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 07, 2023

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has helped its clients raise vast capital worldwide over the past year despite market headwinds, ranging from China Mobile's $8.2 billion initial public offering to AT&T Inc.'s $30 billion bond that funded its acquisition of WarnerMedia, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2023

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP helped negotiate a billion-dollar settlement after a deadly Florida condo collapse, defended a major New York redevelopment project and helped win a significant U.S. Supreme Court case for North Dakota, earning it a place among Law360's Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2023

    Competition Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP made history in the first defeat of a Federal Trade Commission in-house merger challenge, defending biotech firm Grail after its $8 billion acquisition by Illumina, landing the firm among Law360's 2022 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Munger Tolles

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a massive pay cut to a drug discount program for hospitals serving low-income rural communities, children's hospitals and cancer clinics, and helped Lyft convince the First Circuit that its drivers were not engaged in interstate commerce, which would exempt them from arbitration, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2023

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP guided a USA Gymnastics bankruptcy resolution that received unanimous support from the survivors of sexual abuse and secured a settlement in Puerto Rico's bankruptcy protecting $50 billion in pension benefits for 167,000 government retirees, cementing its spot as one of Law360's 2022 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP settled several major lawsuits in the past year, including a historic agreement with New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to make nearly all of its subway stations accessible for people with disabilities, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Competition Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC worked on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of settlements for drug buyers, chicken consumers and poultry plant workers in the past year, marking the firm as one of Law360's 2022 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorneys were behind some of the biggest transactions of the past year, including Dell Technologies' spinoff of its $52 billion stake in cloud technology company VMware and the $43 billion merger of AT&T's WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc., landing the firm a spot on Law360's 2022 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Akerman

    Akerman LLP bankruptcy and reorganization attorneys took charge of the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association after the Surfside, Florida, tower's collapse and played a key role in bringing the subsequent litigation to a close with a $1 billion global settlement, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy

    Clement & Murphy PLLC achieved high-profile U.S. Supreme Court wins for a football coach conducting silent prayer at midfield and for gun advocates hoping to knock down New York state restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, netting the boutique a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Banking Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services team last year advised the U.S. Department of the Treasury on a program that issued more than $8.3 billion in funding to minority-owned banks in low-to-moderate-income areas across the country, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day spent 2022 securing multiple victories in high-stakes class action lawsuits, including one they identified as the largest to go before a trial jury that year, earning the firm recognition among Law360's 2022 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2023

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP's big wins for Nucor Corp., the Wind Tower Trade Coalition, and the Coalition of American Manufacturers of Mobile Access Equipment were among the victories that helped distinguish the firm as a Law360 2022 International Trade Group of the Year.

  • February 03, 2023

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Wachtell

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz guided Prologis in what became the year's largest real estate transaction, totaling more than $25 billion in one merger, and represented companies across the REIT spectrum with no signs of slowing down, earning a spot in Law360's 2022 Real Estate Group of the Year.

  • February 03, 2023

    Trials Group Of The Year: Brown Rudnick

    Brown Rudnick LLP won a $15 million verdict for Johnny Depp in the Hollywood star's blockbuster defamation case against ex-wife and actress Amber Heard, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Trials Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2023

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Pillsbury

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's success in convincing insurers to pony up hundreds of millions of dollars to policyholders, including funds that would later benefit victims of the 2021 Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, has earned it a place among Law360's 2022 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2023

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP led Starwood Capital Group in its $1.5 billion joint acquisition with the Blackstone Group of 111 WoodSpring Suites properties, in what the firm said was the largest real estate M&A deal in the first half of last year, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2023

    Banking Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP's banking litigators helped Citibank recover $500 million in mistakenly wired funds and pulled off double victories for Société Générale against first-of-their-kind claims over decades-old Cuban asset confiscations, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2023

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP successfully defended insurers in two separate Delaware Supreme Court cases whose outcomes gave new weight to insurance policy language, affirming long-held industry positions and earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2022 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2023

    International Trade Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP flexed its ability to conquer hard-to-beat challenges in a wide range of international trade matters this past year, from navigating Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States issues in a $6 billion acquisition of a German automotive parts developer, to securing an export license to get personal protective equipment to Ukraine in just three days, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2023

    Trials Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP secured the acquittal of former Perkins Coie LLP partner and Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann on a felony charge of lying to the FBI and notched a historic victory against the Federal Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Trials Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2023

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP attorneys helped CBRE Investment Management land a $4.9 billion portfolio of American and European logistics properties, and anchored the Necessity Retail REIT's rebrand with a $1.3 billion deal for 81 open-air shopping centers, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2023

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Law firms like Steptoe & Johnson LLP stand apart among Law360's 2022 Insurance Groups of the Year not only for victories in COVID-19 coverage cases but also for its ability to lead in the $1 billion settlement following the deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida.

  • February 01, 2023

    Banking Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorneys helped steer some of 2022's biggest moments in banking, including winning major decisions slashing Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs' potential liabilities in mortgage-backed securities cases stemming from the 2008 financial crisis, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2023

    Trials Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP secured a $26 million civil verdict for people injured by extremist groups at the infamous 2017 "Unite the Right" rally, and utilized an unusual strategy to get a turnaround win for a former hedge fund CEO, solidifying a spot in Law360's 2022 Trial Groups of the Year.

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