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 03, 2022

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP shielded a client's place in the running for a $33.5 billion equipment contract and came out on top in Boeing's tussle with the federal government to protect its intellectual property, securing the firm's spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Cybersecurity Group Of The Year: Shook Hardy

    Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP last year got a burgeoning class action case accusing the Whirlpool Corp. of using software to illegally track users' behaviors on its website tossed, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP helped guide clients on numerous deals over the past year, including representing Landmark Health in a sale to UnitedHealth's Optum reported to be worth about $3.5 billion, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    Williams & Connolly LLP notched multiple U.S. Supreme Court wins on behalf of benefits applicants and successfully represented health care firm GlaxoSmithKline in a Delaware case that could have a major influence on contract law, helping the firm once again earn a spot among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Pachulski Stang

    Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP has built its reputation on successful representation of clients in complex matters, including as counsel for cancer claimants in the Chapter 11 case of Imerys Talc America, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP counseled clients including Blackstone and Advent International on some of their biggest deals over the past year, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP counseled nonprofits seeking to protect endangered species, guided the International Emissions Trading Association in a case against the federal government and represented an all-electric car manufacturer in a dispute with California's Air Resources Board, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP steered litigation in which a small medical supply business more than quadrupled a federal contract and helped General Dynamics continue its 20-year history of supporting the Stryker combat vehicle, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Cybersecurity Group Of The Year: Hausfeld

    The cybersecurity and privacy team at Hausfeld LLP won preliminary approval for a $92 million settlement in the first biometric privacy lawsuit in the country against TikTok and was also the first to sue T-Mobile after hackers stole private data belonging to 100 million subscribers, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity and Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP led the way in a multivenue battle to keep in place the Trump-era water rules its clients preferred, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's transatlantic team of private equity professionals guided Apollo Global Management and Hg Capital on two of the year's biggest insurance industry transactions, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP secured win after win for its clients at the U.S. Supreme Court this term, shaping the future of major climate change litigation while fighting on behalf of energy companies and narrowing the scope of mandatory minimum sentencing laws, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Fulbright represented dairy giant Dean Foods through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and $500 million asset sale and counseled the National Rifle Association's unsecured creditors in its bankruptcy, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP guided Amazon Web Services Inc. through multiple rounds of litigation over the U.S. Department of Defense's $10 billion deal to move to cloud-based computing under the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2022

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    The ongoing pandemic has meant more billable hours for health care lawyers at Ropes & Gray LLP, who spent last year advising on COVID-19 testing regimes at universities in between their regular work of putting together billion-dollar health insurance deals, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Cybersecurity Group Of The Year: DiCello Levitt

    DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC convinced a California court that consumers' lost personal data has inherent value and helped keep alive litigation stemming from a ransomware attack against cloud computing provider Blackbaud Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton

    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's environmental attorneys helped win key victories for clients in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Kentucky federal court and an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's private equity practice group spent last year racking up multibillion-dollar deals with powerhouses including Blackstone and KKR, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Milbank

    Milbank LLP steered creditors through the bankruptcies of retailers JCPenney and Guitar Center, helped shareholders of Garrett Motions put together that company's Chapter 11 plan and secured $2 billion in bankruptcy financing for Colombian airline Avianca, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    The appellate practice at Kirkland & Ellis LLP scored several victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, including one case that determined Alaska Native corporations were entitled to federal COVID-19 relief and another that determined states can't use sovereign immunity to prevent gas pipelines from being built on state-owned land, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped a renowned cancer center escape a multimillion-dollar Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act penalty, leading to a new legal precedent, and conducted an investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak at a veterans' home, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2022

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Bradley Arant

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP blocked the noncompetitive transfer of a multibillion-dollar Veterans Affairs contract and shielded a client from attempts to undercut its $949 million Navy contract, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2022

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped TikTok fend off the Trump administration's push to ban the app from the U.S. market and aided Microsoft in lifting gag orders barring it from telling corporate customers about the federal government's demands to access their data, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2022

    Energy Group Of The Year: V&E

    Vinson & Elkins LLP in the past year helped steer a $5.7 billion energy company merger and secured important victories to facilitate energy infrastructure projects, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2022

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP guided MGM Resorts International on a deal to sell MGM Growth Properties at an enterprise value of $17.2 billion and is advising Lendlease Americas Inc. on a $15 billion development project in California, making it one of Law360's 2021 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

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