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Shoosmiths

Internal promotions

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	7	0	6

2005-06: Legal expenses division 1, real estate 3, property direct 1, employment 1
2004-05: 0
2003-04: Real estate 2, litigation 2, corporate 1, construction 1, planning 1

Laterals

Overall	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
	5	6	2

2005-06: Commercial 1, litigation 1
2004-05: Corporate 3, commercial 2, pensions 1
2003-04: Commercial 4, asset finance 1

Intake as percentage of partnership 2005-06: 11

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

Firms recruited from: Blake Lapthorn Linnell, Eversheds, Lester Aldridge, Watson Farley & Williams, Wragge & Co

Equity structure: 34 equity partners, 39 non-equity partners

Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Real estate

Property, in all its guises, has been the focus for Shoosmiths' growth in the past few years. Indeed, the property department makes up five of the 26 additions to the partnership. Over three years, Shoosmiths has made up 13 internals and 13 laterals to partner. Of the internals, four promotions have been in Reading, three in Birmingham and two each in Nottingham and Northampton. The biggest lateral partner growth by office has been the Solent, with four, and Birmingham with four. Laterals have tended to major in commercial or corporate, while real estate has dominated internal promotions.