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 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

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's life sciences group helped Novartis beat a challenge over its multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya and advised on a number of biotech initial public offerings, landing it a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Life Science Groups of the Year.

  • December 09, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP has helped Eli Lilly fend off a suit accusing it of infringing a Genentech patent through the sale of a psoriasis drug and continued to guide Purdue Pharma LP through sprawling opioid litigation, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • December 08, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington

    Attorneys at Covington & Burling LLP served this year as counsel to Gilead Sciences during its quest for emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 treatment and defeated claims that a pharmaceutical company took part in helping fund an anti-American militia in Iraq, winning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • December 07, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's life sciences practice group is a small but mighty team of two attorneys who landed a number of litigation wins over the past year, including a $62.5 million settlement in a pay-for-delay class action against Allergan over its birth control drug, landing the group among Law360's 2020 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • December 04, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter has spent the year helping AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ink deals to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine developed with the University of Oxford, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • February 13, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP led Bayer Healthcare to a $155 million patent verdict against Takeda Pharmaceutical unit Baxalta Inc. for infringing a hemophilia treatment patent and reeled in multibillion-dollar transactions, like Fortive's $2.7 billion purchase of Johnson & Johnson's medical sterilization unit, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP was rewarded for taking a biotech company's securities class action to trial and backed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as it enforced restrictions on compounding drugs, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP has helped pharmaceutical companies — such as Johnson & Johnson, Actelion and Galderma — fight product liability claims, defend against government investigations and protect their drug products, making it one of Law360's 2019 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson

    Fish & Richardson PC helped the Mayo Clinic defeat a diagnostic test patent suit and protected patents covering Allergan's eye medication Combigan, all while getting a pair of biotech companies ready for multibillion-dollar acquisitions, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2020

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP has defended Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in various lawsuits over its blood thinner Pradaxa and helped Eli Lilly & Co. get a massive win in arbitration, landing the firm among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences 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.

  • January 18, 2019

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP helped protect Par Pharmaceuticals from facing class claims in a Georgia drug pricing suit, got a grant of class certification overturned by the First Circuit and represented Pfizer in a key bellwether case against Johnson & Johnson regarding the emerging biosimilar market, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2019

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has amassed numerous wins in federal court in the past year — including a nearly $27 million jury win for Illumina Inc. in a patent suit — landing its life sciences team among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2019

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP scored a Federal Circuit win for Vanda Pharmaceuticals that led to new patent guidance, successfully defended Fresenius' decision to cancel its $4.8 billion Akorn buy and kept a Genentech hemophilia treatment from being booted from the market, landing the firm among Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2019

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP was able to block Nevada from using Alvogen Inc.'s drug in a lethal injection, secured orphan drug exclusivity for Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. after a large fight with the FDA and advised a key generic-drug industry merger, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2019

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP edged out a win in Delaware federal court in August when a judge ruled Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC's proposed generic version of firm client Galderma Laboratories LP's flagship rosacea drug Oracea infringes five of Galderma's patents, landing its life sciences team among Law360's Practice 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.

  • January 11, 2019

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2018 Practice Group 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 01, 2018

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Acclaimed merger and acquisition firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP negotiated major transactions for Kite Pharma, INC Research and other biopharmaceutical companies in 2017, raising its life sciences team to the ranks of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2018

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding turned a streak of courtroom loses on its head for Johnson & Johnson and prevailed in the regulatory arena in 2017, landing its life sciences team among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

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