Turnover: £59m
Profit per equity partner: £424K
Earnings per partner: £339K
Equity spread: £150K-£720K
Net profit: £21.6m
Profit margin: 37 per cent
Revenue per fee-earner: £259K
Revenue per lawyer: £289K
Revenue per partner: £894K
Revenue per equity partner: £1.16m
Total number of fee-earners: 228
Total number of qualified partners: 204
Total number of partners: 66
Total number of equity partners: 51
Total number of female partners: 9
Total number of female equity partners: 6
Total number of staff: 439
Leverage ratio (equity partners/fee-earners): 1:3

INTERNAL PROMOTIONS
2006-07: Corporate 1, finance 1, litigation 1
2005-06: Corporate 1, finance 2, litigation 1
2004-05: Corporate 1, finance 1, litigation 3

LATERALS
2006: Corporate 3, finance 4, tax 1
2005: Finance 3
2004: Corporate 2, EU/competition 1, tax 1

Intake as percentage of partnership: 15.9
New female partners as percentage of intake: 18.2
Firms recruited from: Agnoli Bernardi e Associati, WBS Wegner Bechtel Schmidt
Equity structure: 60 equity partners, 9 non-equity
Practice area(s) most heavily promoted: Finance, litigation
*Figures supplied relate to the calendar year

Watson Farley & Williams has focused on its international offices for growth. Only one of the eight lateral hires in 2006-07 has been in the London office. By comparison, Hamburg secured three hires. Similarly, only five London lawyers have been made up in the past three years. Singapore is the biggest winner with four promotions.