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 08, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Lawyers from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP took a lead role in several multibillion-dollar, game-changing electric utility deals over the past year, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 07, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    Between closing several multibillion dollar energy sector deals and establishing a unique, winning defense approach for toxic torts, Vinson & Elkins LLP's energy practice once again has secured a spot on Law360's list of Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Helping some of the energy industry's biggest players — including Kinder Morgan Inc. and General Electric Co. — sew up billion-dollar deals and win high-stakes litigation in 2012 earned Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP a second straight spot on Law360's list of Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams

    With growth in its transactional and regulatory practice, continued expansion of its reach in Africa and other parts of the developing world and the addition of a team of experienced attorneys to deepen its bench, 2012 was big enough for Hunton & Williams LLP to be named one of Law360's Energy Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2013

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented energy companies in market-moving transactions throughout 2012, including one $38 billion deal that created North America's largest midstream energy company, making the firm's energy practice one of Law360's Energy Groups of 2012.

  • 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 31, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP had a banner year for energy deals in 2011, capped by its advisement of Kinder Morgan Inc. in the energy pipeline company's groundbreaking $37.8 billion purchase of El Paso Corp. in October, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Energy Groups of 2011.

  • January 30, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    Boasting one of the largest energy practice groups in the world and continually taking the lead on some of the biggest power and energy deals in the U.S., the sterling work of Vinson & Elkins LLP's energy team has earned it a place among Law360's Energy Groups of 2011.

  • January 27, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    A new Houston office, where about a dozen attorneys are winning market share from deep-rooted Texas oil and gas law firms, is the highlight of a strong 2011 for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, one of Law360's Energy Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's energy team pioneered landmark transactions like BHP Billiton's $15 billion buyout of Petrohawk Energy Corp. as well as new regulations for the nuclear industry, making it one of Law360's Energy Groups of 2011.

  • January 25, 2012

    Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani

    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP attorneys helped energy transportation giant Kinder Morgan Inc. negotiate a $38 billion deal to buy El Paso Corp. and create the country's largest pipeline network, one of several successes that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Energy Groups of 2011.

  • February 04, 2011

    Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins

    In the past year, Vinson & Elkins LLP helped guide a Chinese state-owned company through a deal with Chesapeake Energy Corp. worth $2.2 billion, among hundreds of other transactions, making it one of Law360's Energy Groups of 2010.

  • February 03, 2011

    Energy Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin LLP has helped ExxonMobil and TransCanada Corp. press forward with their more than $30 billion plan for a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to North American markets and assisted TransCanada in its efforts to construct North America’s largest greenfield energy project, earning the law firm a spot among Law360’s Energy Groups of 2010.

  • February 02, 2011

    Energy Group Of The Year: Pillsbury

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's impressive victories for energy clients, including key wins concerning wholesale natural gas markets and nuclear waste storage, earned the firm a place among Law360's Energy Groups of 2010.

  • February 01, 2011

    Energy Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    The merger last year that formed trans-Atlantic behemoth Hogan Lovells also fused two sprawling energy practices, and the combined group has been busy in the United States successfully opposing and siding with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, placing the firm among Law360's Energy Groups of 2010.

  • January 31, 2011

    Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP has tallied an impressive record in energy mergers — advising in more than 50 deals totaling more than $70 billion in the past year — while undertaking high-profile energy-efficiency initiatives, earning the firm a place among Law360's Energy Groups of 2010.

  • January 28, 2011

    Law360's Energy Groups Of The Year

    In a year that saw significant changes for the energy industry on the regulatory, commercial and technological levels, the energy teams at several firms stood out for their central roles in some of 2010's most prominent energy deals and legal battles, earning them places among Law360's Energy Groups of 2010.