Wragge & Co LLP has boosted its national dispute resolution practice with the addition of a new commercial litigation partner. Tom Ellis, previously a senior litigation partner at Bevan Brittan LLP, joined the firm on 1 October.

During a 20-year career, Tom has established a leading reputation for providing high-quality commercial litigation advice and building strong client relationships. He boasts considerable experience of advising corporate and public sector clients on high-value and complex commercial litigation. Tom also has a proven track record in corporate investigations and fraud.

Senior partner Quentin Poole said: "Tom is a highly-respected and trusted figure with the credibility, energy and ambition to help us strengthen our existing practice. He has an exceptional ability to build strong relationships with clients, combined with a reputation for providing technically excellent advice. He's a first-class addition to the Commercial Litigation team."

Tom began his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP before moving to Bevan Ashford (now Bevan Brittan) in 1994. He became a partner in 1998. Tom specialises in the conduct of major actions for fraud, breach of fiduciary duties and economic torts, contractual disputes relating to the supply of goods and services and professional negligence claims. He is also a CEDR-accredited mediator.

Wragge & Co's dispute resolution capability is one of the UK's largest. With a core team of 185 lawyers, including experts in contract and commercial, construction, mediation and arbitration, regulatory litigation, IT, IP, professional negligence, insurance and volume debt recovery, its client base includes UK and international major corporates and public sector organisations. In the Chambers and Partners' table of disputes advisers to the FTSE 100 and 250, it is ranked equal third.

This year, the firm appointed regulatory litigation specialist Andrew Litchfield to the partnership. Tom's appointment takes the total number of partners in the Dispute Resolution group to 20.

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