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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 07, 2016

    Securities Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    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.

  • January 06, 2016

    Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    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.

  • January 05, 2016

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    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.

  • January 04, 2016

    Securities Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    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.

  • December 18, 2015

    4 Firms Are Securities All-Stars

    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.

  • 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 03, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden

    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.

  • February 02, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    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.

  • January 30, 2015

    Securities Group of the Year: Paul Weiss

    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.

  • January 29, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    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.

  • January 28, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    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.

  • January 27, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cravath Swaine & Moore

    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.

  • January 26, 2015

    Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    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.

  • 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 16, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden

    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.

  • January 15, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP had an outstanding 2013, scoring a positive jury verdict for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., winning a proxy fight for a group of Morgans Hotel Group investors and protecting Green Mountain Coffee Roasters from market backlash, earning itself a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    The securities practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP helped Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban defeat a major insider trading suit and convinced a judge to toss claims against Lehman Brothers auditor Ernst & Young LLP, earning it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year for 2013.

  • January 13, 2014

    Securities Group of the Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in 2013 represented Credit Suisse Group AG in a host of lawsuits stemming from mortgage-backed securities and shepherded PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to a precedent-setting win in litigation over its role as American International Group Inc.’s accountant, earning the firm a place among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP had an outstanding year representing the world's top financial institutions in class action against the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and scoring big victories for banks in Madoff-related lawsuits, earning it a place among Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2014

    Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    By securing nearly $4 billion in settlement funds in 2013, including a record $2.4 billion pact with Bank of America Corp., Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP reminded everyone why it’s the cream of the crop in the plaintiffs bar, earning a place among Law360’s Securities 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 15, 2013

    Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's securities team continued its success defending companies ensnared in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme and convinced the Second Circuit to take up a UBS AG appeal with broad implications for banks accused of packaging and peddling toxic mortgage-backed securities, earning a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 11, 2013

    Securities Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    A small but talented group, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s securities litigation team made waves in 2012 by negotiating a $20 million settlement in litigation over Bank of America Corp.’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. and helping Credit Suisse Group AG dodge a $3.8 billion fraud suit, earning a spot on Law360’s list of Securities Groups of the Year.

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