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LESTER ALDRIDGE


Turnover: £16.7m
Revenue per partner:£451,400
Revenue per lawyer:£183,500
Total number of partners:37
Total number of female partners:11
Total number of fee earners: 120
Total number of qualified solicitors: 191
Total headcount: 361
Number of offices:5

AT THE half-year point of the 2006-07 Lester Aldridge’s financial year took a turn for the worse when it issued redundancy notices to around 15 lawyers and support staff.

The South Coast firm blamed a restructuring that was, in the words of managing partnerMichael Giddins, "about being able to offer opportunities for our staff and for our clients which our marketplace is now expecting".

Opportunities or not, the development will be a blow to a firm that saw one of its core areas, finance, hit hard during the 2005-06 financial year with the messy departure of former head Kevin Heath and several assistants to Salans.

Revenue inched up by 4 per cent to £16.7m. Giddins will be hoping the Hildebrandt-directed review will lead to a better return.

 
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