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- FT Law 50 2009
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- US Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009
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- FT Law 50 2008
- Finance 2008
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- Management 2008
- Technology & Know-How 2008
- Top 10 US Law Firms In Europe For Innovation In Expansion 2008
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Latham & WatkinsFT Law 50 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rank | 20 |
| 2008 Rank | 12 |
| 2009 total score for ALL entries submitted | 114 |
| 2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 3 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| 2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 7 |
| 2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 3 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 8 |
| 2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 1 |
| 2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k) | 986 |
| 2009 Score band for PEP (/5) | 4 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 11 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 22 |
Client Service 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | “Capture” dynamic document tool |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | The tool captures client requirements in outsourcing deals, where speed and cost are critical. It reduces expenditure while focusing clients on the key issues |
Dispute Resolution - non credit crisis 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Cartel-busting action |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 8 |
| Total | 21 |
| Description | Challenging the accepted rule that music cartels were sacrosanct, the firm proved that a 1989 judgment does not apply in the digital age. Eight years of lobbying saw a decision overturning the cartels |
Law firm management 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Strategic video conferencing |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | The firm is using a new technology, Telepresence, to simulate the dynamics of real meetings. It can inter-connect with notebooks and has been used by their clients in negotiations |
US Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Leonard Green's Private Investment in Public Equity in Whole Foods |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | Against backdrop of difficult credit markets, the firm advised the private equity house on highly complex structured investments. Set in place a new standard of long-term PIPE investments to feed private equity funding towards struggling businesses |
US Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Resolving the mortgage meltdown through litigation |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | The firm defended Impac Mortgage Holdings from allegations of misrepresenting the risks of their real estate subprime loans to investors. Encouraged the US courts to strictly interpret the law and set a precedent which is being referred to in subsequent cases |
FT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 12 |
| 2007 Rank | 10 (-2) |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 155 |
| 2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 4 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 4 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 8 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 2 |
| 2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 9 |
| 2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 2 |
| 2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) | 1,135 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 3 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 12 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 23 |
Finance 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Eurotunnel restructuring. |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | As adviser to Deutsche Bank, the pivotal creditor in the restructuring, the firm led the creditor negotiations. |
Finance 2008 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Pensions First Limited innovative capital market solution |
| Originality | 8 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 4 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | Opening up the pensions sector to the capital markets, bringing transparency and efficiency. This transaction involved the first longevity bonds to be listed on a recognised stock exchange. |
Management 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Overall management approach: various initiatives. |
| Originality | 4 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | Continually innovating in its management approach. Its forum for women, 'Women Enriching Business', for example, finds solutions for both female lawyers and female clients to workplace challenges. |
Technology & Know-How 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly Commended |
| Innovation | A home-grown knowledge management system devised by a partner in the investment funds practice. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | The system drives better practice through increased sharing of data and analysis that is not regimented. Individual associates are responsible for their own areas of it and it enables the group to better service clients. |
Top 10 US Law Firms In Europe For Innovation In Expansion 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles |
| Offices | Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome |
| Clients and work in Europe | Qatar Investment Authority, E.ON Kernkraft, BC Partners. Advised BC Partners on $16.6 billion acquisition of Intelsat. |
| Global turnover 2007 ($US)* | 1,624m |
| Growth in global turnover 2005-2007 (%) | 35 |
| Headcount in Europe 2008 | 1,629 |
| Headcount growth 2005-2008 (%) | 35 |
| Headcount growth score /5 | 2 |
| Astute lateral hire score /5 | 5 |
| Strategic summary | Overwhelmingly, the legal market's recommended US firm in Europe. Innovation permeates the DNA of this firm from management approach to culture. Continues to make top lateral hires, and established their Italian operation in November 2007. |
| Strategic innovation score /10 | 10 |
| Market reputation for innovation: score band /5 | 5 |
| Total score | 22 |
Commercial 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Submission | Outsourcing transactions: a contractually innovative form of change management |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | The firm. Together with Boston Consulting Group, has merged management consultancy practice with an outcomes-based contractual approach taken from outsoucing. Clients use these contracts to better address risk and reward during change management programmes. |
Corporate 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Initial public offering of VTB, Russia's second largest bank. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | In the first foreign listing of a Russian Bank, Latham came up with a novel new repurchase option structure to stabilise the transaction. |
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