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 24, 2023

    Health Care Group Of The Year: McDermott

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP helped push through numerous deals in the health care realm last year, including guiding CVS Health's decision to buy Signify Health in an $8 billion deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2023

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2022, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • February 17, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP in the past year worked on multibillion-dollar deals for tech companies like McAfee and represented Samsung and Roku in patent litigation, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 16, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP advised IBM Corp. on forming a major offshoot business and assisted clients in securing a win before the First Circuit and forming large-scale mergers and acquisitions, cementing the firm's place among Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped Apple fend off antitrust challenges, successfully defended Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s record $3 billion verdict before the Ninth Circuit and secured a victory for Uber in a ruling that found the ride-hailing company's drivers would have to arbitrate their class action, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in 2021 shepherded the prominent Robinhood initial public offering and secured a major victory for Qualcomm at the Ninth Circuit that may have broader implications for the technology industry, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2022

    Technology Group Of The Year: Covington

    The technology practice at Covington & Burling LLP scored several precedent-setting victories in federal court and helped clients navigate the nascent world of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in the past year, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2022

    Health Care Group Of The Year: McDermott

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Babylon Health in numerous transactions in the last year — including helping the company go public — earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Health Care 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 22, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Wachtell

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz helped HP fend off Xerox's $34 billion hostile takeover attempt led by billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and represented Uber in the ride-hailing company's $2.65 billion acquisition of Postmates, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's powerhouse technology practice group has enjoyed another blockbuster year, guiding a massive initial public offering for ZoomInfo Technologies and advising on Kronos Inc.'s $22 billion merger with Ultimate Software, landing it a spot among Law360's 2020 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • December 21, 2020

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day's health care and life sciences practice group handled several key matters during the COVID-19 pandemic, including advising General Motors on a partnership to expand ventilator production, landing the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    It was another blockbuster year for Covington & Burling LLP's technology team, which helped Uber fend off a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation and is helping TikTok's parent ByteDance navigate an unusual Trump administration executive order, landing the practice among Law360's 2020 Technology 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 06, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's whirlwind year advising L3 Technologies through its $35 billion tie-up with Harris Corp. and helping pull together the $11 billion purchase of a human capital management system by an investor consortium has won it a spot among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Facebook as the social media giant secured a historic $5 billion privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Desmarais

    Desmarais LLP attorneys successfully defended Cisco Systems from multiple patent infringement claims seeking a combined $475 million in damages, helping to earn the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    It was a blockbuster year for Covington & Burling LLP's technology team, as the group guided Uber through its closely watched $8.1 billion public offering and snagged a U.S. Supreme Court win that made waves in the patent industry, landing the practice among Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Technology Group Of The Year: Cooley

    Cooley LLP represented ride-sharing giant Uber Inc. as it raised $8.1 billion in May in the largest U.S. initial public offering in five years, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2020

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP attorneys have helped guide a number of health care-related deals over the past year, including working on a merger of two giant New England health insurers, earning its health care lawyers a spot among Law360's 2019 Health Care 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 21, 2019

    Technology Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale's technology group has distinguished itself as a leader among firms, from preparing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before Congress, to helping Apple settle a seven-year battle against Samsung for allegedly copying parts of the iPhone design, earning it a spot among Law360's Technology Groups of the Year.