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Public-Private Partnership 2008 (2)

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Project	The UK's Military Flight Training System (MFTS): the Â£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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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.