a first-of-its-kind joint venture with New York State and represented a major utility in one of the largest wind acquisitions since 2020, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

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