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Bristows

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	1	3	2

2005-06: IP 2
2004-05: IP 3
2003-04: Corporate 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	1	0	0

2005-06: 0
2004-05: 0
2003-04: IP 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 8

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

Equity structure: 26 equity partners, 0 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted:IP

No surprises at niche IP firm Bristows. Of its seven partnership appointments in three years, six have been in IP. Its lone non-IP appointment was in 2003, in corporate. Neither is lateral hiring big business. It took on one lateral in commercial IP in 2003, but since then the partners have been homegrown..