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FT Law 50 2009

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2009 Rank27
2008 Rank17
2009 total score for ALL entries submitted192
2009 score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)5
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT0
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT0
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT3
2009: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT3
2009 Score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)1
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT5
2008 score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)1
2009 Profits per Equity Partner (PEP) (£k)n/a[1]
2009 Score band for PEP (/5)3
Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20)11
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)21
Footnotes

1. Estimate used, based on RSG Consulting research

Continental European Firms 2009

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Rank9
CountrySpain
Weighted score3
Total score192

Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009

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Award levelCommended
InnovationIntegrating Spanish savings banks
Originality5
Rationale6
Impact4
Total15
DescriptionThe firms developed a complex governance and financial structure to integrate six regional Spanish savings banks. The integration is designed to help these small to medium sized banks survive the crisis

Fraud 2009

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Award levelCommended
Innovation500m compensatory offer for Madoff investors
Originality5
Rationale5
Impact7
Total17
DescriptionThe firm helped Santander create an exchange offer for client victims of the Madoff fraud. Together they found a way to swap apparently valueless assets while minimising Santander’s losses

FT Law 50 2008

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2008 Rank17
2007 Rank10 (-7)
2008: Total score for ALL entries submitted195
2008: score band for ALL entries submitted (/10)4
Number of standout entries in FT REPORT0
Number of highly commended entries in FT REPORT2
Number of commended entries in FT REPORT1
2008: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT5
2008: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/10)2
2007: total weighted score for ranked entries in FT REPORT14
2007: score band for ranked entries in FT REPORT (/5)2
2007: Profits per Equity Partner (PEP)-[1]
2007: score band for PEP (/5)1
Assessment of management commitment and innovation value to firm (/20)13
Total Innovation Score in the FTLAW50 (/50)22
Footnotes

1. Estimate based on RSG Consulting research. PEP figures taken from The Lawyer magazine 2008 and RSG Consulting research.

Management 2008

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Award LevelHighly commended
InnovationFrom boutique to top firm worldwide: subject of a Harvard business case study.
Originality5
Rationale6
Impact7
Total18
DescriptionCommended for their intellectual, effective approach to management, they have gone on to "innovate the entire market". In effect, they have helped to create the Iberian legal market.

Responsible Business 2008

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Award LevelCommended
InnovationSolidarity law school: teaching 9-12 year old under-privileged school children about the law.
Originality6
Rationale6
Impact6
Total18
DescriptionPart of a well thought-out programme of public education, initiated and designed by the firm. It goes beyond just teaching about the law and includes education on values, respect and tolerance.

Continental European Firms 2008

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Rank3=
Founding date1940s
CountrySpain
Total Report score195
Total weighted score5

Dispute Resolution 2008

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Award LevelHighly commended
InnovationTelefónica appeal against the decision of the Court for the Defence of Competition.
Originality5
Rationale6
Impact6
Total17
DescriptionThe firm managed to establish that an act of unfair competition did not necessarily constitute a serious distortion of competition. For Telefónica this meant an annulment of the €57million fine.