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| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | BAA’s refinancing of its UK airports |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | The firm achieved an extremely large and complicated refinancing by creating a bond exchange mechanism and escrow arrangements for existing holders |
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Deutsche Börse hybrid bond |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | The firm established a new variant on the hybrid bond featuring the “replacement capital covenant”, an elegant solution to the shifting ratings rules. Now adopted as the industry standard by Standard & Poor’s |
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Transferring Lehman businesses to Nomura |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 8 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | Freshfields was responsible for the delicate and complex process of transferring Lehman Brothers’ European, Middle East and Asian employees and systems under immense time pressure |
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