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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 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 23, 2018

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Outten & Golden

    Outten & Golden LLP's employment attorneys made an outsized impact on the bankruptcy world this year when Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. — the firm's yearslong case on behalf of thousands of laid-off truck drivers — made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court and struck a blow to the trend of structured dismissals, earning the group a spot among Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2018

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Ten of last year’s largest bankruptcies featured Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in prominent roles, including debtor or restructuring counsel duty in the two largest, one of many factors that helped place Weil among Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2018

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP continued to bolster its reputation as one of the world’s top bankruptcy firms in 2017 with feats that included winning confirmation for SunEdison Inc.’s plan and nailing down the proposed sale in the Takata case, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2018

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP continued its streak in 2017 of representing some of the largest companies seeking bankruptcy protection, including retail giant Toys R Us and offshore oil exploration company Seadrill Ltd., to land itself among Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of Year.

  • January 17, 2018

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Hard-nosed negotiating that averted a steep loss for second priority noteholders in Caesars Entertainment’s Chapter 11 and debtor representation that led Peabody Coal to a rare industry comeback helped place Jones Day among Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2018

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Shepherding one of the largest retail post-petition financing packages for Toys R Us and the confirmation of Arch Coal’s Chapter 11 plan while avoiding an expensive litigation fight are just a few examples of how Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has distinguished itself to land among Law360’s Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the 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.

  • 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.

  • February 02, 2017

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal & Manges

    From the scale of solar power producer SunEdison’s $16.1 billion Chapter 11 filing to the swift 63-day restructuring of grocer Fairway to the creative solution that saved thousands of jobs at clothing retailer Aeropostale, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP showed its bankruptcy prowess by many measures last year to earn a seventh consecutive selection to Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2017

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s corporate restructuring team earned a spot among Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year by working on restructurings that stood out in size, such as SunEdison Inc.’s massive bankruptcy spanning six continents, and in novelty, including one of the first reorganizations of a master limited partnership.

  • January 31, 2017

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    By securing hard-fought confirmations of complex restructuring plans for major companies such as SandRidge Energy Inc. and Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Kirkland & Ellis LLP proved to be a formidable player in the bankruptcy space in 2016, earning recognition as one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2017

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Efforts on behalf of both debtors and creditors in a series of high-profile reorganizations, including work that dramatically strengthened the positions of second priority noteholders in the Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. bankruptcy, landed Jones Day among Law360’s bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year for the fifth straight time in 2016.

  • January 27, 2017

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP had a busy year handling complex restructurings, including helping Nortel Networks settle a lengthy international dispute over the distribution of $7.3 billion in asset sale proceeds, earning its bankruptcy team a spot among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2017

    The Firms That Dominated In 2016

    Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.

  • January 09, 2017

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.

  • January 27, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in 2015 showcased the international and interdisciplinary depth that has made the firm a restructuring powerhouse, pulling off a major auction for A&P and landing the firm among Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year for the sixth year in a row.

  • January 26, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Over the last year, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s corporate restructuring team pioneered the use of English law schemes of arrangement for European companies and helped Exide Technologies Inc. restructure more than $1 billion in debt, landing it among Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group of the Year: Proskauer

    Last year, drugmaker PharmAthene Inc. won a nearly $200 million judgment against rival SIGA Technologies Inc. and was dragged along as SIGA scrambled into bankruptcy. When PharmAthene brought in Proskauer Rose LLP, the firm crafted an unusual deal that pushed SIGA towards a bankruptcy exit and helped earn Proskauer a spot among Law360’s 2015 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers

    From representing the iconic gunmaker Colt Defense LLC to guiding a top creditor in the sprawling Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy, the restructuring attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP spent 2015 hammering out deals under difficult circumstances, earning a place among Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP last year upheld its reputation as a restructuring heavyweight, between taking on the mammoth Chapter 11 filing of Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. to turning around Patriot Coal Corp. from a near loss to a going concern, earning it a spot on Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    With significant successful cases in 2015, including NII Holdings Inc. and RadioShack, and major ones like American Apparel and Alpha Natural Resources pending in 2016, Jones Day has continued to distinguish itself as one of the premier bankruptcy firms and merited mention among Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP crafted the winning argument for client Wellness International in perhaps the most important bankruptcy case the U.S. Supreme Court heard in 2015 and continued to help guide Caesars Entertainment as its operating unit goes through a heated Chapter 11, earning the firm recognition as one of Law360’s Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2016

    Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP steered security screening firm Altegrity through a complex $1.8 billion restructuring and helped a hedge fund rescue thousands of RadioShack stores from potential liquidation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy Practice Groups of the Year for 2015.

  • December 18, 2015

    The Firms That Dominated In 2015

    Three legal stalwarts landed at the top of the pack in 2015 to take the title of Law360's Firms of the Year, bolstered by their combined 27 Practice Group of the Year wins and their deft handling of high-stakes, high-profile work.

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