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 20, 2026

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

  • January 16, 2026

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • January 19, 2024

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 55 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2023 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • January 19, 2024

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2023, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 27, 2023

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP guided Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust when the public REIT, formed in Singapore, filed a complicated Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware involving the sale of 14 hotels to various bidders for $515 million, placing the law firm among Law360's 2022 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2023

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenspoon Marder

    Greenspoon Marder LLP logged a banner year advising food industry and hospitality businesses, helping its clients obtain more than 100 liquor licenses and notching a favorable ruling that, if upheld, would require Miami officials to permit alcohol service at a new restaurant, earning the firm a spot among the 2022 Law360 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2023

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Cadwalader

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has played a vital role in helping to reshape an industry hit hard by the pandemic, including through its recent representation of lenders in both a $1.5 billion acquisition financing for CorePoint Lodging and a nearly $1.2 billion acquisition financing of 111 WoodSpring Suites properties, earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2023

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP steered developers through a deal for the creation of a $2 billion mixed-use project in Beverly Hills, California, and guided clients in multimillion-dollar hotel acquisitions through late 2021 and 2022 — achievements which, for a third consecutive year, landed the firm's hospitality practice on Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2023

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2022, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • February 23, 2022

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Jeffer Mangels

    Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP last year advised real estate developer Relevant Group on a $1 billion hospitality and entertainment district portfolio in Hollywood and Condor Hospitality Trust on a $305 million sale of the company's entire portfolio to Blackstone, landing it among Law360's 2021 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 22, 2022

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP in the last year represented investment firms in the acquisition of the iconic W Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., and advised on the development of a five-star luxury hotel in Kyoto, Japan, illustrating why it is again among Law360's 2021 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2022

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Cadwalader

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP during the pandemic guided a $4.65 billion securitized financing for the acquisition of 570 Extended Stay America hotels and represented a lender in its $158.4 million construction loan to develop a Great Wolf resort, placing it among Law360's 2021 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • January 14, 2022

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 14, 2022

    The Firms That Dominated In 2021

    Nine law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 52 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, having steered complex deals and won high-profile victories including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • December 21, 2020

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig

    Greenberg Traurig LLP guided Blackstone through nearly $9 billion worth of Las Vegas hotel deals and stepped in to advise clients firmwide as the coronavirus pandemic rocked the hotel industry, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • November 25, 2020

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2020 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • November 25, 2020

    The Firms That Dominated In 2020

    The eight law firms topping Law360's Firms of the Year managed to win 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, for guiding landmark deals, scoring victories in high-profile disputes and helping companies navigate uncharted legal seas made rough by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • February 19, 2020

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Proskauer

    Proskauer Rose LLP in 2019 guided Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust in a complex $565 million initial public offering in Singapore and advised French hotel giant Accor on major deals in Australia and China, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2020

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper guided billionaire Phil Ruffin on his $825 million purchase of the iconic Circus Circus Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from MGM Resorts, landing the firm among Law360's Hospitality Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.

  • February 14, 2020

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Dentons

    Dentons advised hospitality clients on major matters with an environmental focus in 2019, including the giant Red Sea Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Starwood Capital Group's acquisition of an iconic Hawaiian resort, landing the firm among Law360's 2019 Hospitality Groups of the Year.

  • January 10, 2020

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2019 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.

  • January 11, 2020

    The Firms That Dominated In 2019

    Law360's top seven Firms of the Year cleaned up at the 2019 Practice Group of the Year awards, notching a combined 46 wins after spending the past year helping companies navigate blockbuster deals and secure key high court rulings.

  • February 26, 2019

    Hospitality Group Of The Year: Proskauer

    Proskauer Rose LLP guided longtime client AccorHotels through sizable deals, like its roughly $320 million investment in SBE Entertainment Group, and advised on an $850 million agreement to sell a New York City-area casino and raceway to MGM Resorts International, earning it a spot among Law360's Hospitality Groups of the Year.