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- FT Law 50 2009
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Slaughter and MayFT Law 50 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2009 Rank | 6 |
| 2008 Rank | 16 |
| 2009 total score for ALL entries submitted | 233 |
| 2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10) | 6 |
| Number of standout entries in FT REPORT | 3 |
| Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT | 2 |
| Number of commended entries in FT REPORT | 4 |
| 2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 20 |
| 2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 7 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 10 |
| 2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 2 |
| 2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k) | 1,643 |
| 2009 Score band for PEP (/5) | 5 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 15 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 35 |
Changing the rules 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Advising Bertelsmann on its successful joint appeal with Sony Corporation of America to the European Court Of Justice |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | Slaughter and May represented music giant Bertelsmann on its successful joint appeal with Sony to the ECJ to overturn the annulment of the European Commission's merger clearance |
Changing the rules 2009 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Resolution Limited - Initial Public Offering of its Shares |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 5 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | The firm acted for Resolution on this IPO in which the Guernsey incorporated company outsourced majority of its operating functions enabling it to achieve secondary listing as an overseas company |
Client Service 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Crisis management programme |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | A series of events for senior lawyers from clients, attracting high-profile speakers and attended by Europe’s top general counsels |
Dispute Resolution - credit crisis 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Innovation | Highly commended |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | Slaughter and May brought about the first instance of the High Court summarily assessing the whole costs of an action, where the hearing was for more than one day and where substantial costs occurred |
Financial Services - Longevity risk and mortgages 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Commended |
| Innovation | Enabling Standard Life Assurance to transfer longevity risk to Canada Life International |
| Originality | 5 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | Through a 'deposit back' structure, the firm reduced counterparty risk. It ensured that in the event of default by the reinsurer, the seeding office would still have the assets. In effect, a safety net against credit risk |
Financial Services 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Splitting the Bradford & Bingley pension scheme |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | To transfer the retail deposit books of B&B to Abbey the firm had to split the pension scheme into two sections, sharing trustees but with separate assets and liabilities. This minimised Abbey’s pension exposure without damaging scheme members’ interests |
Government 2009
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | The blueprint for Europe-wide crisis intervention measures |
| Originality | 8 |
| Rationale | 8 |
| Impact | 9 |
| Total | 25 |
| Description | The firm devised the threefold structure of increased liquidity, guarantee schemes and recapitalisations for the UK Treasury. Later, work on the asset protection scheme for Lloyds and RBS involved exceptional complexity |
Government 2009 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Transferring banks and building societies into different hands |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 8 |
| Total | 21 |
| Description | The firm developed the Banking (Special Provisions) Act, enabling the transfer of £20bn (€21.7bn) from the ailing Northern Rock in 48 hours. It also acted as key adviser on the transfers for Bradford & Bingley and the Dunfermline Building Society |
Government 2009 (3)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award level | Standout |
| Innovation | Solutions to the Icelandic banking collapse |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 20 |
| Description | An unusual mixture of international insolvency law and political turmoil formed the backdrop to the firm’s work to recover Icesave funds from the failed Landsbanki, as well as transferring further bank deposit books to ING Direct |
FT Law 50 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| 2008 Rank | 16 |
| 2007 Rank | 8 (-8) |
| 2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted | 87 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 10 |
| 2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10) | 3 |
| 2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT | 11 |
| 2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5) | 2 |
| 2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) | 2,250 |
| 2007: score band for PEP (/5) | 5 |
| Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20) | 10 |
| Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50) | 22 |
Corporate 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Standout |
| Innovation | Thomson Reuters: the first UK-Canadian dual listed company. |
| Originality | 7 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 21 |
| Description | The firm advised on the creation of a dual listed company with both parent companies listed in North America and the UK. The firm was instrumental in devising a structure that, crucially, persuaded the Reuters' Founders Share Company (FSC) that the merger would be in the spirit of the founders. |
Corporate 2008 (2)
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | Akzo Nobel purchase of ICI following pre-sell of part of the business to Henkel. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 5 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Description | The firm's technical expertise enabled it to plan and structure a highly unusual pre-sell of part of the ICI's business, thereby anabling the vital shareholder approval. The resulting extra money in the bid ensured the recommendation of the ICI board and the deliverability of the transaction. |
Dispute Resolution 2008
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Standout |
| Innovation | Lords ruling (July 2007) that Sempra Metals was entitled to compound interest on advanced corporation tax payments. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 7 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | A landmark judgement of wide application and destined for student textbooks, the latest ruling in Sempra's 12 year litigation recognised that interest payments in the commercial world are calculated on a compound basis. |
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