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FT Law 50 2009

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2009 Rank47
2008 Rank43
2009 total score for ALL entries submitted81
2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)2
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT0
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT0
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT2
2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT2
2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)1
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT5
2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)1
2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k)n/a[1]
2009 Score band for PEP (/5)1
Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20)13
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)18
Footnotes

1. Estimate used, based on RSG Consulting research

Changing the rules 2009

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Award levelCommended
InnovationPrivatisation of Tekel's tobacco business
Originality5
Rationale5
Impact6
Total16
DescriptionThe firm had to co-ordinate in one day the transfer of assets and complex financing in the transfer of Tekel from state ownership to BAT, which marked a coming of age for Turkish law firms

Continental European Firms 2009

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Rank11
CountryTurkey
Weighted score2
Total score81

Law firm management 2009

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Award levelCommended
InnovationAnalytical human resource management
Originality6
Rationale6
Impact6
Total18
DescriptionAn evaluation matrix is used to map and assess supervisory relationships between senior and junior lawyers. Combined with half-yearly reviews, it allows the firm to quantify the benefits of teamwork

FT Law 50 2008

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2008 Rank43
2007 Rank-
2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted78
2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)2
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT1
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT0
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT1
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT5
2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)2
2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT0
2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)0
2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP)-[1]
2007: score band for PEP (/5)1
Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20)7
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)12
Footnotes

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

Finance 2008

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Award LevelCommended
InnovationSale of 60 per cent of shares of Türkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi.
Originality5
Rationale5
Impact6
Total16
DescriptionThe largest ever share sale in Islamic banking at over $1bn. Use of a private auction made this novel.

Real Estate 2008

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Award LevelStandout
InnovationBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project: set up and implementation of a unique legal and regulatory framework.
Originality8
Rationale7
Impact7
Total22
DescriptionTo build a major oil pipeline through Turkey, the firm simplified the expropriation of 18,000 land parcels in over 1000km via 150 title deed offices. Extraordinary involvement of a law firm to not only design the solution to the land rights issues but to make it happen.

Continental European Firms 2008

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Rank3=
Founding date1989
CountryTurkey
Total Report score78
Total weighted score5