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- FT Law 50 2011
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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