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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 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.

  • 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 28, 2022

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has deployed a multidisciplinary team of attorneys to deal with historically complex restructuring cases such as Hertz Global's and Purdue Pharma's, earning the firm a series of big wins for its clients and a spot among Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2022

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 14, 2022

    The Firms That Dominated In 2021

    Nine law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 52 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, having steered complex deals and won high-profile victories including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • December 04, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

    The outbreak of COVID-19 led to a run of retail bankruptcies, and the restructuring team at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP was positioned to handle some of the most noteworthy of those cases, like J.Crew and Chuck E. Cheese, while also spearheading a successful reorganization for California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co., earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • December 03, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Pachulski Stang

    Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP secured a settlement for unsecured creditors in retail chain Neiman Marcus' Chapter 11 case, saw trade creditors through the bankruptcy of retailer J.Crew, and helped gym chain 24 Hour Fitness deal with its COVID-19 shutdown to earn a spot on Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • December 02, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    From working with municipalities and states' attorneys general in Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy, to representing a diverse bondholder group in offshore driller Valaris' Chapter 11 case, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's restructuring work last year earned it a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 01, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Handling one of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in American history is no small feat, but Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP guided California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to a $59 billion Chapter 11 restructuring this July thanks to the experience of its attorneys in a wide swath of legal disciplines, earning it a nod as a Law360 Bankruptcy Group of the Year.

  • November 30, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Brown Rudnick

    Brown Rudnick LLP secured $13.5 billion for California wildfire victims in Pacific Gas and Electric's Chapter 11, and $100 million for creditors after the COVID-19 pandemic sent retailer Pier 1's bankruptcy off the rails, two accomplishments that earned it a place among Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • November 25, 2020

    The Firms That Dominated In 2020

    The eight law firms topping Law360's Firms of the Year managed to win 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, for guiding landmark deals, scoring victories in high-profile disputes and helping companies navigate uncharted legal seas made rough by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • November 25, 2020

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2020 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • January 30, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has had another year of headline-capturing cases, handling both the largest and second-largest bankruptcy filings of the year and guiding one of 2018's largest filings to a sale to earn a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP earned big wins over the past year for its work on large, complex Chapter 11 cases, including the $4 billion restructuring of chemical giant Hexion Inc. and the international prepackaged bankruptcy of oilfield services company Weatherford International PLC, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's budding bankruptcy practice hit the ground running last year, helping to guide PG&E through a complex multibillion-dollar bankruptcy and quickly put together a $289 million sale for The Weinstein Co. after the company turned radioactive, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Cleary

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP closed a deal for the purchase of Sears, helped a major investor navigate PG&E's bankruptcy, and represented creditors in headline-making international bankruptcies to earn a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2020

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's bankruptcy group fought voraciously over the last year for its clients, winning the right for unsecured noteholders in the bankruptcy case of California utility PG&E to file its own competing Chapter 11 plan and enabling unsecured creditors of retail giant Sears to pursue valuable causes of action against the company's former owner, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2020

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2019 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • January 11, 2020

    The Firms That Dominated In 2019

    Law360's top seven Firms of the Year cleaned up at the 2019 Practice Group of the Year awards, notching a combined 46 wins after spending the past year helping companies navigate blockbuster deals and secure key high court rulings.

  • January 25, 2019

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

    Representing some of the most iconic names in U.S. business history and parties in some of the largest bankruptcies of 2018, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has yet again earned a place as one of Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2019

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Keeping SunEdison's subsidiaries out of bankruptcy while the parent company went through Chapter 11, negotiating on behalf of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Takata's bankruptcy proceedings and helping Danaos Corp. restructure without going through the courts are a few achievements that earned Sullivan & Cromwell a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2019

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's restructuring group shepherded a handful of blockbuster cases all over the world through the bankruptcy process last year, including Balkan agriculture and supermarket giant Agrokorp's roughly $9 billion case and iHeartMedia's $20 billion case, the largest of 2018, earning it a place among Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2019

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    After representing parties in some of the largest and most complex bankruptcy and restructuring cases of 2018 — including the Toys R Us bankruptcy, the Puerto Rican restructuring and record-setting Latin American and Japanese bankruptcies — Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has earned a place among Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2019

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    After steering stakeholders to resolutions on contentious corporate restructuring plans for Avaya Inc. and Seadrill Ltd. while also negotiating higher recoveries for unsecured creditors in other large Chapter 11 cases, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has earned a spot among Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 11, 2019

    The Firms That Dominated In 2018

    Law360's top four Firms of the Year notched a combined 32 Practice Group of the Year awards after successfully securing wins in bet-the-company matters and closing high-profile, big-ticket deals for clients throughout 2018.