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Burges Salmon


Turnover£45.4m
Profit per equity partner£363,000
Equity spread£215,000-£430,000
Net profit£16m
Profit margin35 per cent
Revenue per lawyer£225,000
Revenue per partner£732,000
Revenue per equity partner£1,027,000
Total no of fee-earners242
Total no of assistants140
No of partners62
No of equity partners44
Total no of female partners6
Total no of female equity partners5
Total no of staff500
Leverage ratio (equity partners/fee-earners)3.2
Representative clientsFirst Group
Ministry of Defence
Reuters
Bank of Scotland
Orange
Nationwide Building Society

BURGES SALMON record a rise in both turnover and PEP. Turnover rose 6.6 per cent to £45m, while PEP increased 5 per cent to £352,000.

Corporate had another busy year with its AIM practice advising on flotations for Samus, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, smartFOCUS Group and ITM Power, among others. It also scooped its first work for pharmaceutical and defence company Steris on its acquisition of Albert Browne.

In July 2004, the Bristol-based firm bolstered its environment practice, hiring Ross Fairley from Allen & Overy. This past financial year also saw the firm boost its overall partnership to 61 and join the growing list of firms converting to limited-liability partnerships.

 
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