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Field Fisher Waterhouse

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	2	1	7

2005-06: Corporate 1, personal injury/medical negligence 1, IP/technology 1, employment 1, public/regulatory 2, pensions 1
2004-05: IP/technology 1
2003-04: Corporate 1, IP/technology 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	3	8	5

2005-06: Corporate 3, personal injury/medical negligence 1, IP/technology 1
2004-05: Commercial 2, IP/technology 2, employment 1, public/regulatory 1, real estate 2
2003-04: IP/technology 2, employment 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 15

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 33

Firms recruited from: Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Richards Butler

Equity structure: 40 equity partners, 38 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Corporate, IP/technology

After a big year for lateral hires in 2004- 05, when Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) hired eight externals and made only one internal promotion, 2005-06 showed a swing back to homegrown candidates. However, laterals kept coming, particularly in corporate, where three were appointed. The IP/technology group makes one internal promotion a year, supplemented by a minimum of one lateral.

Over the course of three years FFW has hired in more laterals than growing its own. It appointed 16 lateral partners compared with 10 internal promotions. Of the 26 appointments, five have been women.