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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 21, 2022
White Collar Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP investigated sexual harassment claims against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and convinced Manhattan federal prosecutors to drop their fraud case against a Wall Street executive, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP handled some of the biggest deals of last year, including advising Slack on its $27.7 billion sale to Salesforce and Intuit's $12 billion acquisition of Mailchimp, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.
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January 21, 2022
Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
From clean energy transmission projects and power purchase agreements to multibillion-dollar oil and gas mergers, Baker Botts LLP's deal-making work throughout the energy sector has earned it a repeat spot among Law360's 2021 Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's tax practice earned key victories in 2021, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Tax Groups Of The Year. Those victories include aiding Livongo Health Inc.
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January 21, 2022
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells handled multiple deals north of the $10 billion mark in 2021 as the firm was able to quickly integrate various practice groups to get the transactions across the finish line under time pressure, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Insurance Group Of The Year: Anderson Kill
Insurance attorneys at Anderson Kill PC successfully counseled a New Hampshire hotel chain in a $100 million pandemic coverage suit last year while also securing more than $50 million in asbestos disputes, making it one of Law360's 2021 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
IP Group Of The Year: Irell
The intellectual property team at Irell & Manella LLP notched the second-largest patent jury damages award ever for VLSI Technology LLC in 2021 and also secured one of the largest verdicts involving standard-essential patents, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
International Trade Group Of The Year: Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP led a coalition of importers and distributors through a successful defense of blueberry imports last year, which saved the billion-dollar industry from tariffs and set a strong precedent for seasonal imports facing government-initiated probes, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2022
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP helped represent Discovery as part of its $43 billion reverse Morris trust deal with AT&T's WarnerMedia, as well as a special committee of Liberty Broadband Corp. for its multibillion-dollar acquisition of GCI Liberty Inc., helping Debevoise earn a place among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2022
Employment Practice Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
With an employment law practice that isn't siloed by specialty and emphasizes a "first principles" approach, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP scored a dismissal of a COVID-19 safety suit for Amazon and reversed a $102 million judgment against Walmart, earning the team a place among Law360's 2021 Employment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2022
IP Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson
Fish & Richardson PC helped Gilead unit Kite Pharma escape a $1.2 billion judgment and got a $235 million induced infringement verdict against Teva Pharmaceuticals reinstated, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2022
Securities Group Of The Year: Motley Rice
Motley Rice LLC helped negotiate an $809.5 million deal with Twitter announced on the same day jury selection was set to begin in a shareholder suit over claims the social media giant overstated user engagement, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2022
Tax Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
For work by its transactional tax and tax controversy practice groups — including advising online optician Warby Parker on tax aspects of its direct listing — Latham & Watkins LLP has been named as one of Law360's 2021 Tax Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2022
Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP assisted on multiple massive M&A transactions over the past year, from the more than $30 billion purchase of General Electric's aircraft leasing business by AerCap to the nearly $21 billion acquisition of contract research organization PPD by Thermo Fisher, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2022
Tax Group Of The Year: Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie's North American tax practice group has been involved in major transfer pricing disputes ongoing in the U.S. Tax Court and advised companies on major acquisitions during 2021, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2022
Employment Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC collected worker-side victories against powerhouse employers including the Federal Aviation Administration, Sterling Jewelers, McDonald's and Chipotle, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Employment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2022
Securities Group Of The Year: Labaton Sucharow
Labaton Sucharow LLP brought home hefty settlements for investors in companies like Stamps.com and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. last year while keeping alive a 12-year-old class action against Goldman Sachs that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2022
IP Group Of The Year: DLA Piper
DLA Piper's intellectual property practice group handled a long-running copyright battle over a comic book mashup of Dr. Seuss and "Star Trek," along with other high-profile cases, landing the team a spot among Law360's 2021 IP Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2022
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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January 14, 2022
The Firms That Dominated In 2021
Nine law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 52 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, having steered complex deals and won high-profile victories including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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December 22, 2020
Technology Group Of The Year: Wachtell
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped HP fend off Xerox's $34 billion hostile takeover attempt led by billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and represented Uber in the ride-hailing company's $2.65 billion acquisition of Postmates, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Technology Groups of the Year.
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December 22, 2020
Transportation Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP deftly negotiated unique financing arrangements for major highway improvement and toll road projects, such as the Gilcrease Expressway West in Tulsa, Oklahoma, landing the firm among Law360's Transportation Groups of the Year.
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December 22, 2020
Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Wiley
Wiley Rein LLP has successfully defended deregulatory infrastructure policies at the Ninth Circuit, steered Amazon's $10 billion satellite project and guided CBS Corp.'s Viacom merger, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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December 22, 2020
Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley
Wiley Rein LLP shepherded Supreme Foodservice through a $10.6 billion dispute with the Defense Logistics Agency, defeating most of the military's claims in the highest-value matter ever heard before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and securing the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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December 22, 2020
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP's real estate practice guided Morgan Stanley's landmark $3 billion financing of the Bellagio Resort and advised on Colony Capital's $3.4 billion data center asset deal, earning it a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.