Rankings and Awards — Practices

IFLR1000

Orrick received the following rankings in the 2010 edition of IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms.

2010 IFLR Rankings

Asia-Pacific

• Tier 2 - Capital markets - structured finance and securitization

China

• Notable - Mergers and acquisitions - foreign firms

France

• Tier 3 - Capital markets - debt
• Tier 4 - Capital markets - equity
• Tier 4 - Capital markets - structured finance and securitization
• Tier 4 - Banking
• Tier 4 - Mergers and acquisitions
• Tier 5 - Project finance

Hong Kong

• Tier 2 - Capital markets - structured finance and securitization
• Tier 3 - Capital markets - equity - Hong Kong/International law
• Tier 4 - Mergers and acquisitions
• Tier 4 - Private equity

Italy

• Notable - Capital markets

Japan

• Tier 3 - Banking - foreign law
• Tier 3 - Capital markets - structured finance and securitization
• Tier 3 - Mergers and acquisitions - foreign law

South Korea

• Foreign firms active in South Korea

United States

• Tier 1 - Capital markets - structured finance and securitization
• Tier 3 - Project finance
• Tier 6 - Restructuring and insolvency

United Kingdom

• Tier 5 - Capital markets - derivatives
• Tier 5 - Capital markets - structured finance and securitization
• Notable - Restructuring and insolvency

IFLR Magazine

Orrick's London restructuring team received International Financial Law Review's "Restructuring Deal of the Year" in 2009 for its work on the Cheyne Finance SIV. The US$7 billion restructuring was the first structured investment vehicle (SIV) to go into receivership with untested program documentation.

Orrick also was nominated for "Most Innovative U.S. Firm in Europe," a new category created to reward the most innovative U.S. firms operating in Europe for their involvement in the best European deals of the past year.