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.
  • December 14, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP shepherded the $1.6 billion financing of a giant natural gas power plant in Ohio as well as helped Canadian energy company ENMAX Corp. cement its presence in the U.S. energy sector by picking up a Maine utility for $1.3 billion, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • December 11, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP helped a financial institution act as underwriter on a unique highway public-private partnership in Oklahoma and assisted clients with international transactions including an Argentina-based bond swap, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance 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

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Troutman Sanders

    Troutman Sanders LLP helped guide Con Edison through the biggest merger in the company's nearly two centuries in the energy game, a $1.5 billion pickup of a Sempra Energy unit, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped longtime client Australia Pacific LNG refinance $4.5 billion in debt with more favorable terms and facilitated $2.5 billion in financing toward a major copper mine project in Chile, earning it a place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick represented clients helming major transportation, energy and infrastructure projects, from a transformation of terminals at JFK Airport to negotiating the purchase prices for energy created by six offshore wind farms along the French coast, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP was lead counsel for the City of Chicago in securing $2 billion in bonds to finance major improvements at O'Hare airport, helped negotiate a forward-looking parking deal between an Australian government investment group and a Boston college, and represented an energy company in the $8.6 billion privatization of a natural gas transport company, earning the firm a place as one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2020

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped lenders facilitate more than $1 billion in financing for a major natural gas-fueled power project in Ohio and assisted Blackstone Group's effort to gain an equity interest in a roughly $2 billion pipeline project, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Project Finance 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.

  • February 14, 2019

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP leveraged its global footprint to bolster a slew of high-acclaim, high-value projects, including a $4.9 billion automated people mover system at the Los Angeles International Airport and a $14 billion refinery project in Malaysia, making it a Law360 Project Finance Practice Group of the Year.

  • February 13, 2019

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Last year Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe advised Microsoft Inc. on one of the largest corporate solar energy purchases in the country and counseled John F. Kennedy International Airport's operator on its $13 billion redevelopment, landing the firm a spot among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year for the fifth time since 2011.

  • February 12, 2019

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    As massive projects get underway at the Los Angeles International Airport spurred on by the financial spadework of Nossaman LLP, the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar initiatives, the firm has notched a spot as one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2019

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Fulbright helped Cheniere Energy Inc. secure $6.1 billion in financing for its liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas and assisted Orsted in two acquisitions of significant renewable energy assets valued in excess of $500 million each, earning it a place as one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2019

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP advised underwriters on the $600 million financing for Florida's one-of-a-kind rail service, steered Purdue University through a uniquely funded student housing project and guided a pension fund in its record-breaking $1.2 billion bond offering, continuing its streak as one of Law360's Project Finance 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.

  • January 31, 2018

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP was all over the map in 2017, advising lenders to Sembcorp Industries Ltd. on a first-of-its-kind power project in Myanmar and creating an equally unique financing plan for the modernization of Chicago's Red and Purple train lines, landing the firm a spot among Law360's Project Finance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2018

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers

    Behind many of the country's largest infrastructure and energy projects rising up today, including a more than $4 billion redevelopment at New York's LaGuardia Airport and a groundbreaking wind project in Texas, stands O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s project finance team, earning them a spot among Law360’s 2017 Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2018

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP expanded the definition of its infrastructure practice and its geographic boundaries in 2017, making AU$190 million in project financing and off-take arrangements for a wind farm in South Australia and advising on a $1.4 billion loan for a pipeline in the Ohio River system, landing the firm a spot among Law360’s Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2018

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Norton Rose

    Norton Rose Fulbright's July 2017 merger with Chadbourne & Parke LLP promised to create a powerhouse project finance practice, and the results did not disappoint. The team earned a selection as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year with 103 deals closed — the most of any firm — representing a collective value of $33.7 billion.

  • January 12, 2018

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2017 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.

  • January 12, 2018

    The Firms That Dominated In 2017

    Law360’s Firms of the Year rose above the competition with a combined 24 Practice Group of the Year awards after helping their clients win game-changing judgments and close record-breaking deals in 2017. Here’s a closer look at how they landed at the top.

  • February 09, 2017

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick

    With developments as diverse as pipeline construction and airport expansions, the energy and infrastructure group at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP continued to have a hand in some of the largest projects in the world last year, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.

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