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December 17, 2020
White & Case LLP's fintech practice worked with Facebook and the Libra Association, now rebranded as Diem, to operate the highly anticipated Novi wallet and advised the underwriters for online insurance company Lemonade in its successful initial public offering, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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December 17, 2020
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's private funds practice steered more than $29 billion worth of fundraises for Brookfield Asset Management and guided the creation of up-and-comer Altas Partners' $3 billion buyout fund, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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December 17, 2020
White & Case LLP attorneys served as counsel for financiers of a more than $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique and was heavily involved in the largest private investment in Paraguay's history this year, winning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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December 17, 2020
Arnold & Porter's efforts working on a COVID-19 vaccine contract and its successful defense of Fluor Corp. in a privilege dispute with implications for many federal contractors have earned the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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December 18, 2020
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP helped contractor Kiewit overturn its bid protest loss at the GAO for a $39 million contract, and won a precedential opinion from the Fourth Circuit to enforce the terms of Turner Construction's agreement with a subcontractor in a spat over work on an FBI facility, helping it earn a place among Law360's 2020 Construction Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's key accomplishments included steering high-stakes settlements on behalf of Wells Fargo and Volkswagen's successful conclusion of a three-year compliance audit, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2020 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Sidley Austin LLP notched big wins in disputes around the globe, including a favorable World Trade Organization ruling on behalf of Qatar's beIN sports broadcasting group against Saudi Arabia and a successful defense of Peru over an investor's claims of more than $120 million, landing the firm a place on Law360's International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
O'Melveny & Myers LLP sealed a victory for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. in its battle to stop Netflix from poaching executives and secured for Viacom a $375 million deal to get a 49% stake in Miramax, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Motley Rice LLC's work on securing a $1.6 billion deal to end the vast majority of litigation over Bayer AG's Essure birth control device landed it a spot on Law360's 2020 Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP helped open up capital to oil and gas entities at an important time with a unique type of financing and assisted a client in its $680 million acquisition of a gas-fired power plant, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
DLA Piper's real estate practice group helped Ventas buy a $1 billion life science portfolio, aided a Canadian pension fund in closing a $972 million construction loan for a Google building in New York City, and is advising on the construction above Boston's South Station, earning the group a spot among Law360's Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Dechert LLP's structured finance group advised Freddie Mac in an $850 million securitization and helped a major investment manager provide an innovative, $350 million rescue loan, earning the group a spot among Law360's Structured Finance Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
King & Spalding LLP tackled major deals including a $20 billion gas project in Mozambique, while taking on legal fights with a powerful team of construction and arbitration lawyers, making it a Law360 2020 Construction Group Of The Year.
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December 16, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has had a blockbuster year, crossing the finish line on years-long investigations into illicit sales practices at Wells Fargo and tax practices at Israel's Bank Hapoalim, earning it a spot among Law360's 2020 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
In a year of multitudes, the fund formation team at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP raised the bar on capital fundraising, helping the Blackstone Group form both the largest European real estate fund ever raised and the largest real estate credit fund in history and earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Winston & Strawn LLP secured a landmark victory eliminating the NCAA's cap on educational benefits for college athletes and helped the NFL, NBA and MLB players' unions draft return-to-play agreements in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Sports Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 16, 2020
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised fintech clients on numerous major matters in 2020, including steering Visa in its $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid Inc., landing the firm among Law360's 2020 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
This year, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP racked up a slew of notable victories, securing tens of millions of dollars and major injunctive relief for the biggest players in media and entertainment, including Disney, Sony, Paramount and Universal, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
King & Spalding LLP's international arbitration practice is known not only for winning high-value awards for clients, such as a $4 billion-plus victory for Shell and Chevron in a dispute against the Philippines, but for leading multiple arbitrations in disputes brought under the Energy Charter Treaty, landing it among Law360's International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
King & Spalding's product liability group notched victories this year, such as erasing a $454 million defective medical equipment verdict against Kimberly-Clark Corp. at the Ninth Circuit and helping Honda toss $1.7 billion worth of defect claims, landing the group a spot among Law360's 2020 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped several airlines in the U.S. raise billions of dollars for infrastructure improvements in a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and its heavy toll on the industry, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Project Finance Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
Sidley Austin LLP attorneys handled all regulatory aspects of Morgan Stanley's $13 billion acquisition of discount brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. and represented JPMorgan Chase in an industry-wide Financial Industry Regulatory Authority investigation over management of custodial accounts for minors, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
Jones Day represented former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a closely watched appeal regarding his federal corruption convictions and helped narrow prosecutorial discretion in such cases, landing it a spot among Law360's 2020 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
Sidley Austin LLP's fintech team steered Mastercard's nearly $1 billion acquisition of open banking servicer Finicity and secured the first-ever U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letter for a blockchain-based clearing agency, landing the firm among Law360's 2020 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
Wilkinson Stekloff LLP's work representing the NFL in an antitrust dispute over broadcast media rights and the NCAA in multiple class actions over student-athlete image rights earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's Sports Groups of the Year.