Turnover: £51.9m
Profit per equity partner: £215K
Earnings per partner: £137K
Equity spread: £122K-£245K
Net profit: £10.6m
Profit margin: 20 per cent
Revenue per fee-earner: £101K
Revenue per lawyer: £135K
Revenue per partner: £444K
Revenue per equity partner: £0.98m
Total number of fee-earners: 514
Total number of qualified partners: 384
Total number of partners: 117
Total number of equity partners: 53
Total number of female partners: 42
Total number of female equity partners: 15
Total number of staff: 1,079
Leverage ratio (equity partners/fee-earners): 1:6.2

INTERNAL PROMOTIONS
2006-07: Personal injury 2
2005-06: Personal injury 3, commercial 1, construction 1
2004-05: Personal injury 6, recovery 2

LATERALS
2006: Criminal 1, claims management 1
2005: 0
2004: Personal injury 2, health and safety 1

Intake as percentage of partnership: 3.8
New female partners as percentage of intake: 50
Equity structure: 41 equity partners, 63 non-equity
Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Personal injury
*Figures supplied relate to the calendar year

Berrymans Lace Mawer has slowed the growth of its partnership to a crawl. In 2003 14 associates were made up to partner. That figure has fallen year-onyear to hit a low of just two in 2006-07, a drop of more than 80 per cent.
The number of lateral hires has also fallen since the firm’s 2003 merger with insurance boutique Jacksons, which added seven to the partnership. Personal injury remains the firm’s key focus, accounting for 11 of the 15 internal promotions over the last three years and two of the five lateral hires.