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Kennedys

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	3	5	6

2005-06: Insurance/reinsurance 2, non-contentious 2, employment 1, overseas 1
2004-05: Construction 1, insurance/reinsurance 2, arbitration 1, litigation 1
2003-04: Personal injury 2, arbitration 1

Laterals

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

2005-06: Product liability 1
2004-05: Construction 1, insurance/reinsurance 1, overseas 1
2003-04: Non-contentious 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 9

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 43

Firms recruited from : Ashurst, Constant & Constant, Lawrence Graham, Plexus Law, Robin Simon, SJ Berwin

Equity structure: 38 equity partners, 41 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Insurance/reinsurance

Of the 19 new partners at Kennedys in the past three years, all but three have been in non-contentious sectors. On the contentious spectrum, the firm�s traditional specialism of insurance/reinsurance stands out, with five appointments in three years (four internal, one lateral).

Most new partners are homegrown, with only five of the total of 19 new partners coming from outside.