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Bevan Brittan

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	6	2	1

2005-06: PFI 1
2004-05: Commercial 1, commercial litigation 1
2003-04: Clinical negligence 1, commercial litigation 2, PFI 2, commercial 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	2	9	5

2005-06: Commercial 2, regulatory/commercial 1, health 1, licensing 1
2004-05: Commercial litigation 2, claims 1, planning 1, PFI 1, commercial 1, pensions 1, real estate 1, corporate 1
2003-04: Corporate 1, banking 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 10

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 50

Firms recruited from: Beachcroft Wansbroughs, Denton Wilde Sapte, Martineau Johnson, Norton Rose, Pinsent Masons, RadcliffesLeBrasseur, Stephenson Harwood, Trowers & Hamlins, Tarlo Lyons, Wragge & Co

Equity structure: 45 equity partners, 13 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Litigation, projects/PFI

Since its demerger from Ashfords, Bevan Brittan has leant heavily on laterals for growth, while opportunities for internal promotions have decreased: six in 2003-04, two in 2004-05 and only one in 2005-06.

Compared with its internal total of nine, Bevan Brittan has hired no fewer than 16 lateral partners � three of whom were associates at other firms.

The focus of the lateral hiring is in line with the firm�s ambition to expand out of its Bristol heartland; there has only been one Bristol lateral in the past three years.

The geography bears it out: in 2005-06 the firm made up only one internal candidate, but hired five laterals, three in London and two in Birmingham, while in 2004-05 there were two internals and nine laterals, one in Bristol, five in London and three in Birmingham.