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- FT Law 50 2009
- Billing and Fees 2009
- Changing the rules 2009
- Dispute Resolution - credit crisis 2009
- Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009
- Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009 (2)
- Law firm management 2009
- Resourcing 2009
- FT Law 50 2008
- Finance 2008
- Fraud 2008
- Management 2008
- Marketing & PR 2008
- Publishing 2008
- Client Service 2008
- Corporate 2008
- Human Resources 2008
- Human Resources 2008 (2)
- Public-Private Partnership 2008
- Public-Private Partnership 2008 (2)
- Public-Private Partnership 2008 (3)
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- FT Law 50 2009
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- Billing and Fees 2009
- Changing the rules 2009
- Client Service 2009
- Continental European Firms 2009
- Dispute Resolution - credit crisis 2009
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- Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009
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- Resourcing 2009
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- FT Law 50 2008
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- Top 10 US Law Firms In Europe For Innovation In Expansion 2008
- Billing and Fees 2008
- Client Service 2008
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- Corporate- Europe 2008
- Dispute Resolution 2008
- Diversity 2008
- Human Resources 2008
- In-House Lawyers 2008
- Public-Private Partnership 2008
LinklatersFT Law 50 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rank | 5 |
| 2008 Rank | 4 |
| 2009 total score for ALL entries submitted | 176 |
| 2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 5 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 4 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 3 |
| 2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 19 |
| 2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 7 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 27 |
| 2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 4 |
| 2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k) | 1,200 |
| 2009 Score band for PEP (/5) | 4 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 17 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 37 |
Billing and Fees 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Global pricing |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | The only firm to have a team dedicated to advising and implementing a global pricing strategy, which allows it to offer a diverse menu of options to clients |
Changing the rules 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication - SWIFT data privacy investigation |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | When, in the post 9 / 11 fight against terrorism,the US Treasury subpoenaed SWIFT to disclose bank messaging information, it was investigated by the Belgian Privacy Commission. Linklaters argued that, as 'de facto delegate', it has limited data protection obligations compared to banks themselves |
Dispute Resolution - credit crisis 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Innovation | Standout |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 21 |
| Description | Obtaining an initial moratorium and then a smart use of the court system enabled the firm to take control of Lehman’s relationships, limiting the potential “Balkanisation” of the group |
Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Lehman Brothers administration |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | Played an integral role advising Lehman’s administrators, innovating at every point to find solutions to stabilise the business. The client felt that few law firms would have been able to meet the challenge |
Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | An alternative to the German bank rescue scheme |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | A €20bn structure to provide a lower cost and more flexible refinancing option for German bank, Nord LB. The trust structure uses the German refinancing register and, while guaranteed, avoids falling under state aid regulations |
Law firm management 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Credit crunch scenario planning |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 8 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 21 |
| Description | A cross-section of partners and directors at Linklaters worked together to develop responses to the economic downturn, identifying key responses in resourcing, shifting markets and practice areas |
Resourcing 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Global resourcing strategy |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | Making training, experiences and opportunities more consistent across all offices. Includes practice diplomas and a global work experience programme |
FT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 4 |
| 2007 Rank | 3 (-1) |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 263 |
| 2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 6 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 3 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 5 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 5 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 27 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 7 |
| 2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 40 |
| 2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 5 |
| 2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) | 1,440 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 4 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 16 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 38 |
Finance 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Tata Steel's acquisition of Corus Group. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | This massive transaction involved Linklaters having to reshape the debt facilities following the downturn. The team also achieved a complex agreement to accommodate the Corus pension funds, including those of British Steel. |
Fraud 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Defence of Citi €12 billion trade on MTS and Eurex markets against charges of market abuse, and breaches of exchange regulations. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | In-depth investigation and on-going defence of the Citi trade in multiple jursidictions across Europe where the regulations are new. Successfully argued for the Belgian regulator to accept principle of double jeopardy, as Citi had already been tried and penalised for a minor breach in the UK. |
Management 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Strategic Business Planning Tool and Balanced Scorecard. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | Using an on-line system to make strategic plans that integrate firm-wide objectives into practice area, industry sector and office business plans. Enables the firm to use numbers more as the financial expression of a business plan rather than the driver. |
Marketing & PR 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Standout |
| Innovation | A series of seminars looking at climate change from different perspectives. Exceptionally well-executed. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | Involved some leading figures - Lord Stern, author of the Stern Review on climate change; Hilary Benn, the UK environment secretary; and Lord Browne, ex- chief executive of BP. Attendees felt it was comparable to a Chatham House event and commendable for the firm to instigate this debate. |
Publishing 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Linklaters Quarterly |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 15 |
| Description | Intellectual content on business topics, professional journalists, based on the McKinsey Quarterly idea but heavily Linklaters branded. |
Client Service 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Knowhow consultancy: helping clients develop their expertise and access the firm's resources. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | Not the first firm to go down this route, but because of Linklaters' resources, they are providing a knowledge management consultancy with real clout for big clients. Initiatives include secondments, advice and free access to knowledge management resource |
Corporate 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Consortium bid for ABN AMRO, at €71.1 bn the largest ever takeover bid in the financial services sector. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | Linklaters, as principal adviser to the Royal Bank of Scotland in the non-recommended consortium bid for ABN AMRO, had to work without access to the due diligence available to the preferred bidder, Barclays. The firm's strategy of using an 'early commencement' of the offer period in the US paid off. |
Human Resources 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Standout |
| Innovation | The Linklaters 'deal': global career development programme for associates. |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 8 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 22 |
| Description | A systematic initiative to give associates more of a valuable, portable career, based on a "grow and go" model rather than the common "up and out" approach. |
Human Resources 2008 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Global career development programme for business services staff. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | A pragmatic, throrough approach to business services training that is rare in law firms. Includes a global talent programme to encourage talented advisors to become leaders and provides experiential training at every level. |
Public-Private Partnership 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Project | The UK's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA): £13bn to procure and run the UK's air to air refuelling capability worldwide. |
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Originality | 6 |
| Creativity | 7 |
| Impact | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
| The lawyers' innovation | Highly unusually, the firm negotiated the deal for the funders before they were appointed. When the lenders came in, there were no changes made to the concession agreement the firm had put in place. When the bond market collapsed in 2007, their work made it easy for the incoming banks to supply the required £2.5bn financing in just six weeks. |
Public-Private Partnership 2008 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Project | Military Flight Training System (MFTS): the provision of training services for the MoD using a new model. |
| Award Level | Commended |
| Originality | 4 |
| Creativity | 6 |
| Impact | 3 |
| Total | 13 |
| The lawyers' innovation | Acting for the bank on the MoD's new methodology to provide training services with private company providers. The integrator model requires a complicated corporate structure with multiple contracts and multiple companies. The firm made it financable. The framework will allow the MoD to bring in other PPP / PFI projects. |
Public-Private Partnership 2008 (3)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Project | Future Provision of Marine Services PFI (FPMS): a £1bn MoD project for the delivery of ancillary port services at all the major Royal Navy ports in the UK. |
| Award Level | Commended |
| Originality | 4 |
| Creativity | 6 |
| Impact | 3 |
| Total | 13 |
| The lawyers' innovation | Acting for the sponsor, the firm's project management was key in delivering the project. Their knowledge of what was bankable combined with their understanding of what generic concessions should be made from a public sector point of view, delivered the contract to the required timescale. |
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