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OlswangFT Law 50 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rank | 23 |
| 2008 Rank | 24 |
| 2009 total score for ALL entries submitted | 121 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 8 |
| 2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 3 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| 2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 1 |
| 2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k) | 352 |
| 2009 Score band for PEP (/5) | 2 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 12 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 21 |
Changing the rules 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Cutting the costs of film financings |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | The firm created a new streamlined transparent approach to film financing, making transactions quicker and easier |
Client Service 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Outsourcing health check |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 8 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 22 |
| Description | Integrated legal and consulting service applied throughout the outsourcing lifecycle to ensure value |
Dispute Resolution - non credit crisis 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Marrying established laws with cutting-edge technology to chase down anonymous online wrong-doers |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | The firm is ahead of the curve in exploiting the various tools available to fight the abuse of new media outlets. They developed the 'Spartacus Order' which forces wrong-doers to identify themselves |
Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | A new approach to tenant defaults |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 4 |
| Total | 15 |
| Description | As more commercial tenants face liquidation, Cameron Lawes and the real estate team at Olswang devised a guide for landlords to enable them to recover owed rent before tenants default |
FT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 24 |
| 2007 Rank | - |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 19 |
| 2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 1 |
| 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 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 1 |
| 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) | 545 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 1 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 16 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 19 |
Commercial 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Submission | The firm's pioneering Open Source Software practice has promoted the market to users and lawyers. |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | By championing this new market in the UK the firm has turned itself into the go-to firm of the industry. |
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