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 24, 2022

    Securities Group Of The Year: Wachtell

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's defense of Facebook from derivative litigation last year led Delaware's Supreme Court to adopt a more stringent demand-futility standard, and the firm also helped two major mergers overcome stockholder challenges, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2022

    Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP secured dismissals of so-called event-driven shareholder litigation against Chinese search engine Baidu and shipping giant FedEx Corp., in addition to advising luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton on complex securities disputes, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2022

    Securities Group Of The Year: Motley Rice

    Motley Rice LLC helped negotiate an $809.5 million deal with Twitter announced on the same day jury selection was set to begin in a shareholder suit over claims the social media giant overstated user engagement, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2022

    Securities Group Of The Year: Labaton Sucharow

    Labaton Sucharow LLP brought home hefty settlements for investors in companies like Stamps.com and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. last year while keeping alive a 12-year-old class action against Goldman Sachs that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities 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 07, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's work defending JPMorgan Chase in a $1.8 billion bankruptcy fight created new precedent protecting the $2.4 trillion syndicated loan market from legal scrutiny, and companies like Volkswagen and Wells Fargo continue to turn to the firm to navigate legal crises, earning the firm a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 04, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Robbins Geller

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP nabbed a pair of billion-dollar settlements for investors in the former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and American Realty Capital Properties this year and wrapped up a case on the eve of trial with a $350 million deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 03, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP guided several groundbreaking wins over the past year, including securing the dismissal of an unprecedented $50 billion breach-of-fiduciary duty suit against Blackstone, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 02, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP beat multiple big-ticket securities actions against companies like Chipotle Mexican Grill, Funko and Ligand Pharmaceuticals and helped pave the way for new law on forum selection provisions in initial public offering documents, earning Latham's securities practice group a spot among Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.

  • December 01, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's securities practice group brokered the settlement of shareholder derivative allegations against the leaders of Google's parent company Alphabet that included a record-setting $310 million commitment by the company to diversity, equity and inclusion, landing it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • November 30, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP didn't let the nationwide shift to teleworking in 2020 hinder its ability to secure nine-figure investor recoveries, including landmark securities settlements that addressed Equifax's 2017 data breach and allegations of sexual harassment at Signet Jewelers, landing it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice 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 21, 2020

    Securities Group of the Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP closed the book on 17 years of Enron-related litigation last year by defeating a $2 billion securities class action against UBS and clinched a decade-long case against Barclays stemming from losses during the financial crisis, landing the firm among Law360's 2020 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP set the pace for defense wins and resolutions in the securities litigation industry in 2019, helping BlackRock Inc. knock down one of the largest ever excessive-fee suits against a mutual fund and obtaining a complete dismissal of shareholder claims against Foot Locker Inc., earning the firm its sixth honor as one of Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2020

    Securities Group of the Year: Robbins Geller

    A banner year for Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP saw the firm score multiple billion-dollar settlements on behalf of investors and lead a pension fund to victory in a rare securities trial, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2020

    Securities Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP defended a biotech startup in a rare securities litigation jury trial, which ended with a jury verdict largely in favor of the firm's client. This accomplishment by Latham's securities practice group has earned the team a spot among Law360's 2019 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2020

    Securities Group of the Year: Cahill Gordon

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP was a staunch defender of its client Credit Suisse in 2019, helping it beat a spate of bond- and rate-rigging class actions and leading it as the only bank out of 16 to fight a sprawling foreign exchange market manipulation lawsuit rather than settle, making the firm one of Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2020

    Securities Group of the Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP recovered more than $1 billion for shareholders in a variety of high-profile litigations over the past year, including a landmark $53 million derivative action settlement and a $92.5 million deal for investors in Starz, landing it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice 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 22, 2019

    Securities Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    A Supreme Court win narrowing a Dodd-Frank Act provision's scope and a successful defense in the first prosecution of an individual connected with the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program, among other successes, landed Williams & Connolly LLP a spot among Law360's 2018 Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2019

    Securities Group Of The Year: Pomerantz

    Pomerantz LLP secured almost $3 billion in 2018 for investors who alleged securities of Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras were negatively impacted by a massive corruption scandal, earning the firm a place on Law360's list of Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2019

    Securities Group Of The Year: Labaton Sucharow

    The multifaceted securities team at Labaton Sucharow LLP scored impressive wins for clients in the past year in class action litigation, opt-out cases and in representing whistleblowers in a landmark U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action, among other achievements, landing it on the list of Law360's 2018 Securities Groups of the Year.

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