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January 23, 2017
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s year defending electronics security company ADT Corp. in litigation over a $450 million buyback and Citigroup from cases over losses due to the 2008 financial crisis and over subprime-related asset exposure has won the firm a spot as one of Law360's Securities Groups of the Year for the third consecutive year.
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January 20, 2017
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP’s securities team brokered blockbuster settlements with powerhouses like General Motors and Merck, including a $1.06 billion deal pegged as the largest securities recovery ever achieved against a pharmaceutical company, landing it among Law360's 2016 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 09, 2017
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.
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January 09, 2017
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.
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January 13, 2016
Williams & Connolly LLP changed the landscape of securities litigation in 2015 by securing the blockbuster Omnicare ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court, demonstrating the trial strengths that have earned the firm a reputation as a securities powerhouse and placing it among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 12, 2016
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP bills its securities litigation practice as the go-to place for "bet-the-company" cases, and in 2015 the group backed that up with wins for megabank Barclays in high-frequency trading litigation and for giants including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, and won a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 11, 2016
One night last January, as 18 Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP attorneys prepped in a hotel for a securities fraud trial against Pfizer, firm co-founder Darren Robbins was summoned to a ritzy building near Central Park. Three hours later, he had hammered out a $400 million settlement that defined his firm’s year and helped place it among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 08, 2016
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in 2015 proved once again why it is the go-to law firm for Wall Street’s biggest players, as the crucial role it played in cementing the landmark Newman insider trading decision and the litigation wins it nabbed for the likes of Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and SAC Capital made it one of Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 07, 2016
The securities litigators of Kirkland & Ellis LLP hammered out another banner year for the firm and its clients in 2015, scoring courtroom wins for major league clients such as General Motors Co., Facebook Inc. and BP PLC, earning the firm a spot on Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 06, 2016
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP continued to amplify its marquee status in the securities practice area in 2015, landing high-profile and important wins for such names as Herbalife, Hewlett-Packard, UBS and Wal-Mart and earning the firm a berth among Law360’s Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 05, 2016
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC attorneys over the last year have successfully guided a securities class action related to the massive BP oil spill and secured a string of giant settlements for investors over the sale of shoddy mortgage-backed securities, earning the firm recognition as one of Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 04, 2016
Baker Botts LLP continues to fight class action claims against Halliburton Co. in a landmark case that may wind up before the Supreme Court for a third time, while defending the New York Stock Exchange in a first-of-its-kind market access trial, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year for 2015.
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December 18, 2015
Four firms have proven their mettle in taking up complex securities cases, with a legacy of success strong enough to earn them multiple securities practice groups of the year wins in the last five years.
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December 18, 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.
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December 18, 2015
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.
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February 03, 2015
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP burnished its reputation as a prime mover in securities litigation with a string of victories including a landmark Delaware Supreme Court decision for MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. that set a new benchmark for controlling-party transactions, earning it a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2015
The 100-lawyer business and securities litigation team at Ropes & Gray LLP racked up wins for clients including Keurig Green Mountain Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. in 2014 and continued to shine in representing life sciences defendants including Sanofi SA unit Genzyme Corp., work that earned it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's securities practice group had a big year in 2014, winning bet-the-company litigation for Pfizer and helping avoid a potential expansion of liability admissions in SEC civil litigation, work that made the group one of Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Gibson Dunn gave federal prosecutors a pair of black eyes in 2014, securing a trial victory in a 14-year-long insider trading case against a hedge fund manager, and ensuring an oil company executive walked away from a criminal fraud action with no jail time, earning its lawyers a place among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2015
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s securities litigation star continued to climb in 2014 as it beat a derivative suit against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. directors over the hotelier’s cybersecurity and crushed a shareholder claim over General Motors LLC’s landmark 2010 stock offering, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2015
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP had a banner 2014 that included winning the appeal upholding the dismissal of a $2 billion shareholder suit against Xerox Corp., a precedent-setting victory enforcing a foreign forum-selection bylaw, among others, earning a spot among Law360’s Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 26, 2015
To critics who question if the securities bar does anything but pad law firm bank accounts, the shareholder attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP could point to a number of victories in 2014 that delivered real value to investors and earned the firm a spot on Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 19, 2014
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.
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December 19, 2014
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.
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January 16, 2014
In 2013, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP defeated the Madoff trustee's attempt to revive billions of dollars in claims against client UniCredit SpA while also guiding Bank of America Corp. to a major appellate victory in a battle with shareholders over its Merrill Lynch & Co. subsidiary, just two of the cases that helped earn the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.