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SJ Berwin

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	6	7	11

2005-06: Corporate 4, TMT 1, real estate 1, banking 2, financial services 1, planning 1, litigation 1
2004-05: Corporate 3, banking 1, TMT 1, real estate 1, tax 1
2003-04: Litigation 2, competition 2, TMT 1, real estate 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	7	7	3

2005-06: Real estate 1, corporate 1, insolvency 1
2004-05: Corporate 1, finance 2, financial services 1, tax 2, litigation 1
2003-04: Corporate 2, real estate 1, competition 2, banking 2

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 11

New female partners as percentage of intake 2005-06: 21

Firms recruited from: Clifford Chance, Lovells, White & Case

Equity structure: 80 equity partners, 47 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Banking, real estate

SJ Berwin has promoted 24 partners internally over three years, 20 of whom have been based in London. Six of the 24 have been women; the best year for female promotions was 2003-04, when four out of the six were women.
Corporate has had the most internal promotions over three years, with seven appointments across the firm.
However, only two internal corporate appointments have been in London. During the same time the firm has taken on three corporate laterals. In London, banking and real estate associates have done better at gaining partnership, with three promotions in each group over three years.
Of the 17 laterals over three years, eight have been in London, spread over a variety of practice areas.