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Key facts and figures

CMS Cameron McKenna...

• acted for 97 of the FTSE 350 in 2006-7
• is a founding member of CMS
• has over 55 offices and associated offices worldwide
• has over 140 partners and more than 750 other fee-earners
• employs 60% female staff

• employs 9% of its UK staff from ethnic minority groups (where known)

Recent awards:

• Client Relationship Management development of the year - Legal Marketing Awards 2007
• Private Equity Law Firm of the Year 2007 - Central & Eastern Europe Private Equity Awards
• CEE Legal & Consulting Firm of the Year 2006 - Central & Eastern Europe Real Estate Quality Awards
• Platinum award - January 2007; Gold award - January 2006 - for the firm's environmental management programme - The Corporation of London Clean City Awards Scheme
• Pension Lawyers of the Year 2006 - UK Pensions Awards
• Payroll Giving Quality Mark -January 2006 - in recognition of a 43% increase in employees taking part in the firm's payroll giving scheme
• Top 100 Companies to work for 2005, 2003 and 2002 - The Sunday Times 

 Management team

• Duncan Weston
  Managing Partner
• Richard Price
  Senior Partner

Directors

• Krishna Vishnubhotla
  Finance
• Jeremy Knott
  Marketing
• Philip Rooke
  Information Technology
• Diane Gwynne
  HR

Award-winning deals:

• £550m bond issue for Wellcome Trust - IFR Sterling Bond of the Year award 2006 - International Financing Review (IFR) Awards
• Privatisation of Bulgarian Telecoms - Emerging Market Deal of the Year 2005 - Acquisitions Monthly
• Metronet - London Underground PPP project - European Project Bond Deal of the Year 2003 - Project Finance magazine
• The Ealing Schools PFI project - Best Education Project (> £20m) 2003 - Public Private Finance magazine
• The Exeter Crown and Country Court PFI project - Best Accommodation / Property Project (< £20m) 2003 - Public Private Finance magazine
• The Walsgrave Hospital PFI project - Best Partnership Project 2003 - Public Private Finance magazine
• National Grid and Lattice merger - Domestic Deal of the Year 2003 - Acquisitions Monthly

Practice group managers

• Edward Benzecry
  Real Estate
• Will Meredith
  Banking and Finance
• Nigel Moore
  Commercial
• Liam O'Connell
  Insurance and Reinsurance 
• Andrew Sheach
  Corporate
• Penelope Warne
  Energy, Projects and Construction
• Duncan Weston
  Central and Eastern Europe

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