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FT Law 50 2009

Rankings at a glance
2009 Rank36
2008 Rank-
2009 total score for ALL entries submitted86
2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)3
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT0
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT1
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT2
2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT4
2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)2
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT1
2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)1
2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k)n/a[1]
2009 Score band for PEP (/5)3
Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20)10
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)19
Footnotes

1. Estimate used, based on RSG Consulting research

Continental European Firms 2009

Rankings at a glance
Rank6
CountryFrance
Weighted score4
Total score86

Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009

Rankings at a glance
Award levelCommended
InnovationFrance’s first pre-pack arrangement
Originality6
Rationale6
Impact5
Total17
DescriptionIn Towerbrook's purchase of nearly insolvent Autodistribution Group, gaining unanimous shareholder consent was unfeasible. A pre-pack arrangement agreed restructuring with two-thirds of the lenders and was imposed on the remainder using France's safeguard law

Financial Services 2009

Rankings at a glance
Award levelHighly commended
InnovationFrench Banking Network Merger
Originality7
Rationale6
Impact6
Total19
DescriptionA sizeable merger between Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires and Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne required new legislation that the firm helped to draft

Government 2009

Rankings at a glance
Award levelCommended
InnovationFirst preference share issue by a listed French company
Originality6
Rationale6
Impact6
Total18
DescriptionAs part of France’s attempts to strengthen banking capital in the credit crisis, the firm worked around restrictions to allow BNP Paribas to issue preference shares

Continental European Firms 2008

Rankings at a glance
Rank10=
Founding date1966
CountryFrance
Total Report score82
Total weighted score1

Corporate- Europe 2008

Rankings at a glance
Award LevelCommended
InnovationRebuffing a highly unusual attempted hostile takeover of French company Eiffage.
Originality5
Rationale5
Impact5
Total15
DescriptionThe firm's investigative work proved to the regulator and court that the apparently individual purchasers were, in fact, acting in concert.