People
Number of partners (as of 30 April, 2013): 120
Number of employees (as of 30 April, 2013): 1,044
Number of fee earners: 588
Number of support staff: 456
Wragge & Co is the only law firm to feature in the list of Best Workplaces in the UK 2012
UK rankings
Based on turnover: 24th (The Lawyer)
Based on headcount: 18th
Based on advisers to the FTSE 100 and 250 - tenth (Chambers Client Report 2010)
Based on number of FTSE Eurotop 100 clients: 19th (Chambers' Euro 100 Survey)
Management
Senior partner: Quentin Poole
Managing partner: Ian Metcalfe
London managing partner: Jason Coates
Paris joint managing partners: Pierre Appremont, Simon Lowe
UAE - Wragge & Co Legal Consultants LLC chairman and senior partner: Mohamed Al Mehairi
UAE - Wragge & Co Legal Consultants LLC managing partner: Jane Pittaway
Non-executive director: Sir Michael Lyons
Offices
Seven: Birmingham, Guangzhou, London, Munich, Paris, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi and Dubai)
Services
Sector teams: Aerospace, automotive, aviation, defence, engineering and construction, education, energy, financial services, food & drink, funds, healthcare, life sciences, public sector, rail, retail, social housing, tech, travel.
Legal disciplines: Full service; antitrust, commercial, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, finance, information technology, insurance, intellectual property, outsourcing, pensions, projects, public law & regulation, real estate, tax.
International
Languages spoken: Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Bengal, Cantonese, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Farsi French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Maltese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Ukranian, Urdu, Welsh.
Corporate responsibility
Total number of pro bono hours for financial year 2011/12: 3,980
Charity of the Year: Make-a-Wish Foundation
Diversity
Wragge & Co diversity statistics
Awards
Winner of the Big Tick for Work Inclusion - Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence 2012
Awarded 'Best Pro Bono Partnership' at the LawWorks Awards 2012
Wragge & Co is one of the Best Workplaces in the UK for the 12th consecutive year
'Best student marketing campaign' in the TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards
Legal 500
Number of 'leading individuals': 20
Adrian Bland, Andrew Manning Cox, Anne Waltham, Ashley Pigott, Bernardine Adkins, Bill Jones, Duncan Field, Glyn Ryland (London and Birmingham), Gordon Harris, Ian Metcalfe, Jack Jacovou, Jeremy Millington, John Burns, Julian Pallett, Martin Chitty, Patrick Duxbury, Peter Shave, Richard Black, Sarah Thompson, and Stephen Kenny.
Chambers
Number of 'recommended' lawyers: 74
Lawyers rated as Band 1: Andrew Manning Cox, Andrew Thomas, Andrew Smith, Ashley Pigott, Bernardine Adkins, Cerryg Jones, David Barron, Gordon Harris, Glyn Ryland, Jonathan Chamberlain, Lee McBride, Lee Nuttall, Martin Chitty, Patrick Duxbury, Paul Kent, Richard Black, Richard Bate, Sally Mewies and Sarah Sasse.
'Lawyers to watch': 6
Alison Hardy, Joanne Tibbott, Kate Swaine, Paul Barker, Simon Edwards, and Simon Stephen.
'Star associate': 1
If you are a journalist and would like to know something else about the firm, please contact Kathryn Hobbs (kathryn_hobbs@wragge.com).
