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Bird & Bird

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	7	9	11

2005-06: IP 2, employment 1, corporate 1, telecoms 2, IT 2, media 1, aviation 1, public procurement 1
2004-05: Litigation 1, IT 1, IP 4, corporate 2, employment 1
2003-04: Life sciences 1, litigation 1, corporate 3, IP 1, IT 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	5	10	13

2005-06: Corporate 3, finance 1, aviation 1, tax 1, IT 1, litigation 1, employment 2, media 1, IP 2
2004-05: Data protection 1, public 1, communications 3, corporate 3, real estate 1, life sciences 1
2003-04: Corporate 1, finance 1, IP/IT 1, media 1, employment 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 22

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 4

Firms recruited from: Norton Rose, Pinsent Masons, Richards Butler, Stephenson Harwood

Equity structure: 24 equity partners, 21 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Real estate-related areas

Bird & Bird has made 55 partnership appointments in three years, with the balance tipping in favour of laterals, which total 28. The rate of lateral hiring has been progressively increased, with five in 2003-04, 10 in 2004-05 and 13 in 2005-06. Indeed, for the past two years, laterals have outnumbered internals. The biggest growth push has been in corporate, with six internal promotions and seven lateral appointments over three years.