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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonFT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 27 |
| 2007 Rank | - |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 112 |
| 2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 3 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 6 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 2 |
| 2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| 2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 0 |
| 2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) | 1,070 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 3 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 9 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 17 |
Finance 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Innovative contingent capital structures for Deutsche Bank. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | The firm has helped to develop new structures which allow the bank to maintain its liquidity while maintaining control over its capital structure. |
Technology & Know-How 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Standout |
| Innovation | Knowledge Maps that distill partners' expertise on complex subjects. |
| Originality | 9 |
| Rationale | 8 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 22 |
| Description | Cleary hired Tacit Connexions who used military technology and artificial intelligence principles to extract both implicit and explicit expertise from partners to help junior lawyers. The technology has been used to help brain dump from fighter pilots to build flight simulators. |
Top 10 US Law Firms In Europe For Innovation In Expansion 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York |
| Offices | Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rome |
| Clients and work in Europe | Dubai World, JC Flowers, First Reserve. Represented Mittal Steel in its successful €26.6 bn bid for Arcelor. |
| Global turnover 2007 ($US)* | 813m |
| Growth in global turnover 2005-2007 (%) | 17 |
| Headcount in Europe 2008 | 360 |
| Headcount growth 2005-2008 (%) | 14 |
| Headcount growth score /5 | 1 |
| Astute lateral hire score /5 | 1 |
| Strategic summary | With a long history in Europe, the firm continues to garner recommendations for their business strategy here. Although the firm's steady growth and management approach is not strictly innovative, it's ability to run genuinely local businesses in Europe differentiates them from their peers. |
| Strategic innovation score /10 | 3 |
| Market reputation for innovation: score band /5 | 2 |
| Total score | 7 |
Corporate 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Grupo Peterson: innovation in deal structuring. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 4 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 15 |
| Description | The firm contributed to this novel form of structuring which allowed banks to lend to an Argentina-based company with the security of New York-based assets as collateral. |
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