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Gateley Wareing

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	0	0	2

2005-06: Real estate 1, employment 1
2004-05: 0
2003-04: 0

Laterals

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

2005-06: Real estate 1, employment 1
2004-05: Corporate 1
2003-04: Corporate 1, construction 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 15

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

Firms recruited from: Andersons Solicitors, Browne Jacobson, Eversheds, Hammonds

Equity structure: 24 equity partners, 3 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Real estate

The biggest partner growth over three years has been in real estate-related disciplines, but there has only been one partner promotion in that area over that time. Indeed, laterals have dominated across the board � there have been two internal promotions in three years compared with five lateral hires.