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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 13, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Its time-tested method of focusing on teamwork enabled Sullivan & Cromwell LLP to help execute huge transactions in 2013 — from Amgen Inc.'s $10.4 billion acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. to American Greetings Corp.'s $878 million sale to its founding family — landing the firm among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2014

    M&A Group of the Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s mergers and acquisitions group tapped its capital markets and technology expertise to seal complex deals for Vodafone Group PLC, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. in 2013, earning it recognition as one of Law360’s M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster LLP mergers and acquisitions attorneys harnessed technology, media and telecom expertise to seal several recent high-profile deals, including a pair of showstoppers for Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Corp., earning it billing as one of Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 08, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP's mergers and acquisitions attorneys channeled industry experience and teamwork to ink some of 2013's largest and most complex deals, including the $35.1 billion merger of Omnicom Group Inc. with Publicis Group, earning the team a spot on Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 07, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    The combination of creative minds working at Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped it close a series of complicated deals in 2013, including 3G Capital Management LLC's $28 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz Co. and Clearwire Corp.'s $3.6 billion sale to Sprint Nextel Corp., landing the firm among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 06, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    A first-of-its-kind cross-border tie-up of two semiconductor giants and a slew of record-setting deals in a hot energy market are among Jones Day's many feats that landed its mergers and acquisitions attorneys a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 03, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Deal makers at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP drew on expertise in a range of industries to land some of the biggest M&A wins of 2013 — including the year's biggest media deal and a multibillion-dollar energy company takeover — landing them among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2014

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Attorneys at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP tapped into long-standing client relationships to seal some of the past year's most notable and transformative deals, including over a dozen worth more than $1 billion, outpacing rivals and landing among Law360's M&A 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 08, 2013

    M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden

    For its work negotiating deals on behalf of clients across multiple continents and industries, including Sprint Nextel Corp.'s $20 billion sale of a 70 percent stake to Softbank Corp., Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has once again landed on Law360's list of M&A Groups of the Year.

  • January 07, 2013

    M&A Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Parlaying its robust presence in red-hot Japan into several multibillion-dollar deals that redefined industries, Morrison & Foerster LLP flexed its cross-border dealmaking muscle throughout last year to earn a spot among Law360's top M&A groups for 2012.

  • January 04, 2013

    M&A Group of the Year: Latham & Watkins

    A series of multibillion dollar deals in 2012 and a leading position as transactional counsel for the U.S. energy and life sciences industries have earned Latham & Watkins LLP a spot on Law360's M&A Practice Groups of 2012.

  • January 03, 2013

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    In 2012, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures team saw Google Inc. through its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and guided Sony Corp. in the $1.5 billion dissolution of its mobile device joint venture, just two examples of more than a dozen creative deals that secured the group a spot on Law360's list of M&A Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 02, 2013

    M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath

    In a year with few megadeals and cautious corporate growth, Cravath closed four deals over $10 billion, including the biggest acquisition in Johnson & Johnson's 125-year history and a $20 billion merger that created a global beer titan, earning a spot among Law360's top five M&A 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 09, 2012

    M&A Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    With its full-service approach to deals, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's mergers and acquisitions team attracted serious business in 2011, including representing Sanofi-Aventis SA in its $20.1 billion Genzyme Corp. takeover and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP in a $37.8 billion buy, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of M&A Groups of 2011.

  • January 06, 2012

    M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden

    Advising Express Scripts Inc. in its proposed $29.1 billion acquisition of rival Medco Health Solutions Inc. is just one example of the high-profile mergers and acquisitions work that has earned Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot on Law360's list of M&A Groups of 2011.

  • January 05, 2012

    M&A Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

    In a rough year for mergers and acquisitions, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP completed 163 publicized transactions valued at more than $289 billion in 2011, including such industry milestones as the year's biggest leveraged buyout of a U.S. company and Microsoft Corp.'s much-buzzed $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype Global Sarl, earning it a spot as one of Law360's M&A Groups of 2011.

  • January 04, 2012

    M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's mergers and acquisitions team racked up a series of blockbuster deals in 2011 that were noted as much for their complexity as their dollar totals, earning the team a spot on Law360's list of practice groups of the year.

  • January 03, 2012

    M&A Group of the Year: Cravath, Swaine & Moore

    With Cravath, Swaine & Moore routinely taking on multibillion-dollar mergers and helping to fend off hostile takeover bids like Nasdaq's in the NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Boerse merger, the firm's full arsenal was on display in the mergers and acquisitions arena in 2011, earning it a spot as one of Law360's practice groups of the year.

  • January 19, 2011

    Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has broken new ground by counseling General Growth Properties Inc. on a recapitalization that allowed it to relist its stock while still bankrupt and advising General Electric Co. on a deal that could reshape the media landscape, making it one of Law360's Corporate Finance Groups of 2010.

  • January 18, 2011

    Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: S&C

    Skilled in coming up with innovative solutions for its clients, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped Alcon Inc.'s independent director committee set up a litigation trust to put pressure on Novartis AG to pay more for the remaining public interest in the eye care company in a three-stage acquisition transaction valued at a total of $51.4 billion, garnering it a spot among Law360's Corporate Finance Groups of 2010.

  • January 14, 2011

    Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Skadden

    The mergers and acquisitions team at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP shepherded clients through many of the year's biggest deals, including XTO Energy Inc.'s $41 billion sale to Exxon Mobil Corp. and The Coca-Cola Co.'s absorption of its North American bottling operations, earning it a spot among Law360's Corporate Finance Groups of 2010.

  • January 13, 2011

    Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Cravath

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's hat trick in September — thwarting attempted hostile takeovers of its clients Barnes & Noble Inc. and Casey's General Stores Inc. and pushing through a proxy takeover of Airgas Inc. for its client Air Products and Chemicals Inc. — and its work on some of the year's biggest deals earned the firm laurels as one of Law360's Corporate Finance Groups of 2010.

  • January 12, 2011

    Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    From its role in American International Group Inc.'s divestment efforts to advising BHP Billiton Ltd. in its $39 billion bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has been at the center of some of the most widely observed transactions of the year, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Corporate Finance Groups of 2010.

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