Turnover: £88m
Profit per equity partner: £750K
Earnings per partner: £317K
Equity spread: £300K-£1KK
Net profit: £26m
Profit margin: 30 per cent
Revenue per fee-earner: £203K
Revenue per lawyer: £250K
Revenue per partner: £765K
Revenue per equity partner: £2.44m
Total number of fee-earners: 434
Total number of qualified partners: 352
Total number of partners: 115
Total number of equity partners: 36
Total number of female partners: 19
Total number of female equity partners: 6
Total number of staff: 766
Leverage ratio (equity partners/fee-earners): 1:8.8

INTERNAL PROMOTIONS
2006-07: IP/technology 6
2005-06: Corporate 1, personal injury 1, employment 2, public/regulatory 2, IP/technology 1
2004-05: Technology 1

LATERALS
2006: IP/technology 4, corporate 2, employment 1, real estate 2
2005: Corporate 3, IP/technology 1, personal injury 1
2004: Commercial 2, IP/technology 2, employment 1, public/regulatory 1, real estate 2

Intake as percentage of partnership: 16.5
New female partners as percentage of intake: 6.7
Firms recruited from: LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, Lion Television, Manches, Morrison & Foerster, Olswang
Equity structure: 68 equity partners, 23 non-equity
Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Technology/IP
*Figures supplied relate to the calendar year

Field Fisher Waterhouse returned to its focus on lateral hires in 2006-07, bringing in nine external partners compared with six internal promotions. When examined over three years, prospects for home-grown lawyers are even dimmer, with 14 internal appointments as opposed to 22 laterals. The sector to benefit most out of the latest promotions was IP and technology, scooping all six. Technology was also the focus of the firm’s lateral hires, accounting for seven in the past three years, while corporate received five and real estate four.