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.
  • 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

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP’s white collar practice delivered clients critical victories in 2014, including besting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in an insider trading trial, and built toward its future with a slew of new hires, making it one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: McGuireWoods

    McGuireWoods LLP's white collar team worked in 2014 to secure a recovery of more than $342 million for victims of the ZeekRewards Ponzi scheme and scored a complete walk for a key figure in the public corruption scandal involving ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, making it a Law360 White Collar Group of the Year.

  • February 06, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    Building on a strong 2013 campaign in which it successfully defended JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s “London Whale” trader, BakerHostetler helped defrauded investors in Michael Kenwood Capital Management LLC boost recoveries to $400 million, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn solidified in 2014 an already sterling reputation for criminal defense work, and earned a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year by securing acquittals and settlements at the forefront of the government’s efforts to push the limits on liability for securities fraud, insider trading and foreign bribery violations.

  • February 04, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP scored a major victory when it cleared sTec Inc.’s ex-CEO of insider trading claims as it also represents PG&E Corp. regarding the San Bruno pipeline explosion, a rare corporate criminal case heading toward trial, earning a spot among Law360’s White Collar 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 21, 2014

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling

    Shearman & Sterling LLP secured two acquittals in the prosecution of price-fixing in the liquid crystal display flatscreen industry and is engaged in a closely watched appeal that could affect the way hedge fund executives are prosecuted under insider trading laws, earning the firm a place among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of 2013.

  • January 17, 2014

    Practice Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster LLP's white collar attorneys have twice defeated Manhattan's feared federal prosecutors at trials over a semiconductor company CEO's alleged stock-options backdating and pursued MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s leadership after the brokerage's collapse, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2014

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Irell & Manella

    Irell & Manella LLP's white collar defense team last year won the dismissal of two high-profile criminal indictments — including the first ever criminal robosigning indictment — after uncovering evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in both cases, earning the firm a spot among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of 2013.

  • 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 23, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn

    Winston & Strawn LLP's white collar team added to its already deep stable of former federal prosecutors in 2012, while shepherding high-profile defendants like Illinois political insider William Cellini and Spectranetics Corp. CEO John Schulte past the heftiest charges against them at trial, earning the team a place among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's white collar practice combines the tight-knit feel of a boutique law shop with the backing and resources a larger firm affords, earning the group an impressive roster of clients like Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s Lloyd Blankfein, along with a place on Law360's list of White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP inked a creative deal to end a civil forfeiture case against online poker company PokerStars and helped a key witness in the Raj Rajaratnam trial bag a noncustodial sentence for his own crimes this past year, work that helped place the firm among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP’s white collar team in 2012 brought a swift end to the highly anticipated trial of Stryker Biotech LLC over alleged off-label marketing and helped other top medical device makers end lengthy criminal probes without charges, earning the team a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    The white collar team at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP enjoyed considerable success in 2012, defusing a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation of Morgan Stanley and clearing banking group Intesa Sanpaolo in a probe of U.S. sanctions violations with no charges brought in either case, landing the team a spot on Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 01, 2013

    Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.

  • January 24, 2012

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe

    With high-profile trial wins, such as the acquittal of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's counsel Lauren Stevens in a federal obstruction case, and successful closed-door negotiations, including the one secured for indicted tax attorney Evan H. Snapper, Steptoe & Johnson LLP continued to bolster its industry reputation last year, earning it a spot on Law360's White Collar Groups of 2011.

  • January 23, 2012

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP had plenty to celebrate in 2011 as the firm's white collar team amassed a long list of wins and favorable settlements in marquee cases like the Abramoff lobbying scandal and the acquittal of embroiled GlaxoSmithKline PLC attorney Lauren Stevens, earning the group a spot on Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of 2011.

  • January 20, 2012

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells' investigations, white collar and fraud practice group scored several high-profile victories in 2011, from the resolution of a years-old international meat dispute to the successful appeal of a health care executive's conviction, earning the team a spot among Law360's White Collar Groups of 2011.

  • January 19, 2012

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    A cross-firm, integrated approach to cases and a strong sense of teamwork helped Crowell & Moring LLP's white collar and regulatory enforcement group to such 2011 wins as a complete defense victory for Blackwater Worldwide Inc.'s founder in a False Claims Act case — and landed the team among Law360's White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2012

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington

    The previous year saw Covington & Burling LLP's white collar defense and investigations group defend high-profile companies and individuals in jurisdictions stretching from Washington to Kiev, and in cases ranging from pharmaceutical and securities enforcement to high-stakes political persecutions, earning the group a spot on Law360's list of White Collar Groups of 2011.

  • January 19, 2011

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    With the media clamoring for charges against former American International Group Inc. CEO Joseph Cassano, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP ignored the talking heads and helped Cassano avoid prosecution, one of several high-profile wins that earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's White Collar Groups of 2010.

  • January 18, 2011

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Skadden

    A series of high-profile victories for clients hailing from companies like Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Dell Inc., Broadcom, Citigroup Inc. and more has won perennial powerhouse Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot among Law360's White Collar Groups of 2010.