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 22, 2019

    Automotive Group Of The Year: Bowman And Brooke

    Bowman and Brooke LLP guided Honda through issues related to the Takata airbag litigation on multiple fronts and scored a variety of defense victories in individual cases against automakers, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 Automotive Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2019

    Asset Management Group Of The Year: Schulte Roth & Zabel

    Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP served as lead counsel for Trian Fund Management in a successful proxy victory resulting in its CEO's appointment to Procter & Gamble's board of directors, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Asset Management Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2019

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper led LaSalle Hotel Properties in a hotly contested merger for more than $5 billion and represented a credit lender in a $1 billion financing for Marriott and entrepreneur Ian Schrager's new mega-hotel, The Edition Times Square, landing the firm among Law360's 2018 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2019

    Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells successfully secured the first nationwide Federal Communications Commission license to operate drones with the use of radar observation technology, opening a new frontier of research for client General Electric and earning the firm a spot among Law360's Telecommunications Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2019

    Sports Group Of The Year: O'Melveny & Myers

    Advising David Tepper on acquiring the Carolina Panthers NFL team, representing a Spanish soccer league as it breaks into the U.S. market and helping investors bring an NHL team to Seattle are among the deals that earned O'Melveny & Myers LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • February 21, 2019

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Zuckerman Spaeder

    Zuckerman Spaeder LLP got the Eighth Circuit to end an allegedly abusive billing practice by UnitedHealth Group Inc. and made progress in its fight to expand the insurer's coverage of mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse treatment, earning it a place among Law360's 2018 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2019

    Asset Management Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP led Blackstone Group's GSO Capital Partners in building a $10 billion direct lending platform and steered TowerBrook Capital Partners in closing two of its funds at $5.3 billion, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 Asset Management Groups of the Year.

  • February 21, 2019

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP relentlessly defended major railroads in high-stakes litigation concerning issues of agency deference and federal preemption, and also helped airlines and energy companies navigate complex accident investigations, landing the firm among Law360's Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 20, 2019

    Sports Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's sports law practice group covered a lot of ground last year, locking down two multimillion-dollar stadium deals, helping NFL players fight back against various league decisions and clearing the way for legal sports betting with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Murphy v. NCAA, all of which earned the firm a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 20, 2019

    Transportation Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped two enormous airport improvement projects get off the ground and secured a far-reaching appellate win for American Airlines on pilot integration resulting from merging carriers, earning it a place among Law 360's Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 20, 2019

    Benefits Group of the Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised major companies on executive compensation and benefits issues in multibillion-dollar transactions, including 21st Century Fox in its $71.3 billion acquisition by Walt Disney and Express Scripts in its $67 billion purchase by Cigna, earning it a spot among Law360's 2018 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 20, 2019

    Technology Practice Group of the Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped Waymo secure a $245 million settlement from Uber that ended a blockbuster trade secrets fight over self-driving car technology and racked up major wins on behalf of tech giants in ongoing smartphone wars, earning it a spot among Law360's Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 20, 2019

    Asset Management Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP steered multibillion-dollar funds and key deals in 2018 for big names in the business like Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital, earning it a spot as one of Law360's Asset Management Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2019

    Sports Group Of The Year: Covington

    From helping some of the biggest organizations in U.S. sports deal with high-profile controversies to aiding in the formation of brand-new organizations dedicated to brand-new sports, Covington & Burling LLP's activities over the past year have won it a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2019

    Asset Management Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP advised on the management of billions of dollars of private investments, including steering FS Investments in a partnership with KKR as joint advisers to funds with $18 billion in assets under management, earning it a spot as one of Law360's Asset Management Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2019

    Technology Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's representation of more than 2,700 tech companies, ranging from early-stage startups to tech giants like Microsoft Corp. and Twitter, has landed the firm a spot as one of Law360's Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2019

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    Nossaman LLP oversaw the commercial and financial closes of infrastructure projects in two of the nation's biggest markets in 2018, applying innovative financing strategies and building comprehensive public-private partnerships, earning recognition as one of Law360's Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2019

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP helped Northwestern University beat a suit accusing it of mismanaging its employees' retirement savings and won The Northern Trust Co. the Second Circuit's clearance to amend its pension plan, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Benefits Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2019

    Transportation Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP beat the federal government in a battle over the taxability of railroad employee stock options and dismantled a thousands-strong driver misclassification class action against Uber Technologies Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360's Transportation Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2019

    Technology Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP spent the past year representing top tech giants, including Facebook and Apple, in high-stakes litigation that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, in addition to advising Spotify in the music streaming service's historic, direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Technology Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2019

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP last year handled transactions such as GGP Inc.'s $14.8 billion buyout by Brookfield Property Partners and the San Francisco Giants' $1.6 billion redevelopment of the land around its stadium, earning it a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2019

    Sports Group Of The Year: Arent Fox

    Representing the Tampa Bay Rays in buying the Tampa Bay Rowdies and helping to move the New York Islanders to the Nassau Coliseum are some of the deals that earned Arent Fox a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 15, 2019

    Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Wiley Rein LLP's success on multibillion-dollar matters, including helping a client secure a major U.S. transportation contract and assisting another in fending off a suit by a foreign government, landed the firm on Law360's list of Government Contracts Groups of the Year for the fifth year in a row.

  • February 15, 2019

    Benefits Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP provided benefits advice to companies involved in top-dollar deals, such as Time Warner Inc. in its $109 billion sale to AT&T and Walt Disney Co. in its pending $85 billion acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., placing it among Law360's Benefits Groups of the Year.

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