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	Rank '09	Rank '08	Firm	Total Score '09^[1]	Score band '09	Standout entries	Highly commended entries	Commended entries	Weighted score '09^[2]	Ranked score band '09	Weighted score '08^[3]	Ranked score band '08	PEP '09 (£'000)^[4]	PEP Score band '09	Commitment and innovation^[5]	Total Innovation
	1	5	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	319	9	4	6	2	30	10	32	4	1,443	5	18	46
	2	1	Clifford Chance	395	10	3	8	2	30	10	40	5	733	3	17	45
	3	2	Allen & Overy	326	9	4	4	5	29	10	28	4	1,047	4	17	44
	4	6	Eversheds	356	9	2	3	6	20	7	16	2	404	2	18	38
	5	4	Linklaters	176	5	4	0	3	19	7	27	4	1,200	4	17	37
	6	16	Slaughter and May	233	6	3	2	4	20	7	10	2	1,643	5	15	35
	7	18	Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii	288	8	2	1	4	14	5	5	1	924	3	18	35
	8	8	CMS	205	6	2	1	4	14	5	19	3	557	2	16	32
	9	14	Ashurst	192	5	3	0	1	13	5	6	1	673	3	15	29
	10	11	Berwin Leighton Paisner	131	4	2	0	1	9	3	9	2	405	2	16	27
	11	7	Wragge & Co	182	5	0	1	4	6	2	17	3	294	1	16	27
	12	9	Garrigues	197	5	0	1	4	6	2	10	2	n/a^[6]	3	14	26
	13	15	Herbert Smith	148	4	1	3	1	11	4	15	2	862	3	12	25
	14	3	DLA Piper	86	3	1	0	2	6	2	28	4	645	2	13	24
	15	25	Simmons & Simmons	52	2	1	1	0	6	2	11	2	519	2	16	24
	16	40	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	36	1	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	1,253	4	16	23
	17	38	Kemp Little	52	2	0	2	0	4	2	3	1	290	1	17	23
	18	35	Osborne Clarke	43	1	2	0	0	8	3	0	0	354	2	16	22
	19	-	Rosenblatt Solicitors	119	3	1	1	1	7	3	0	0	n/a^[6]	1	15	22
	20	12	Latham & Watkins	114	3	1	1	1	7	3	8	1	986	4	11	22
	21	-	Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale	106	3	1	0	2	6	2	0	0	n/a^[6]	1	16	22
	22	-	McGrigors	177	5	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	271	1	14	22
	23	24	Olswang	121	3	1	1	2	8	3	2	1	352	2	12	21
	24	33	Norton Rose	57	2	2	0	0	8	3	2	1	517	2	13	21
	25	41	Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira	152	4	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	n/a^[6]	3	12	21
	26	34	LG	39	1	1	0	1	5	2	2	1	347	2	15	21
	27	17	Uría Menéndez	192	5	0	0	3	3	1	5	1	n/a^[6]	3	11	21
	28	26	Arthur Cox	79	2	1	1	0	6	2	3	1	n/a^[6]	3	12	20
	29	-	Boyes Turner	36	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	168	1	16	20
	30	-	White & Case	35	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	818	3	14	20
	31	22	Addleshaw Goddard	64	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	400	2	14	20
	32	42	Bird & Bird	46	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	481	2	14	20
	33	32	Field Fisher Waterhouse	45	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	518	2	14	20
	34	-	Shearman & Sterling	71	2	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	907	3	12	19
	35	-	Hickman & Rose	40	1	1	0	1	5	2	1	1	n/a^[6]	1	14	19
	36	-	Bredin Prat	86	3	0	1	2	4	2	1	1	n/a^[6]	3	10	19
	37	-	Acumen Business Law	77	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	n/a^[6]	1	14	19
	38	10	Lovells	55	2	1	0	0	4	2	8	1	585	2	12	19
	39	-	Crowell & Moring	22	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	545	2	14	19
	40	-	Shoosmiths	22	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	147	1	15	19
	41	49	Pinsent Masons	102	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	310	1	13	19
	42	29	Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz	96	3	0	0	2	2	1	5	1	n/a^[7]	2	12	19
	43	39	Wolf Theiss	240	7	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	n/a^[6]	2	8	19
	44	31	Russell Jones & Walker	21	1	1	0	0	4	2	5	1	282	1	13	18
	45	-	Mishcon de Reya	34	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	575	2	14	18
	46	46	Mayer Brown	90	3	0	1	0	2	1	7	1	604	2	11	18
	47	43	Hergüner Bilgen Ozeke	81	2	0	0	2	2	1	5	1	n/a^[6]	1	13	18
	48	30	SJ Berwin	62	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	410	2	12	18
	49	-	Dewey & LeBoeuf	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	858	3	14	18
	50	-	Peters & Peters	20	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	n/a^[6]	1	14	18
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Footnotes

1. Firms were scored on every entry they submitted into the 2009 research process, regardless of whether they were ranked in the published FT Innovative Lawyers report.

2. Firms were ranked by their success in the report as follows: Standout = 4 points Highly commended = 2 points Commended = 1 point

3. Firms’ performance in the 2008 report.

4. PEP figures from Legal Business 2009 and RSG Consulting research.

5. Firms were judged on the extent to which innovation was embedded in the business. Using the report research as a basis, RSG Consulting conducted further specific research to make this assessment.

6. Estimate used, based on RSG Consulting research

7. Estimate used, based on RSG consulting research.

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