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Hill Dickinson

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	9	5	3

2005-06: Insurance 2, real estate 1
2004-05: Insurance 2, NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA)/healthcare 2, marine/shipping/yachts 1
2003-04: Insurance 1, real estate 2, private client 1, commercial 1, NHSLA 1, marine/shipping/yachts 3

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	15	3	5

2005-06: Professional services 1, insurance 2, real estate 1, pensions 1
2004-05: Insurance 1, litigation 2
2003-04: Professional services 3, construction 2, real estate 1, litigation 1, commercial 3, NHSLA 1, employment 1, shipping 3

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 7

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 25

Firms recruited from : Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper

Equity structure: 43 equity partners, 72 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Contentious disciplines, marine

NB: Hill Dickinson�s figures do not include the acquisition of Bullivant Jones, George Davis & Co�s health team and the Manchester merger of Gorna & Co

2003-04 was the biggest year in recent memory for partnership appointments at Hill Dickinson, when it introduced 24 � nine internals and 15 laterals. Since then, the number of partnership appointments has decreased. What is more striking is that internal promotions have fallen consistently in three years, from nine in 2003-04 to five in 2004-05 to three in 2005-06.

The general litigation department has taken on only laterals in the past three years � a total of three. Marine/shipping saw a big push in 2003-04, with three laterals and three internals, but since then has only managed one new partner (internal). Liverpool has seen the most partner growth in three years, with 19 appointments compared with 12 in Manchester and nine in London..