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Manches

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	2	6	2

2005-06: Family 1, litigation 1
2004-05: Family 3, technology/IP 2, real estate 1
2003-04: Real estate 1, employment 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	6	9	1

2005-06: Family 1
2004-05: Technology/IP 2, real estate 3, employment 1, corporate 3
2003-04: Real estate 2, employment 1, construction 1, litigation 2

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 6

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 0

Equity structure: 24 equity partners, 23 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Family

* Figures supplied relate to the calendar year

After a bumper 15 appointments in 2005, in 2006 Manches only added three new partners, one of whom was lateral. The majority of new partners in the past three years have been lateral; 16 compared with 10 homegrown.

Family is one of the few areas at Manches where internals outnumber laterals. It has been one of the biggest gainers over the past few years, with three internal promotions in 2005 and two appointments in 2006 � one internal and one lateral.

The two other major areas of growth have relied slightly more on laterals. Real estate has expanded with a total of seven appointments in 2004 and 2005. Technology/IP had no appointments in 2004, but in 2005 it swelled by four.