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 16, 2024

    International Arbitration Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP won a $16 billion victory against the Republic of Argentina for former shareholders of YPF SA in what the firm said is the largest U.S. judgment ever against a sovereign nation — and one of the largest U.S. judgments ever — landing it among Law360's 2023 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    Attorneys at Williams & Connolly LLP had a landmark year with two precedent-setting victories in the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect copyright and trademark litigation for years to come, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2024

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP helped major insurers score wins while navigating complex and novel coverage issues, including the applicability of "bump-up" exclusions and the scope of cyber liability policies, cementing the firm as one of Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Irell

    Irell & Manella LLP helped VLSI win a nearly $949 million verdict against Intel Corp. for infringing a patent for microchip technology, and represented Netlist in its win where a jury said Samsung owes $303 million for willfully infringing five flash memory patents, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2024

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Insurance attorneys at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped Travelers score a win against CVS in a coverage fight over claims stemming from the opioid epidemic, securing the firm a spot on Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2024

    M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions team tackled some of the biggest, industry-shaping matters of the last year, including advising Seagen in the biggest all-cash pharma deal and representing Amgen in its $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics, landing the firm a spot on Law360's 2023 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2024

    International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP aided hip-hop mogul Jay-Z in navigating closely watched arbitration hearings and related litigation as he sparred with liquor giant Bacardi over the multibillion-dollar valuation of their joint cognac venture, earning the law firm a spot among Law360's 2023 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP scored a directed verdict of noninfringement for Dell during a $435 million patent trial in front of U.S. District Judge Alan Albright and shielded SharkNinja from any business interruption during proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot in Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2024

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP had a strong year bringing companies and assets together for their clients, from the UFC's $21 billion merger with the WWE to guiding the years' largest energy transaction in the U.S., earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Mergers And Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2024

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP cemented an appellate court victory for Merck in a $1.2 billion dispute over the applicability of a war exclusion in the health giant's property policies this past year, topping a remarkable list of wins that earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2024

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    Vinson & Elkins LLP won a $280 million judgment for an Antero Midstream Corp. subsidiary in a water treatment facility dispute with Veolia, successfully defended Aera Energy LLC in an oil field development fight in California and also advised on billions of dollars of projects, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2024

    International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP was able to convince an international tribunal last April to order Russia to pay $5 billion to Naftogaz after the Kremlin seized the Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company's Crimean assets, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's fintech group led some of 2023's most headline-grabbing crypto cases, from steering the bankruptcy of FTX to defending Coinbase in a landmark securities registration suit, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP lawyers got PepsiCo Inc. out of a trademark dispute with a small nitro cold brew startup and pulled a $278.9 million jury verdict against a Chinese drone maker out of the Western District of Texas, earning their law firm a place as one of Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer

    Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna's attorneys won a rare, pro-policyholder reversal in COVID-19 insurance litigation and secured an even rarer reversal of a jury verdict in a dispute over coverage for a settlement of Medicaid fraud claims, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Seyfarth

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP continues to defend a historic $367 million award it secured for the city of Anchorage, Alaska — one of the largest monetary judgments ever entered against the U.S. government in a contract dispute — landing the firm among Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP was a strong force in the energy sector in 2023, guiding Duke Energy in the $2.8 billion sale of its renewables subsidiary and aiding Venture Global LNG in the largest liquid natural gas project financing in history at $21.1 billion, earning it a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's attorneys over the past year have helped Guam wrestle tens of millions of dollars in environmental cleanup costs from the federal government, worked on two multibillion-dollar settlements to resolve "forever chemicals" pollution claims, and assisted New Jersey in obtaining hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with industrial contamination there, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2024

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP guided Exxon Mobil Corp. in its agreement to buy Permian Basin shale producer Pioneer Natural Resources for $59.5 billion, the largest deal announced in 2023, landing the firm a spot among Law360's Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2024

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells convinced the U.S. Government Accountability Office that a $1 billion contract for services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children was awarded based on a flawed evaluation, making it one of Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2024

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback

    Keller Rohrback LLP attorneys secured a nearly $700 million deal on behalf of the state of Oregon in environmental contamination litigation against Monsanto, as well as a first-of-its-kind jury verdict against PacifiCorp for its role in the Beaver State's wildfire disaster, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2024

    Fintech Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Within one month, the fintech practice group at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP secured the dismissal of class actions against Coinbase — one of the largest U.S. digital asset platforms — and MakerDAO, a leading decentralized finance system, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Fintech Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2024

    Energy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP attorneys advised Magellan Midstream Partners LP on the largest U.S. energy M&A deal of the year, coming in at $18.8 billion, and were also involved in seeing through four of five industry initial public offerings finalized last year, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2024

    Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP guided the Snyder family through a tense environment to seal the $6.05 billion sale of the Washington Commanders and advised WestRock's complicated $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Mergers and Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2024

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Carlton Fields

    After a year of achieving precedential wins defending the travel insurance industry in COVID-19-related class actions and other complex litigation, Carlton Fields has secured its first Law360 Practice Group of the Year award.

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