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.
  • March 04, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Davis Polk

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorneys advised a joint venture by RXR Realty and Elliott Investment Management on a $1 billion-plus office acquisition in Manhattan and provided counsel on other notable deals in the New York City area last year, landing the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 25, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Dechert

    Dechert LLP's work navigating large, complex deals in Canada and the Bahamas, as well as completing two mega-refinancings for "trophy towers" in Manhattan, helped the firm earn a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Practices of the Year.

  • February 25, 2026

    Construction Group Of The Year: Cozen O'Connor

    Cozen O'Connor's construction practice group has had major achievements such as successfully representing a joint venture for a $6 billion Massachusetts wind farm project and obtaining a $65 million settlement for Japanese transportation company Hitachi Rail in its yearslong lawsuit against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, earning the group a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Willkie

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP guided Henry Crown & Co. in a record-setting $3.5 billion refinancing of Rockefeller Center, along with advising Saks Global on its $2.7 billion acquisition of Neiman Marcus Group, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 18, 2026

    Construction Group Of The Year: Mandelbaum Barrett

    Mandelbaum Barrett PC secured a $14 million trial victory for a luxury condominium association against a contractor and guided a client through a thorny construction dispute following a change of ownership, earning its spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Flexing its strength working with real estate investment trusts, while also closing one of the year's largest hospitality deals, helping to relaunch one of New York's biggest development projects and advising on a $900 million transformation of the Howard Hughes Corp., Hogan Lovells earned a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Practices of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Construction Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    Nossaman LLP attorneys advised the city of Los Angeles on the close and groundbreaking of a $2.6 billion convention center renovation, and guided Georgia's tolled transportation authority on an $11 billion freeway project, landing the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups 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

    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.

  • January 28, 2026

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP's real estate practice group provided guidance to Meta and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on two separate, multibillion-dollar data center joint venture partnerships, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2026

    Construction Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Last year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised the Gateway Development Commission on the $16 billion Hudson River tunnel replacement project and advised New York City on the Manhattan construction contract for its $13 billion Borough-Based Jails Program to replace the Rikers Island complex, earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • February 26, 2025

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP served as lead real estate adviser in Home Depot's $18.3 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc. and helped shepherd an $8 billion merger between two rival amusement park companies, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2025

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Wachtell

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's real estate team guided major deals, representing Spirit Realty Capital Inc. in its $9.3 billion, all-stock acquisition by Realty Income Corp., and Public Storage's $2.2 billion acquisition of Simply Self Storage, earning it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 19, 2025

    Construction Group Of The Year: Seyfarth

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP's construction attorneys advised a massive transit project valued at nearly $2 billion that the firm said will be the centerpiece of the Miami skyline when completed. That and other recent work have earned the team a spot among the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2025

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher

    Attorneys from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised Blackstone, a longtime client of the firm, on a $7 billion data center campus joint venture with Digital Realty, as well as the investment giant's $725 million sale of a Hawaii resort, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2025

    Construction Group Of The Year: Troutman

    Providing counsel on the design and construction of a new Terminal One at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Big Apple's first soccer-specific stadium, as well as handling litigation over a $2 billion hydroelectric project in Chile, earned Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP its selection as one of the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2025

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised on deals including Signature Bank's loan sale, two mega multifamily portfolio sales and the rise of an ultra-luxury tower in New York City in 2024, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2025

    Construction Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP guided New York City's Department of Design and Construction as lead counsel on the development of the agency's design-build program, which includes a $13 billion project to replace Rikers Island with community-based jails by using a novel project delivery method for the city, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2025

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

    The real estate team at DLA Piper over the past year has shepherded deals on matters ranging from massive, billion-dollar data centers to inner city mixed-use projects and what's been widely reported as the largest private real estate development in the United States, securing a place among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2025

    Construction Group Of The Year: Nossaman

    Nossaman LLP's work on major projects like the $4.9 billion automated people mover system in Los Angeles International Airport and the $600 million modernization of Interstate 75 in Michigan scored the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2025

    Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Real estate attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis LLP played a big role in data center deals last year, including a $3.4 billion joint venture between Blue Owl and Crusoe Energy Systems, and worked on several more notable transactions, landing their practice a spot among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2025

    Construction Group Of The Year: Kaplan Kirsch

    Kaplan Kirsch LLP guided a Denver transit authority's $150 million first-ever progressive design-build contract and the Chicago Transit Authority's historic $5.3 billion Red Line extension, earning its spot among the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the 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.