| Eversheds | Standout | Help to clients in the downturn | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | Rather than offer discounts on rates, Eversheds developed a series of offers to help clients to reduce their legal spend, while ensuring a flow of new work to the firm |
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| Olswang | Standout | Outsourcing health check | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | Integrated legal and consulting service applied throughout the outsourcing lifecycle to ensure value |
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| DLA Piper | Standout | United Arab Emirates law library | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | The firm translated thousands of UAE laws into English to develop a library where none existed before. The library is shared with clients and licensed to other law firms |
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| CMS Hasche Sigle | Standout | Deal points study | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -[1] |
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| Osborne Clarke | Standout | LexisCheck document checker | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | This new tool, developed with LexisNexis, automatically checks legal citations to ensure they are correct when drafting or monitoring documents |
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| Latham & Watkins | Highly commended | “Capture†dynamic document tool | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | The tool captures client requirements in outsourcing deals, where speed and cost are critical. It reduces expenditure while focusing clients on the key issues |
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| Kemp Little | Highly commended | Technology and the downturn report | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | With Practical Law Company, the firm published a benchmarking report on the challenges facing the technology, media and telecoms sector |
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| Simmons & Simmons | Highly commended | Lehman administration | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | A co-ordinated approach for the numerous Lehman Brothers creditors represented by the firm |
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| Eversheds | Highly commended | Global account management system | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | The firm can now measure and report its success against key performance indicators. The GAMS II system improves an earlier version |
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| Wragge & Co | Commended | Automated online work approval | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | Offer to switch Mercedes Benz’ paper forms to an online system. Wragge helped develop a solution to give its client consistency and visibility when instructing law firms |
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| Slaughter and May | Commended | Crisis management programme | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | A series of events for senior lawyers from clients, attracting high-profile speakers and attended by Europe’s top general counsels |
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| Eversheds | Commended | International company secretarial team | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | Eversheds provides a dedicated company secretarial service on a global level. Interfacing with other practices means high-end work for these clients is more efficient |
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| McGrigors | Commended | Case management system | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | Bespoke case management tool built by the firm for O2, the telecoms group. Provides real-time management information and saves client’s time |
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| Garrigues | Commended | Family business service | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | The first firm to offer a multi-disciplinary legal service to family businesses in Chile and Mexico |
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| Clifford Chance | Commended | Aviation finance school in China | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | Training seminars in China bring in speakers from across the firm’s network to share valuable experience |
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| Brodies | Commended | Scottish family limited partnership | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | The firm achieved the first family limited partnership under Scottish law, offering an alternative to highly taxed trusts for passing on large estates |
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