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 21, 2016

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    Energy law mainstay Vinson & Elkins LLP’s practices combined forces in another trying year for the industry, winning a place among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year by helping clients through a flurry of deals topping $1 billion and in overcoming a class certification, a shareholder merger challenge and other legal obstacles.

  • January 20, 2016

    Energy Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin LLP's energy practice group guided some of the industry's largest companies through regulatory hurdles and multibillion-dollar transactions over the past year, including an proposed $5 billion acquisition by Duke Energy, making it one of Law360's Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2016

    Energy Group of the Year: King & Spalding LLP

    King & Spalding LLP's energy group had a busy year in both the litigation and project finance arenas, winning a major victory in a federal wetlands dispute and guiding the first industrial gases project financed exclusively on an Islamic finance model, landing the team among Law360's Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2016

    Energy Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's involvement on major energy deals like Baker Hughes Inc.'s $35 billion sale to Halliburton Co., and big litigation wins for the likes of BHP Billiton Ltd. and Consolidated Edison Inc., have earned the firm a spot among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2016

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP makes no secret of its intense focus on almost every sector of the energy landscape, and by handling the second largest energy deal ever and myriad issues facing companies in a waning oil and gas arena, it has earned a spot among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2016

    Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP is an energy law leader powered by a crossfunctional global team that spent 2015 guiding clients through massive deals, including the $50 billion merger of Williams Partners and Access Midstream, and meaningful litigation, such as leading the Texas Oil and Gas Association to a first-time defeat of a local ban on hydraulic fracturing, landing it among Law360's Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 12, 2016

    Energy Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    BakerHostetler attorneys yielded results for clients over the past year that impacted the entire energy industry, winning a preliminary injunction against the federal government in litigation over hydraulic fracturing regulations, making it one of Law360's Energy 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 27, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP represented energy clients in several major mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions in 2014, including Kinder Morgan Inc.’s $70 billion deal to buy up the outstanding equity shares of three subsidiaries, helping the firm nab a place among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    When Kinder Morgan Inc. sought to explore one of the largest mergers and acquisitions deals in the energy market since Exxon and Mobil merged in 1999, experts at Vinson & Elkins LLP were called in on behalf of client El Paso Pipeline Partners LP, marking one of the multiple billion-dollar deals the firm advised on in 2014 to place it squarely on Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    From shepherding one of 2014's biggest energy mergers to guiding multibillion-dollar power sector financings, the dealmaking chops of Latham & Watkins LLP's energy attorneys have earned the firm a spot among Law360's Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP energy attorneys did it all in 2014 to earn a spot among Law360's Energy Groups of the Year, from guiding the development of multibillion-dollar projects around the globe to convincing the D.C. Circuit to nix the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's controversial power demand rule.

  • January 21, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn’s energy group was at the center of key developments in 2014, including Chevron Corp.’s win in a suit over its environmental record in Ecuador and the Williams Cos. Inc.’s $50 billion merger with its pipeline unit, landing a spot among Law360’s Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2015

    Energy Group of the Year: Chadbourne & Parke

    From guiding a novel solar securitization deal to assisting with financing for projects like a massive liquefied natural gas plant and a rare domestic nuclear power plant, Chadbourne & Parke LLP's broad energy work has earned it a spot among Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's know-how on all things energy allowed the steadily-growing law firm to capitalize on what was a robust year for transactions in the energy sector, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Energy Practice Groups of the Year for the fourth time in a row.

  • January 15, 2015

    Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP attorneys represented the firm’s strong base of major energy companies in significant litigation and transactions throughout 2014, including Halliburton Co.’s blockbuster $34.6 billion deal to acquire rival Baker Hughes Inc., earning the firm a place among Law360’s Energy 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.

  • 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 08, 2014

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    The Vinson & Elkins LLP energy team was behind not only some of 2013&rsquo

  • January 07, 2014

    Energy Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's energy practice stood out this year, helping clients close several multibillion-dollar deals — including Crestwood Midstream Partners LP's $8 billion midstream partnership with Inergy Midstream LP — that earned it a spot among Law360's 2013 Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    Energy Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day's energy practice group advised OGE Energy Corp. in its formation of an $11 billion master limited partnership venture with CenterPoint Energy Inc. and counseled Marathon Petroleum Corp. in its purchase of the troubled Texas City refinery for $2.4 billion, earning a spot among Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Energy Group of the Year: Covington & Burling

    Helping the American Petroleum Institute win favorable outcomes in several high-profile court cases and playing a role in a number of significant industry deals, Covington & Burling LLP's recent work in the energy industry has earned it a spot among Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Guiding billion-dollar deals for energy giants such as Kinder Morgan Inc. helped earn Bracewell & Giuliani LLP a spot on Law360’s list of Energy Practice Groups of the Year for the second time in a row, but it’s the firm’s all-in approach to the energy industry that makes that deal-making possible.

  • 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.