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, 2015

    Tax Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    A year that saw Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s tax group advise on Burger King Worldwide Inc.'s controversial, headline-grabbing $11.4 billion acquisition of Canada-based Tim Hortons Inc. earned it a place on Law360’s list of Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2015

    Tax Group Of The Year: McDermott Will & Emery

    Tax attorneys at McDermott Will & Emery LLP handled some of last year’s most complex deals and litigation, from tax work on Tyco International Ltd.’s headquarters switch, to Caterpillar Inc.’s transfer pricing dispute, landing the firm among Law360’s Tax Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2015

    Tax Group Of The Year: Cravath Swaine & Moore

    A year that saw Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP’s tax group advise Mylan Inc. in its $5.3 billion inversion deal with Abbott Laboratories and Time Warner Inc. in its tax-free spinoff of Time Inc. earned the group a place on Law360’s list of Tax 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 08, 2014

    Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden Arps

    The creative legal minds at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped guide clients through increasingly complex tax transactions in 2013, including several Sprint Nextel Corp. deals worth a combined $50 billion and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.'s $8.7 billion purchase of Bausch & Lomb, landing the firm among Law360's Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 07, 2014

    Tax Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Tax attorneys at Morrison & Foerster LLP guided billions of dollars in acquisitions involving Sprint Corp., Toshiba TEC and Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. in the past year and monitored the tax consequences of the Residential Capital LLC bankruptcy case, landing them among Law360’s Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    Tax Group of the Year: Davis Polk & Wardwell

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorneys advised clients on the tax implications of some of the largest deals of 2013 — including multibillion-dollar transactions involving H.J. Heinz Co. and Comcast Corp. — earning them a spot among Law360's Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    Tax Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Attorneys at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP used their creativity and legal skill to guide clients through choppy tax waters in 2013, including Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.'s Chapter 11 reorganization and Google Inc.'s $2.35 billion sale of Motorola Home, landing the firm among Law360's Tax Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    Tax Group Of The Year: Baker & McKenzie

    The breadth and success of the world's largest tax practice group makes Baker & McKenzie LLP one of Law360's inaugural Tax 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.