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 05, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP helped to broker a lower settlement for Deutsche Bank AG over U.S. claims related to its sale of mortgage-backed securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis and to defeat a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against four chemical companies, making the firm one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP has been the counsel of choice for companies and institutions in major public crises, including Takata Corp. in its highly sensitive $1 billion deal with the U.S. Department of Justice last year over faulty air bag inflators linked to at least 13 deaths in the U.S., landing on Law360's list of White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • 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

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Across the white collar spectrum, Quinn Emanuel represents clients in matters that stand out, including the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money-laundering cases ever, the largest environmental prosecution ever, and a case involving the largest U.S. Department of Justice penalty reduction ever, which earn the litigation stalwart a place among Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2017

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Morvillo Abramowitz

    On top of successfully defending a former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executive in New York’s high-profile criminal prosecution of the defunct firm, the white collar attorneys with Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC also secured deals for clients in malpractice and bribery litigation, landing it among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2017

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s white collar group notched victories in the courtroom and at the negotiating table over the past year that included persuading federal prosecutors to drop charges in one of the largest tax fraud cases in U.S. history, landing the practice a spot on Law360’s 2016 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2017

    White Collar Group of the Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP attorneys represented clients in some of the past year’s biggest white collar cases and government investigations, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge scandal, earning them a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2017

    White Collar Practice Group of the Year: Jones Day

    The Jones Day white collar group made headlines by securing a vacated corruption conviction for a former Virginia governor and the first ever deferred prosecution deal in the United Kingdom, landing it among this year's 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.

  • February 04, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's lawyers knew all along that former BP Gulf of Mexico exploration chief David Rainey was innocent. Targeted over the truth of public statements after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Rainey still had to convince a jury — and the way his lawyers at Steptoe went about it landed them among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    When a tiny thrift bank in New York’s Chinatown vowed to fight fraud charges brought by Manhattan’s powerful district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., it was Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP that helped steer it to vindication following a four-month trial, an achievement that established the firm as having one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling

    Shearman & Sterling LLP’s white collar attorneys last year scored a complete victory on behalf of a former hedge fund manager in the landmark Newman insider trading case and secured a favorable settlement for a Bank of New York Mellon Corp. executive accused of currency trading violations, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s 2015 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP’s formidable trial prowess allowed Petro Tiger Ltd.’s former CEO to walk out of court a free man and its international expertise is being leveraged to represent FIFA in a high-profile global bribery investigation, earning it a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP attorneys negotiated a global settlement on behalf of client Deutsche Bank AG over the Libor scandal and helped cement the landmark Newman insider trading decision, earning the firm recognition as one of Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Morvillo Abramowitz

    Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC persuaded a jury to acquit Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former chairman of criminal charges following a grueling, four-month trial, then struck a favorable deferred prosecution deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's White Collar 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.

  • 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.

  • February 10, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP’s white collar practice delivered clients critical victories in 2014, including besting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in an insider trading trial, and built toward its future with a slew of new hires, making it one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: McGuireWoods

    McGuireWoods LLP's white collar team worked in 2014 to secure a recovery of more than $342 million for victims of the ZeekRewards Ponzi scheme and scored a complete walk for a key figure in the public corruption scandal involving ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, making it a Law360 White Collar Group of the Year.

  • February 06, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    Building on a strong 2013 campaign in which it successfully defended JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s “London Whale” trader, BakerHostetler helped defrauded investors in Michael Kenwood Capital Management LLC boost recoveries to $400 million, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn solidified in 2014 an already sterling reputation for criminal defense work, and earned a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year by securing acquittals and settlements at the forefront of the government’s efforts to push the limits on liability for securities fraud, insider trading and foreign bribery violations.

  • February 04, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP scored a major victory when it cleared sTec Inc.’s ex-CEO of insider trading claims as it also represents PG&E Corp. regarding the San Bruno pipeline explosion, a rare corporate criminal case heading toward trial, earning a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups 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.

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