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 © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2010. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd..