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Mayer BrownFT Law 50 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rank | 46 |
| 2008 Rank | 46 |
| 2009 total score for ALL entries submitted | 90 |
| 2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 3 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| 2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| 2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 1 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 7 |
| 2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 1 |
| 2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k) | 604 |
| 2009 Score band for PEP (/5) | 2 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 11 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 18 |
Financial Services 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Transparency and disclosure advice for the securitisation sector |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 8 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | Helping the European Securitisation Forum, the firm developed new principles now signed up to by 14 big banks. Commended by the Treasury, they are being examined by the European Commission as a crucial part of future regulations |
FT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 46 |
| 2007 Rank | - |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 239 |
| 2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 5 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 3 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 7 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 2 |
| 2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 0 |
| 2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 0 |
| 2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) | 620 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 2 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 2 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 11 |
Responsible Business 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Mediation advice clinic. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | A fortnightly mediation clinic set up with LawWorks, one of the first to be set up in the UK to help people avoid the time and worry involved in litigation. |
Client Service 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Helping clients respond to the credit crunch. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 4 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | Reacting to market conditions quickly to help clients deal with dislocation in the credit markets. Includes a Special Situations Team which can respond quickly to assist clients with market rescues whilst also working with the Pensions team. |
Corporate 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Kazkommertsbank's future flow programme: the first 'AAA'-rated public transaction from the CIS. |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | The firm devised a way to have the Kazakhbank rated more highly than the usual rating for the country. This has raised the bank's profile and boosted inward investment to Kazakhstan. |
Diversity 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Diversity initiatives. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | Workplace initiatives including maternity coaching, flexible working, a day care programme in Frankfurt, and accreditation by Stonewall, the gay rights organisation, five years ago. |
Public-Private Partnership 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Project | First PPP by the French Ministry of Defence: training for helicopter flight crews. |
| Award Level | Commended |
| Originality | 4 |
| Creativity | 6 |
| Impact | 3 |
| Total | 13 |
| The lawyers' innovation | The first French defence PPP to be completed. The firm had to consistently devise new structures to juggle private and state risks in the project. There were no precedents in France for this, so the firm had to start from a completely blank page. Unusually, for France, the firm had to also understand the military, technical and financial aspects. |
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