Dawsons - Rising 50 - 2005

Turnover: £9m

Revenue per partner: £500,000

Revenue per lawyer: £236,800

Total number of partners: 18

Total number of fee-earners: 53

Total number of fee-earners (excluding consultants, paralegals, trainees etc): 38

Total number of support staff: 38

Office: London

Equity structure: Equal profit share plus merit-based distribution

Core business: Private client base plus corporate services for entrepreneurs

Clients: Charterhouse Residential Financing and Cromwell Group (both part of HSBC Specialist Investments), Family Housing Association, Greenwich Hospital, Mountview Estates, RTT Engineering Services, Strutt & Parker, Trans World Couriers

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