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Simmons & SimmonsFT Law 50 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rank | 15 |
| 2008 Rank | 25 |
| 2009 total score for ALL entries submitted | 52 |
| 2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 2 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| 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 | 6 |
| 2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 2 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 11 |
| 2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 2 |
| 2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k) | 519 |
| 2009 Score band for PEP (/5) | 2 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 16 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 24 |
Client Service 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Lehman administration |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | A co-ordinated approach for the numerous Lehman Brothers creditors represented by the firm |
Resourcing 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | MBA in legal business |
| Originality | 8 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | The firm used its relationship with BPP law school to create a new MBA in legal services for its future and current trainees. Next year the course will be open to the industry |
FT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 25 |
| 2007 Rank | 14 (-11) |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 99 |
| 2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 2 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 1 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 11 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 3 |
| 2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 14 |
| 2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 2 |
| 2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) | 647 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 2 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 9 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 18 |
Client Service 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | Navigator funds: online service gives regulatory advice to financial institutions on the marketing and sale of hedge funds. |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Description | Marketing regulations for hedge funds frequently change; this unique resource allows clients to be constantly updated with information across 60 jurisdictions for an annual subscription. Eliminates the need for clients to go to many firms in different cou |
Diversity 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Standout |
| Innovation | Forum for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) networks across UK law firms. |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | The firm has been energetic in persuading the legal sector to follow its example on enfranchising this previously unrepresented group. |
Public-Private Partnership 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Project | The UK's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA): £13bn project to procure and run the UK's air-to- air refuelling capability worldwide. |
| Award Level | Standout |
| Originality | 6 |
| Creativity | 8 |
| Impact | 4 |
| Total | 18 |
| The lawyers' innovation | This deal will last for the next 27 years and contained many of the firm's small innovations. The firm worked on the project for 10 years and had to juggle the interests of the MoD with the need to make the deal bankable. The licensing regime is very innovative and the firm had to negotiate with governments on three continents. The project has moulded the future framework for UK private finance initiatives. |
Public-Private Partnership 2008 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Project | The UK's Military Flight Training System (MFTS): the £6bn project to train the UK's military pilots. |
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Originality | 4 |
| Creativity | 9 |
| Impact | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| The lawyers' innovation | Partner Kim Walkling devised the innovative integrator model that enables this project to encompass bolt-on additional PFI contracts. Set to influence future UK government practice, it has been described as "the next step in PPP / PFI". |
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