World Finance Risk & Insolvency Awards, 2009

LONDON - Given the extent to which current markets are struggling, the need to be able to pull in the right firm to minimise loss is of great importance. These specialist firms need to be at the ready 24/7, with the necessary expertise to do an essential job. In the September - October issue, currently in newsagents, World Finance heralds some of the top firms, as well as some of the individuals who make those firms tick.

Best Insolvency & Restructuring Advisory Firm, USA Mesirow Financial Consulting Best Insolvency & Restructuring Advisory Firm, Ireland PricewaterhouseCoopers Best Insolvency & Restructuring Advisory Firm, Spain KPMG Best Insolvency & Restructuring Advisory Firm, Brazil Deloitte Brazil Best Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer, Italy Giovanni Domenichini, Bonelli Erende Pappalardo Best Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer, Cayman Islands J. Ross McDonough, Campbells Best Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer, Peru Victor Marroquin, Marroquin & Merino Abogados Best Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer, Argentina Juan Antonio Anich, Allende & Brea Abogados

About the Awards

The World Finance awards panel, headed up by editor Alexander Redcliffe, used a wide range of criteria, and the critical eye of a collective 180 years of financial journalism to inform its decision over the most pertinent categories to include in the 2009 awards, and to establish criteria for voters to consider, such as innovation, originality and quality of product, as well as proof of market development and excellence in client representation.

The panel has been wary to avoid the danger of bias towards criteria such as depth of practice, size of company, international links and reputation, which in so many other industry awards skews the competition in favour of the larger firms with global networks, leaving the excellent work of smaller, nationally based firms and those operating in niche areas, unrecognised. The awards are designed to redress this balance, not to favour the smaller firms, but to publicly recognise that the services they provide are every bit as valuable to their clients as those of their larger counterparts.

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Notes for Editors:

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