FT Law 50 2010

FT.com Innovative Lawyers [1] Rank 2010 Firm Total score 2010 Score band 2010 Standout entries Highly commended entries Commended entries Weighted score 2010 Ranked score 2010 Weighted score 2009 Ranked score 2009 PEP 2010 (£'000) Total innovation

1 Eversheds 284 9 4 3 1 45 30 20 7 515 95

2 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 212 7 4 3 1 45 30 30 10 1,406 90

3 Allen & Overy 328 10 1 5 4 32 21 29 10 1,093 86

4 Clifford Chance 336 10 1 2 10 26 17 30 10 908 82

5 Wragge & Co 168 5 2 1 3 23 15 6 2 260 71

6 Linklaters 211 7 2 0 4 20 13 19 7 1,148 67

7 CMS 221 7 1 0 6 14 9 14 5 444[2] 66

8 Berwin Leighton Paisner 74 3 1 1 1 13 9 9 3 463 65

9 Addleshaw Goddard 142 5 2 1 2 22 15 1 1 425 64

10 Simmons & Simmons 164 5 3 0 1 25 17 6 2 453 62

11 Axiom 41 2 1 1 0 12 8 0 0 n/a 60

12 Baker & McKenzie 216 7 0 4 3 19 13 0 0 638[3] 58

13 Ashurst 153 5 0 4 0 16 11 13 5 689 57

14 Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii 233 7 0 1 2 6 4 14 5 1,336 56

15 Mishcon de Reya 41 2 1 1 0 12 8 3 1 450 55

16 Uría Menéndez 172 6 0 4 2 18 12 3 1 - 54

17 Paul Hastings 98 3 2 0 1 17 11 0 0 1199[3] 54

18 Slaughter and May 76 3 1 1 1 13 9 19 7 1,640 54

19 Latham & Watkins 147 5 0 2 2 10 7 7 3 1218[3] 54

20 Garrigues 110 4 1 0 2 10 7 6 2 678[3] 53

21 Herbert Smith 162 5 1 3 1 21 14 11 4 862 51

22 Norton Rose 77 3 1 1 1 13 8 8 3 485 50

23 Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira 215 7 0 1 3 7 5 5 2 - 50

24 Portolano Colella Cavallo 93 3 0 1 3 7 5 6 2 - 50

25 Nabarro 50 2 1 0 1 9 6 0 0 321 49

26 Kemp Little 43 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 315 49

27 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 128 4 1 1 0 12 8 2 1 1314[3] 48

28 White & Case 42 2 1 1 0 12 8 4 2 912[3] 48

29 Weil, Gotshal & Manges 79 3 1 0 1 9 6 6 2 1482[3] 47

30 Hogan Lovells 51 2 0 1 0 4 3 4 2 630[4] 47

30 Shoosmiths 45 2 0 1 0 4 3 4 2 268 47

32 LG 94 3 0 1 1 5 3 5 2 568 46

33 DLA Piper 45 2 0 1 0 4 3 6 2 485 45

34 TLT Solicitors 21 1 1 0 0 8 5 1 1 286 44

35 De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek 50 2 1 1 0 12 8 0 0 - 43

36 NCTM 59 2 0 1 0 4 3 1 1 - 43

37 Olswang 36 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 3 422 43

38 Mills & Reeve 52 2 1 0 2 10 7 0 0 306 42

39 Wolf Theiss 58 2 1 0 0 8 5 1 1 - 42

40 Gide Loyrette Nouel 39 2 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 - 42

41 Assistenza Legale 17 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 42

42 McGrigors 69 2 0 1 1 5 3 4 2 261 40

43 Field Fisher Waterhouse 36 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 1 442 40

44 Peters & Peters 36 1 1 0 0 8 5 2 1 - 39

45 Shearman & Sterling 56 2 0 1 1 5 3 5 2 1092[3] 39

46 Schönherr 58 2 0 1 0 4 3 2 1 - 38

47 Taylor Wessing 19 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 385 37

48 Cobbetts 18 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 334 37

49 Burges Salmon 79 3 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 409 36

50 Bredin Prat 33 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 - 36

Footnotes 1. PEP figures UK: taken from the Legal Business 100 2010 edition and RSG Consulting research. Figures converted from euros via an average exchange rate between May 1 2009 and April 30 2010, using historical data from Oanda 2. **CMS figure only includes the CMS Cameron McKenna figure from the Legal Business 100 2010 edition 3. *US/global: taken from the Legal Business Global 100 2010, converted from US dollars via an average exchange rate between May 1 2009 and April 20 2010, using historical data from Oanda 4. ***Hogan Lovells figure taken from the Lovells pre-merger data from the Legal Business 100 2010 edition