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.
  • January 27, 2022

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Wiley Rein LLP secured duties on Chinese chassis that brought domestic producers back from the brink of extinction while continuing to defend domestic wind and solar producers against international onslaughts, earning its place among Law360's 2021 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2022

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye

    With wins in two of the largest international trade remedy cases ever, filed on behalf of the U.S. Aluminum Association and producers of steel wire, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP secured its place among Law360's 2021 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2022

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells advised Pfizer on worldwide distribution of its COVID-19 vaccine and won a $1.8 billion settlement for a global battery maker to end a trade secrets dispute, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2022

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP guided Invenergy Renewables LLC in its ongoing campaign against solar panel duties and steered DuPont through a synthetic roofing imports dispute that risked its access to a $29 billion market, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2022

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP led a coalition of importers and distributors through a successful defense of blueberry imports last year, which saved the billion-dollar industry from tariffs and set a strong precedent for seasonal imports facing government-initiated probes, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 International Trade Practice 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 10, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley Rein LLP delivered American cabinet makers a victory in one of the biggest trade cases ever filed against China and secured anti-dumping tariffs against foreign wind towers, successes that notched its spot among Law360's International Trade Groups of 2020.

  • December 09, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP scored an unprecedented victory for beIN Sports against Saudi Arabia and won relief for Airbus in its long-running dispute over U.S. subsidies to Boeing before the World Trade Organization, once again earning a spot among Law360's International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • December 08, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Kelley Drye

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's success in obtaining trade protections for a broad cross-section of domestic manufacturers, including by convincing a federal judge to rework the findings of the executive branch, earned the firm a slot among Law360's 2020 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • December 07, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells advised Facebook on a billion-dollar investment in an Indian telecommunications provider and represented a U.S. packaging supplier in duty probes over Chinese glass containers, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2020 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • December 04, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    From disproving forced labor allegations against a Malawi tobacco company to helping a nonprofit combat tuberculosis in North Korea and providing real-time COVID-19 advice to clients across the globe, Crowell & Moring LLP has successfully navigated uncharted territory, earning it a spot among Law360's 2020 International Trade 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 23, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale shepherded a big win this past year for Boeing in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies by helping to secure the largest-ever World Trade Organization arbitration award, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP has successfully represented international companies in the pipeline and plastics industry in trade investigations, securing its place as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP landed a win for plane maker Airbus at the World Trade Organization this past year in the European Union's long-running dispute with the U.S. over subsidies to Boeing Co., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2020

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson

    Fish & Richardson PC has protected the intellectual property of companies such as headphone maker Bose Corp. and memory device manufacturer Macronix by obtaining exclusion orders from the U.S. International Trade Commission that bar infringing products from entering the U.S., securing its place as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade Groups of the 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 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.

  • February 07, 2019

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Wiley Rein LLP represented the nation's largest steel and aluminum producers as part of the Trump administration's investigations into national security concerns with imports, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2018 International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2019

    International Trade Group of the Year: Kelley Drye

    The international trade team at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP landed a major win for the domestic steel industry in a massive, 10-country anti-dumping investigation in 2018 and racked up victories for large power transformer producers as well, earning its place among Law360's International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2019

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP worked to secure a presidential order that effectively blocked Broadcom Ltd.'s $117 billion takeover bid for California-based Qualcomm Inc. and knocked back a rare antitrust probe at the U.S. International Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot among Law360's International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2019

    International Trade Group of the Year: Barnes & Thornburg

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP convinced the U.S. International Trade Commission to set tariffs totaling more than 400 percent on imported sodium gluconate from China in a significant trade remedy victory for a client last year, landing it a spot as one of Law360's International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2019

    International Trade Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    BakerHostetler landed a major victory at the U.S. International Trade Commission last year that shielded the American newspaper industry from possibly buckling under the costs of more expensive foreign newsprint, earning the firm a spot among Law360's International Trade Practice Groups of the Year.