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 08, 2017

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

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP used its more than 130 years of expertise to build support for complex and politically-sensitive projects ranging from California's high speed rail system to a significant redevelopment of part of the Port of San Diego by engaging with stakeholders and pushing for common ground agreements, landing a spot on 2016's Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2017

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    For the second year in a row, Los Angeles-based Nossaman LLP's project finance team is being recognized as a Law360 Practice Group of the Year, with $100 billion in projects under management across several states, including a major University of California expansion that closed late last year.

  • February 06, 2017

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Chadbourne & Parke

    Chadbourne & Parke LLP has become a major participant in the renewable energy arena, representing a power company in connection with financing for the biggest rooftop solar array in the country and working with lenders on a $350 million wind project, earning the firm a place on Law360’s 2016 list of project finance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2017

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    Renewable energy projects are among the most complicated pieces of infrastructure to finance, but it's that complexity that most interests the lawyers at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, who worked on more than a dozen of the world's largest renewable projects last year, landing the firm among Law360's 2016 Project Finance 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 21, 2016

    Project Finance Group of the Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has built a well-earned reputation as a go-to firm for energy and other companies that need creative financing to get big projects done, and its work developing new financing mechanisms for energy firms around the country earned it a place among Law360’s Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2016

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has helped secure more than $13 billion in infrastructure, transportation and energy deals across four continents, many of which pushed the industry's boundaries, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2016

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    Nossaman LLP has played a key role in massive public-private partnership projects in seven states over the past year, including some that were the largest, or the first, of their kind, landing the firm among Law360’s Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2016

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Chadbourne & Parke

    Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s project finance team, already a recognized leader in the field, advised on well over $40 billion in transactions last year overseas and around the U.S., leading the BigLaw pack and landing among Law360’s Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • December 18, 2015

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Group of the Year awards, given to those firms that came through for clients by sealing the biggest deals and securing wins in high-stakes litigation.

  • January 26, 2015

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Project finance attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP used the firm's global market savvy to nail down several game-changing plays over the last year, including a groundbreaking financing package for a massive U.S. energy export project that helped secure its place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2015

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP’s global project finance group leveraged its attorneys and resources around the world in several game-changing projects including successfully facilitating negotiations to restructure the $5.4 billion Panama Canal expansion, keeping the project moving amid conflict between the parties, earning it a spot as one of Law360’s Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2015

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day tackled a robust mix of energy, transportation and technology projects in 2014 — from advising on Alaska natural gas pipelines to expanding Mexican airports and increasing Internet connectivity in Latin America — earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Project Finance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2015

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP helped secure financing for billions of dollars worth of projects over the past year, from a $16 billion natural gas liquefaction and export facility in Canada to projects for Brazil's national bank, making it one of Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2015

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Chadbourne & Parke

    Chadbourne & Parke LLP continued to excel in the energy finance arena both at home and abroad in 2014, through deals such as getting $8.3 billion in loans to finance the $14 billion expansion of a nuclear plant in Georgia, earning it recognition as a Law360 Project Finance Group of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year

    Showcasing strength in numbers and the agility needed to serve up top-notch client service on a number of fronts, two law firms secured a combined 18 Law360 Practice Group of the Year awards in 2014 to earn the distinction of Law360's Firms of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year, awarded to firms that came through for their clients in 2014, sealing the big deals and winning the high-stakes suits.

  • January 29, 2014

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP's project finance group closed eight major transactions totaling $48.4 billion this year, including Saudi Arabian Oil Co's $20 billion integrated chemical complex with Dow Chemical Co., helping the firm secure a place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2014

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    Nossaman LLP represented at least 70 percent of all public-private partnership deals that netted financing for infrastructure projects across the U.S. in 2013, including a $1.2 billion bridge across the Ohio River, earning it a spot — for the second consecutive year — among Law360’s Project Finance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP's advising on six district energy project financings in the Middle East last year, more than any other firm, along with its bustling hydropower practice and its role in the industrialization of Malaysia has secured the firm a place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2014

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    In 2013, the project finance group at Latham & Watkins LLP closed 66 transactions totaling $38 billion, including for a record-setting $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Australia and a $1.1 billion bridge crossing the Ohio river, earning it a place in Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

  • January 01, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards, given to firms that excelled at getting the job done for clients in litigation and deals in 2013.

  • January 23, 2013

    Project Finance Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP has advised sponsors of the world's biggest petrochemical plant, guided lenders in financing Brazilian drill ships and offshore wind, and put together the first post-2008 syndicated loan to cover construction risk, earning it a place among Law360's Project Finance Groups of the Year.

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