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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 21, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    The mergers and acquisitions team at Latham & Watkins LLP posted yet another strong year that was boosted by a $40.5 billion deal to sell Allergan's generic drugs business and a $38 billion takeover of The Williams Cos., landing the firm among Law360's M&A Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's mergers and acquisitions team spent 2015 not just closing massive deals like H.J. Heinz's $55 billion merger with Kraft Foods, but wading into complex, contested deals, landing the firm among Law360's M&A Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    The transactions team at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP guided some of 2015's blockbuster deals, including Humana's $37 billion sale to Aetna and CVS' $1.9 billion play for Target's pharmacy business, landing the firm among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 15, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP attorneys over the last year served as principal advisers in multiple transactions valued at more than $10 billion, including the $17.7 billion sale of Cablevision Systems Corp. to Altice N.V., earning the group a spot among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of 2015.

  • January 14, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    The global reach of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions group led to work on several complex, multibillion-dollar, cross-border deals, as well as huge domestic transactions such as Aetna's $37 billion acquisition of Humana, earning the group a spot among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of 2015.

  • January 13, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's mergers and acquisitions team flexed its deal muscles across a wide swath of industry sectors in 2015, inking multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions for Cigna, Heinz and others, landing the firm once again among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 12, 2016

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP capped a remarkable year of complex deal-making in 2015 with the announcement that its client Allergan PLC entered into a record-breaking $160 billion merger agreement with Pfizer Inc., helping place the firm’s mergers and acquisitions team among Law360's M&A Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2015

    9 Firms Are M&A All-Stars

    Nine firms have consistently shown their ability to creatively handle the largest and most complex transactions, each racking up multiple M&A practice group of the year wins in the past five years.

  • 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

    M&A Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr

    Thanks to its “Pac-Man” defense and other sorts of counsel for The Men's Wearhouse Inc. and its work on several high-profile deals north of $5 billion, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has earned a spot among Law360's Mergers and Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    A stream of longtime clients and fresh faces flocked to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP last year with more than 40 transactions worth at least $1 billion apiece, putting the firm's mergers and acquisitions team squarely in the deal-making surge and cementing its place among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions group continued its strong reputation in the industry advising some of the biggest and most controversial deals of the past year, including advising AT&T Inc. in its proposed $49 billion acquisition of satellite television provider DirecTV Inc., landing it among Law360’s M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s deals team had a blockbuster year, from helping Hillshire Brands Co. land a winning $8.6 billion offer in the “meat wars” to having a hand in Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s epic, if unsuccessful, bid for Allergan Inc., earning a spot among Law360’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's mergers and acquisitions team spent last year helping giants like Time Warner Cable Inc., SAP America Inc. and Oak Hill Capital Partners lock in billions of dollars worth of deals, earning it a spot on Law360's list of M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP's mergers and acquisitions team advised on some of the biggest value transactions across multiple industries and overcame diverse deal challenges in 2014, earning it a place among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's mergers and acquisitions team structured some of the most innovative deals of 2014, including the unorthodox partnership between Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management LP and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. on their $55 billion hostile bid for Allergan Inc., landing Kirkland among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day’s merger and acquisitions group stood behind a number of 2014’s most complex blockbuster deals, including a trio of transactions related to Reynolds American Inc.’s $24.7 billion purchase of Lorillard Inc., landing a spot among Law360’s M&A Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s mergers and acquisitions practice group handled some of 2014’s largest and most contested mergers, including helping AstraZeneca Inc. ward off an unsolicited $118 billion takeover bid by Pfizer Inc., landing the team on Law360’s list of M&A Practice Groups Of The Year.

  • January 28, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has proven itself adept at meeting the needs of its clients, whether friendly or hostile, with standout efforts on behalf of both Time Warner to fend off the unwelcome advance of 21st Century Fox and InterMune in inking an $8.4 billion sale, earning it billing as one of Law360 M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2015

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Thanks to its role in orchestrating the complex and multifaceted megamerger between Family Dollar Stores Inc. and Dollar Tree Inc., as well as its work on countless other high-profile deals across various sectors, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has earned a spot among Law360's Mergers and Acquisitions 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

    M&A Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's merger and acquisitions group leveraged its collective experience to create innovative structures for complex deals, like Applied Materials Inc.'s $29 billion merger with Tokyo Electon Ltd., and handle shareholder activism, like Bill Ackman's short bet on Herbalife Ltd., landing the team on Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s M&A practice has kept itself at the center of major international deals in 2013 through its global reach and diverse skill mix, earning it a place as the Law360 M&A Practice Group of the Year.

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