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Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira

Rankings at a glance
2009 Rank	25
2008 Rank	41
2009 total score for ALL entries submitted	152
2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)	4
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT	1
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT	1
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT	0
2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT	6
2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)	2
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT	0
2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)	0
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)	12
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)	21

Footnotes

1. Estimate used, based on RSG Consulting research

Rankings at a glance
Award level	Standout
Innovation	Automotive supplier’s compulsory insolvency
Originality	7
Rationale	8
Impact	5
Total	20
Description	TRW risked losing access to essential components when a supplier was in financial trouble. Cuatrecasas put the supplier into insolvency so TRW would continue to receive supply through an independent administrator

Rankings at a glance
Award level	Highly commended
Innovation	Saving Barcelona's Metro Line 9
Originality	6
Rationale	7
Impact	6
Total	19
Description	Private-public finance has become harder to locate in the downturn. The firm’s deft footwork in drafting tender documents ensured Catalan authorities took on the refinancing risk themselves

Rankings at a glance
2008 Rank	41^[1]
2007 Rank	35 (-6)
2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted	0
2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)	0
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT	0
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT	0
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT	0
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT	0
2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)	0
2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT	3
2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)	1
2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP)	-^[2]
2007: score band for PEP (/5)	1
Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20)	12
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)	14

Footnotes

1. Firms included for their FT Law 50 overview submissions, though they did not score for any entries in the report.

2. Estimate based on RSG Consulting research. PEP figures taken from The Lawyer magazine 2008 and RSG Consulting research.