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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 25, 2022
Tax Group Of The Year: Weil
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP advised Medicaid and Medicare claims recovery specialist MSP Recovery LLC in its $32.6 billion merger with a special-purpose acquisition company — at the time, one of the largest such transactions ever — earning the firm a spot among Law360's Tax Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Starwood Capital on the $6 billion take-private joint venture of hotel operator Extended Stay America, as well as KKR for the $2.2 billion sale of industrial warehouses to Oxford Properties, helping it earn a place among Law360's 2021 Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP deftly navigated a shifting regulatory landscape as it clinched favorable resolutions in SEC probes of Kraft-Heinz and Deutsche Bank — and exposed significant prosecutorial missteps defending a $500 million real estate fraud case — earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
Trials Group Of The Year: Hueston Hennigan
Hueston Hennigan LLP went undefeated in decided trials in the past year, including defending opioid maker Endo Pharmaceuticals PLC in a landmark California victory with billions in damages on the line and a total victory defending Amazon from eBay's corporate espionage claims, preserving a five-year winning streak and earning the firm a seat among Law360's Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
IP Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP helped LG Energy Solution reach a $1.8 billion settlement in a trade secrets dispute against SK Innovation and represented indoor cycling behemoth Peloton in its ongoing fight with Mad Dogg Athletics, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
Securities Group Of The Year: Weil
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP won a high-stakes appeal for Brookfield Asset Management at the Delaware high court that reversed a 2006 precedent on shareholder litigation, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has led clients through some of the biggest deals of 2021, including the largest luxury retail deal in history between Tiffany & Co. and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, securing the group's spot among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
Insurance Group Of The Year: Dentons
Dentons' role as lead counsel in AIG's COVID-19 business interruption claims and broader representation of insurers in complex coverage matters and class actions have earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2022
International Trade Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells advised Pfizer on worldwide distribution of its COVID-19 vaccine and won a $1.8 billion settlement for a global battery maker to end a trade secrets dispute, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Trade Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Employment Group Of The Year: Sanford Heisler
Plaintiff-side employment firm Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP secured settlements totaling tens of millions of dollars in whistleblower actions and notched an arbitration win for a tech company co-founder who claimed his partner cut him out of a share in the startup, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
White Collar Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP helped Toyota and Capital One exit yearslong U.S. Department of Justice investigations without any criminal charges and secured a not guilty verdict for Shell in an Italian bribery trial, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Energy Group Of The Year: Holland & Knight
Attorneys from newly combined firm Holland & Knight LLP advised Exelon through the $810 million sale of hundreds of U.S. solar facility sites as well as helped Surge Energy pick up a significant stake in the Permian Basin for $420 million, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2021 Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Tax Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's tax group advised AT&T on a blockbuster $43 billion combination of its WarnerMedia business with Discovery Inc. through what is expected to be a tax-free deal, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kasowitz
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP helped lift a stop-work order on the iconic Chelsea Hotel and convinced a New York judge to restart land use review on two contested Brooklyn apartment towers, earning a spot among Law360's 2021 Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP represented clients on some of the biggest deals of 2021, including MGM Studios in its $8.45 billion sale to Amazon and software company Nuance Communications Inc. in its $19.7 billion sale to Microsoft Corp., earning the firm a spot among Law360's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Banking Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP's banking practice convinced the Second Circuit to affirm the dismissal of Anti-Terrorism Act claims brought against HSBC units, skirting a novel liability theory involving drug cartels and earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Securities Group Of The Year: Wachtell
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's defense of Facebook from derivative litigation last year led Delaware's Supreme Court to adopt a more stringent demand-futility standard, and the firm also helped two major mergers overcome stockholder challenges, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Trials Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells notched a $152 million trade secrets verdict for software company ResMan LLC and helped two exonerees win $113 million in a landmark wrongful conviction trial, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
IP Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP scored a massive $1.9 billion judgment against Cisco in the country's first patent trial held on Zoom, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer
With a $400 million victory for the New Jersey Transit Corp. before the state's Supreme Court less than a month after launching the firm, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna has earned a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
International Trade Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
Crowell & Moring LLP guided Invenergy Renewables LLC in its ongoing campaign against solar panel duties and steered DuPont through a synthetic roofing imports dispute that risked its access to a $29 billion market, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Trials Group Of The Year: Gibbs & Bruns
Houston trial boutique Gibbs & Bruns LLP had a big year with trial wins for two different high-ranking employees in oil and gas industry disputes, making it one of Law360's 2021 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP secured dismissals of so-called event-driven shareholder litigation against Chinese search engine Baidu and shipping giant FedEx Corp., in addition to advising luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton on complex securities disputes, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Banking Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP represented Morgan Stanley in its $13 billion acquisition of E-Trade, which was the biggest purchase by a Wall Street bank in more than a decade, and helped a major Indian bank successfully sew up a U.S. regulatory investigation, just two of the accomplishments that earned the team a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Employment Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day achieved successes for management clients last year in employment matters, such as securing victories for railroads seeking to change crew sizes and defending against biometric privacy claims, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Employment Practice Groups of the Year.