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Crowell & Moring Wins Financial Times 'Innovative Lawyers Award' for Alternative Fee Arrangements
November 11, 2009Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has won the "FT Innovative Lawyers Award" for innovation in billing and fees. Financial Times (FT) awarded Crowell & Moring top place as a leader among its peers for its creative and proactive approach to alternative fee arrangements. The honor was presented at a recent awards dinner at the Science Museum in London and recognized in the "FT Innovative Lawyers" report, an annual review of the work of lawyers around the world that have created innovative solutions to some of the most complex problems facing business, governments, and societies. "We are honored to be recognized for our innovative use of performance-based fee arrangements. It speaks to one of our firm's core values, which is partnering with clients in creative ways to meet their goals. In the current economy, it is more important than ever for our billing arrangements to reflect both the value we bring to clients and our willingness -- indeed, eagerness -- to be flexible. We align our goals with our clients' needs, our incentives with our clients' success," said Crowell & Moring Executive Committee member Scott L. Winkelman. Full release.