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.
  • February 09, 2026

    Competition Group Of The Year: White & Case

    White & Case LLP scored early wins against algorithmic price-fixing litigation on behalf of hotel chain Four Seasons and netted a nearly $407 million judgment for client Regeneron against Amgen, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Seyfarth

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP's employment team locked in an arbitration win for an energy company accused of wage violations, successfully defended Seattle in a pandemic-related battle and shut down a long-running California labor code suit against Columbia Sportswear, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2026

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's capital markets team led fintech startup Klarna through its $1.4 billion initial public offering and advised underwriters in Boeing's $21 billion share sale to bolster its cash balances amid a protracted strike, placing the firm among the 2025 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2026

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer

    Policyholder attorneys at Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna secured wins for AMC Theatres in a novel directors and officers coverage matter and for a life insurer in a suit against its own carriers, making the firm a 2025 Law360 Insurance Group of the Year.

  • February 06, 2026

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped lead the explosion of dealmaking in the insurance sector while guiding multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence infrastructure transactions, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2026

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP helped menstrual tracking app Flo avoid billions of dollars in damages sought by users in a high-stakes trial challenging the company's alleged sharing of sensitive data with third parties, and it steered more than a dozen fertility clinics through website tracking cases in state and federal court, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2026

    Class Action Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    WilmerHale helped Meta duck a first-of-its-kind antitrust lawsuit with more than $156 billion at stake, successfully defending the social media giant against claims it would have to pay users a "negative price" in a competitive market, once again earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2026

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    When it comes to private equity, Ropes & Gray LLP had one of the most impressive years ever, handling over 300 private equity deals with a total value of $175 billion, with 39 of those transactions being valued at over $1 billion each, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2026

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Rivkin Radler

    Rivkin Radler LLP scored precedent-setting wins for Allianz in opioid coverage litigation before the Delaware Supreme Court and in an Ohio Supreme Court case over coverage for Sherwin-Williams' lead paint abatement fund payments, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2026

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP won dismissal of key class action claims for bellwether defendant Genworth Financial in a high-profile data breach case and captured two privacy law litigation wins in the span of three months for Avantax/TaxAct, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2026

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Attorneys at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP resolved several long-running and complex class action matters and secured landmark settlements against high-profile defendants, including the NCAA, the National Association of Realtors and Visa, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Tax Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP scored a significant victory for Exxon Mobil in litigation concerning the tax treatment of a major partnership with Qatar and oversaw several other complex, high-stakes transactions, earning it recognition as a 2025 Law360 Tax Practice Group of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP guided Blackstone through its $16.2B acquisition of AirTrunk and $4 billion acquisition of a grocery-focused real estate investment trust, cementing the firm's spot among the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Debevoise

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised financial services investor Kelso & Co. in its largest transaction ever when Brown & Brown Inc. unveiled plans to purchase Kelso portfolio company Accession Risk Management in a nearly $10 billion deal, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP's insurance practice group advanced key insurance recovery victories for the NFL and former Paramount head Shari Redstone, securing the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Davis Wright

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's work over the past year has secured a block against a California law requiring tech giants to bolster privacy protections for children and helped Mariah Carey win a copyright suit against her over her hit song "All I Want For Christmas Is You," earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped Papa John's and Bloomingdale's win circuit court appeals in privacy class actions, helped Delta Air Lines defeat a class action over the sharing of consumer data, and assisted Lowe's and Novartis AG with billion-dollar deals — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Construction Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Delivering major litigation wins coast-to-coast while negotiating more than $2.5 billion in construction contracts, Greenberg Traurig LLP earned a selection as one of the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2026

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped secure a $300 million settlement for third-party payors, a class of private benefit plan providers who argued that opioid distributors fanned the flames of the addiction crisis in the U.S., one of several high-profile class action settlements with nationwide impacts that earned the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2026

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP acted as Affinity Partners' lead counsel in its $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts Inc. and advised private equity giants Carlyle and KKR across various acquisitions of a more than $10.1 billion portfolio of prime private student loans from Discover Financial Services, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2026

    Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP earned a complete appellate victory for Paramount Global against claims brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act, securing a win on an issue that has split the circuit courts, and it defeated a $150 million royalties claim against SiriusXM, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2026

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Morgan & Morgan

    Morgan & Morgan PA was co-lead counsel in a class action that secured a $425 million jury verdict finding that Google illegally collected information from 98 million cellphone users who had asked the tech giant not to track their activity, earning the law firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2026

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Reed Smith

    Reed Smith LLP secured coverage for aircraft lessors following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and successfully challenged an insurer's underpayment for a semiconductor manufacturing facility's Winter Storm Uri losses, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2026

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Knowing the ins and outs of class action law and having wide experience throughout the firm has led Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to victories defending clients such as Freddie Mac, Deloitte and Amazon Web Services against billions in exposure, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2026

    Private Equity Group Of The Year: Willkie

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has guided sponsors and portfolio companies through landmark private equity transactions, including the year's second-largest private market energy deal, putting the team among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.