Wragge & Co
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Wragge & Co LLP was a UK-headquartered international law firm providing a full range of legal services to UK and international clients. Wragge & Co merged with the London law firm Lawrence Graham in May 2014, forming Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co.[1] In 2016, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co merged with the Canadian law firm Gowlings to become Gowling WLG.[2][3]
Headquarters | Birmingham, UK |
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No. of offices | 8 |
No. of lawyers | 572 |
No. of employees | 1,021 |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | UK Managing Partner: Ian Metcalfe UK Senior Partner: Quentin Poole |
Revenue | £120.5 million (2012–13) |
Date founded | 1834 |
Founders | George Paulson Wragge Clement Ingleby |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Dissolved | 2014 (2014) (merged with Lawrence Graham to form Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co) 2016 (2016) (WLG merged with Gowlings to form Gowling WLG) |
Website | wragge.com |
According to The Lawyer 200 in 2011,[4] Wragge & Co was the 23rd-largest law firm in the UK. Twenty of its partners featured among the 'leading individuals' of the Legal 500,[5] while the firm was ranked for 41 different practice areas in Chambers UK 2012.[6] Its 126 equity partners and 500 lawyers advised on deals, projects and disputes from the firm's headquarters in Birmingham and offices in London, Brussels, Guangzhou and Munich. Wragge & Co also had affiliated offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Paris.