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.
  • December 22, 2020

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP advised the COVID-19 response task force in New York, which led to a state immunity shield law, and provided counsel for a number of health care providers on their day-to-day operations amid the pandemic, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • December 22, 2020

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP led Munich Re Reserve Risk Financing Inc. in its acquisition of $200 million in investment-grade securitization notes issued by Diversified Gas & Oil PLC, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Structured Finance Groups of the Year.

  • December 22, 2020

    Cannabis Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Amid uncertainty about the future of the industry, some of the world's biggest cannabis companies trusted Jenner & Block to help them raise capital and navigate major litigation, work that earned the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Cannabis Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells' reimagined transportation-focused practice group has supported drone companies aiding the response to the coronavirus pandemic, is handing high-profile patent litigation on two continents and has represented Ford in litigation and in deal-making, earning the group a place among Law360's Transportation Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's powerhouse technology practice group has enjoyed another blockbuster year, guiding a massive initial public offering for ZoomInfo Technologies and advising on Kronos Inc.'s $22 billion merger with Ultimate Software, landing it a spot among Law360's 2020 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Telecommunications Group of the Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    If Dish Network Corp. made out as the hero of the $56 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, it was thanks in part to the legal guidance of Sullivan & Cromwell, whose work on the divestment deal earned it a spot among Law360's 2020 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day's health care and life sciences practice group handled several key matters during the COVID-19 pandemic, including advising General Motors on a partnership to expand ventilator production, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    Real estate was among the industries immediately displaced by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced deal makers at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP to act quickly to work out their client's share in creating the largest casino and entertainment company in the U.S. and earned the practice a spot among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Cannabis Group Of The Year: Dentons

    The cannabis group at Dentons helped steer the largest domestic cannabis tie-up to date — the sale of Cura Partners Inc.'s cannabis business to Curaleaf Holdings Inc. — through multiple iterations, and shepherded several cannabis companies to their U.S. initial public offerings, making it one of Law360's 2020 Cannabis Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP helped United Airlines stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic by advising it on a novel financing of its frequent flyer program, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Structured Finance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP guided Blackstone through nearly $9 billion worth of Las Vegas hotel deals and stepped in to advise clients firmwide as the coronavirus pandemic rocked the hotel industry, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP's deft navigation this year of politically complex deals, including contracts related to urgently needed medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has earned the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    It was another blockbuster year for Covington & Burling LLP's technology team, which helped Uber fend off a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation and is helping TikTok's parent ByteDance navigate an unusual Trump administration executive order, landing the practice among Law360's 2020 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell's product liability group shot down $582 million in claims against Volkswagen from consumers who opted out of the carmaker's emission-related class settlement and helped Fiat Chrysler escape wrongful death claims from a 2016 car accident, making the group one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Telecommunications Group of the Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper had a prominent role in securing regulatory approval for T-Mobile's $56 billion merger with Sprint, as well as guiding the C-Band satellite spectrum auction to wireless companies, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP helped airlines, railroads and shipping giants navigate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and advised automotive and other manufacturers that repurposed their factories to produce ventilators and other medical equipment, landing the firm among Law360's 2020 Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped a host of retail giants handle the COVID-19 pandemic, including Macy's in a $4 billion financing and JCPenney in its restructuring, and advised on deals to build arenas, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Structured Finance Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP's specialty finance and securitization team helped guide a $750 million senior secured high-yield note issuance by the restaurant company Inspire Brands — one of the first capital markets issuances in the restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic — earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Structured Finance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Cannabis Group Of The Year: Cozen O'Connor

    Cozen O'Connor was at the forefront of cannabis law this year as it drafted a first-of-its-kind amendment to a first-of-its-kind transaction between Canopy Growth and Acreage Holdings, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Cannabis Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP counseled domestic businesses as they joined the United States' coronavirus response, including Moderna in its production of a vaccine candidate, and helped shepherd a merger poised create one of the largest providers of mission support services, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Bass Berry

    Bass Berry & Sims PLC advised WellCare Health Plans on its $17.3 billion merger with Centene Corp. and helped two health care provider companies beat a pair of False Claims Act suits, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • December 17, 2020

    International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Squire Patton

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP attorneys led Turkmenistan to a rare unanimous arbitration dismissal under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes arbitration rules by identifying a "fundamental flaw" in claims brought by a Turkish investor, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 International Arbitration Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 17, 2020

    Product Liability Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Notching victories for Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries in suits alleging its baby powder causes cancer or that its pelvic mesh is defective, and beating class certification in a case alleging the label on Pfizer's Robitussin DM Max cough syrup is deceptive are among the wins that earned Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 17, 2020

    Construction Group Of The Year: Schiff Hardin

    Schiff Hardin attorneys served as outside counsel to the owners of a $6 billion mega-development in Chicago and negotiated contracts for environmental remediation on the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in New York City, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2020 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • December 17, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has closed many multimillion-dollar acquisitions, financings and redevelopments in recent months, counting heavyweights such as Amazon, Blackstone and Brookfield among its clients, landing it a spot on Law360's 2020 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

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