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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 09, 2015

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP's life sciences group led Warner Chilcott Co LLC to a patent-trial victory that will protect $4 billion in drug sales and connected AbbVie Inc. with Google Inc.'s Calico in a $1.5 billion collaboration to “cure death,” making the firm one of Law360's Practice 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 15, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale left multibillion-dollar marks on the pharmaceutical industry in 2013, from a monumental patent win on behalf of Pfizer Inc., to a key role in helping Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fund its colossal acquisition of Life Technologies Corp., placing it among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: White & Case

    Several major victories in pharmaceutical patent cases, including the distinction of being the only law firm involved in both of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent "pay-for-delay" deal rulings, have earned the global pharmaceutical and health care group at White & Case LLP a spot among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP's precedent setting victory for Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its representation of Avalon Ventures in the formation of a $495 million venture fund, among other key wins and high-end work in 2013, earned the firm a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    A major victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in June strengthening protections for generic-drug manufacturers from state tort claims capped off an impressive year for Kirkland & Ellis LLP and helped earn the firm a place among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2014

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP delivered for drugmakers on three continents in 2013, spearheading a momentous investment by U.K.-based AstraZeneca PLC, notching numerous litigation triumphs on U.S. soil and helping streamline product approvals in China, placing it among Law360's Life Sciences Practice 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

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    From its work on a number of multibillion-dollar deals to its success in high-stakes litigation and luring over a number of top attorneys, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's versatility has helped to earn it a spot on Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2013

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    When GlaxoSmithKline PLC found itself snared in a colossal fraud investigation, Sidley Austin LLP helped the pharmaceutical giant avoid being booted from Medicare and Medicaid, one of many triumphs that earned the firm a place among Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2013

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Skadden

    A year chock-full of pharmaceutical tie-ups, including the $29.1 billion megamerger between Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc., earned Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a place on Law360's list of Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2013

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson

    Fish & Richardson PC's attorneys scored a landmark victory for Mayo Collaborative Services at the U.S. Supreme Court and racked up a pile of wins in life sciences patent cases before the Federal Circuit in 2012, landing the firm a spot on Law360's Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2013

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP’s life sciences group helped AstraZeneca PLC partner with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in a $7 billion deal to buy a leading diabetes drug maker, one of several representations that earned the firm a spot among Law360’s Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 01, 2013

    Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.

  • January 24, 2012

    Health Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal & Manges

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP represented French drug maker Sanofi SA in its pursuit of Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Genzyme Corp., using an unusual strategy to win over shareholders and turning what began as a hostile bid into a friendly $20.1 billion takeover, landing the firm a place among Law360's Health Groups of 2011.

  • January 23, 2012

    Health Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP earned a spot on Law360's list of Health Groups of 2011 not because of its work in the courtroom, but in the boardroom, helping to broker a trio of billion-dollar transactions, topped by biotechnology company Genzyme Corp.'s $20.1 billion sale to French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis SA.

  • January 20, 2012

    Health Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Attorneys from Covington & Burling LLP's life sciences group helped Eli Lilly & Co. unravel a long-standing marketing partnership with Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. in an arrangement that could net Eli Lilly some $1.6 billion, one of several victories that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Health Groups of 2011.

  • January 19, 2012

    Health Care Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter LLP helped Astra USA Inc. secure a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prevented third-party beneficiaries from suing drug companies for allegedly overcharging for drugs purchased through a federal government program, one of several high-profile victories that earned the firm a place among Law360's Health Practice Groups of 2011.

  • January 18, 2012

    Health Group Of The Year: Akin Gump

    Winning a Medicare reimbursement victory over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this year worth hundreds of millions of dollars for hospitals around the country helped Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's health industry practice earn a place among Law360's Health Groups of 2011.