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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 12, 2018

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2017 Practice Group of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • January 12, 2018

    The Firms That Dominated In 2017

    Law360’s Firms of the Year rose above the competition with a combined 24 Practice Group of the Year awards after helping their clients win game-changing judgments and close record-breaking deals in 2017. Here’s a closer look at how they landed at the top.

  • February 14, 2017

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's capital markets group last year counseled some of the largest corporate debt offerings and initial public offerings in the U.S., earning the firm a return to the list of Law360's capital markets Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 14, 2017

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    The expertise of Paul Hastings LLP's hospitality practice can be seen in its guidance last year of legendary boutique hotel entrepreneur Ian Schrager and private equity firm Ares Management LP in the restructuring and $265 million construction financing of a Manhattan hotel and residential project at 160 Leroy St., just one of the deals that landed the firm among Law360’s Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2017

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    From an air rights transaction for the construction of the first-ever hotel on Chicago’s Navy Pier to a $450 million acquisition of the Fairmont San Francisco, DLA Piper LLP’s hospitality practice advised on major deals in the last year, earning it the distinction of being one of Law360’s 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2017

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Skadden

    With over $115 billion in global real estate transactions to its credit in 2016, including blockbuster deals in the health care, hospitality and real estate investment trust sectors, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has landed among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.

  • January 18, 2017

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    For the fourth year in a row, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP was selected as a Law360 Real Estate Practice Group of the Year due to its long-standing relationship with private equity firm Blackstone, which the law firm guided through a $5.3 billion deal in late 2015 that bolstered a struggling Manhattan housing complex.

  • January 17, 2017

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s real estate work last year included counseling clients through financings and other deals connected to transformative development projects on both sides of the country, helping earn a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2017

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    Though many of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s real estate deals involve football fields of square footage, it’s the fact the firm can juggle those while leading the redevelopment of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards that earned its real estate practice a place among Law360’s 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2017

    The Firms That Dominated In 2016

    Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.

  • January 09, 2017

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.

  • February 04, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Thanks to its work handling well north of $100 billion in recent global real estate transactions, including numerous blockbuster hospitality deals and a large swath of real estate investment trust matters, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has secured a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's real estate attorneys have advised clients on a number of blockbuster transactional deals in the past year, including The Blackstone Group LP's purchase of $23 billion worth of assets from GE Capital, landing the firm among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2016

    Real Estate Group of the Year: Paul Weiss

    The real estate team at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP poured the legal foundations last year for a series of projects set to remake the New York City skyline, including a 630-foot observation wheel in Staten Island and the tallest residential property in the Americas, securing the firm’s place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP's real estate team helped guide headline-grabbing deals in 2015, from the $5.4 billion purchase of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan to the $185 million sale and lease-back of DreamWorks' Glendale, California, campus, earning it a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    With transactions trending larger and clients commanding quick executions, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's real estate group has proven itself this past year on several complex deals — including Starwood Capital Group's $5 billion acquisition of a multistate apartment portfolio — and claimed a place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Closing a number of record-breaking deals worth billions of dollars, Greenberg Traurig LLP achieved milestones like the highest price per room of any U.S. hotel sale and the second-largest office building transaction ever and secured a spot among Law360's 2015 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn’s role in multibillion-dollar real estate mergers and massive hotel, entertainment and residential property deals in some of the world’s biggest markets, from Manhattan to New South Wales, Australia, has helped snag the firm a prime location among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank

    After helping facilitate several multibillion-dollar transactions in the past year, including heavy involvement in the development of New York City’s Hudson Yards and other major purchases across Manhattan, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has earned a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Bilzin Sumberg

    After advising on more than $8 billion in transactions over the past 18 months, including transformative redevelopments in North Miami, Miami's Design District and Connecticut, and iconic projects such as Miami's SkyRise entertainment tower, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP has cemented its position on Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year for 2016.

  • January 22, 2016

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Allen Matkins

    Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has landed a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year for 2015 after handling a string of major deals including the $215 million acquisition of the DreamWorks headquarters by Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Inc.

  • 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 30, 2015

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr & Gallagher

    For its help in steering a host of complex transactions, including working with Paramount Group Inc. on what became the largest-ever initial public offering by a real estate investment trust, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has landed a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2015

    Real Estate Group of the Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s real estate attorneys were busy in 2014, as their work guiding the largest ever single-hotel acquisition in the U.S., along with innovative efforts in creating tax-free REIT spinoffs placed them among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.

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