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 06, 2020

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Zuckerman Spaeder

    Zuckerman Spaeder LLP bagged big wins in California federal court and the Eighth Circuit against UnitedHealthcare and negotiated two settlements in suits against Aetna and Cigna in 2019, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2020

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP sealed an appellate victory for AT&T's $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner and secured for 21st Century Fox Inc. a $128 million reduction on a $179 million arbitration award, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's whirlwind year advising L3 Technologies through its $35 billion tie-up with Harris Corp. and helping pull together the $11 billion purchase of a human capital management system by an investor consortium has won it a spot among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Zuckerman Spaeder

    Zuckerman Spaeder handled some of the highest-profile white collar cases of 2019, including clearing ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig of a charge that he lied to DOJ officials to cover up his role in a scheme to lobby the Ukrainian government, earning the firm a place on Law360's 2019 White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP notched a major win for college athletes in their fight for fair compensation and secured over $1 billion in settlement funds for their clients, landing the group among Law360's 2019 Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's insurance and reinsurance group notched several litigation victories for large insurers last year, including helping an AIG unit defeat a ruling requiring it to pay $25 million in coverage for an auto parts maker's losses after a factory shutdown, landing the firm among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Munger Tolles

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP scored numerous victories on behalf of Disney, including a $62 million jury award for statutory damages in a copyright lawsuit against VidAngel, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP guided some of the world's largest companies through the benefits side of multibillion-dollar transactions over the past year, like Red Hat's $34 billion acquisition by IBM and Intel's $1 billion sale of the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Facebook as the social media giant secured a historic $5 billion privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Last year saw Ropes & Gray defend parents including former Willkie Farr co-chair Gordon Caplan in the headline-grabbing "Varsity Blues" case and publish a groundbreaking report on Larry Nassar's sexual abuse, putting the firm among Law360's 2019 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Thanks to its work helping Blackstone with the largest real estate deal of 2019 and its counsel on various other transactions north of the $1 billion mark, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has earned a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year for 2019.

  • February 04, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: McKool Smith

    McKool Smith PC's insurance recovery practice helped secure a judgment for more than $70 million in coverage for AR Capital LLC, as well as a critical judgment for Pfizer Inc. on a policy exclusion for previously settled litigation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster arranged financing for some of the largest real estate moves of the year, not only guiding SoftBank's $9.5 billion rescue package for WeWork, but also leaving a multibillion-dollar footprint on the Hudson Yards skyline, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped a pair of Korean ramen companies beat a $500 million antitrust suit and secured a $20 million settlement for Uber to resolve independent contractor misclassification claims by drivers, landing it among Law360's 2019 Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling

    Shearman & Sterling LLP has deftly handled tricky employee benefit and compensation issues in big-ticket corporate transactions, including CVS' $69 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. and Raytheon Co.'s more than $100 billion tie-up with United Technologies Corp., making the firm one of Law360's 2019 Benefits Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP received a definitive Ninth Circuit victory in a long-running copyright case over the works of John Steinbeck, negotiated a deal on behalf of FOX Sports for a new gambling partnership and scored a victory for FanDuel in a class action suit, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Desmarais

    Desmarais LLP attorneys successfully defended Cisco Systems from multiple patent infringement claims seeking a combined $475 million in damages, helping to earn the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: McGuireWoods

    McGuireWoods LLP's white collar practice secured the dismissal of charges against former congressman Aaron Schock, counseled Vice President Mike Pence in the Mueller probe and won a $501 million judgment against North Korea on behalf of the family of Otto Warmbier, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Locke Lord

    Locke Lord LLP helped guide two multibillion-dollar merger deals, serving as counsel to CVS Health in its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. and representing WellCare in its $17.3 billion merger with Centene Corp., as well as securing a win for Star Insurance Co. over liability in a 2011 plane crash and forest fire, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibbs Law Group

    Gibbs Law Group LLP won a $1.5 billion settlement against Equifax for a massive data security breach and reached deals against Hyundai over shattering sunroofs and a television manufacturer over improperly collected consumer data, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP's real estate practice guided major deals over the past year, including an international $5.8 billion hotel portfolio acquisition and a $1.2 billion acquisition of thousands of apartments across New York City, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP has spent the past year defending universities in Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits accusing them of mismanaging workers' retirement plans, placing the firm among Law360's 2019 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Levine Lee

    Boutique firm Levine Lee LLP employed creative arguments that shone a spotlight on the government's "outsourcing" of its fraud investigations to corporate counsel, winning favorable results in two high-profile cases and earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    It was a blockbuster year for Covington & Burling LLP's technology team, as the group guided Uber through its closely watched $8.1 billion public offering and snagged a U.S. Supreme Court win that made waves in the patent industry, landing the practice among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Davis Wright

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP successfully represented BuzzFeed as it beat back defamation claims by a Russian tech executive concerning the publication of a dossier alleging ties between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

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