Facts & figures

People

Number of partners (as of 31 January, 2012): 121
Number of employees (as of 31 January, 2012): 1107
Number of fee earners: 645
Number of support staff: 462
Wragge & Co is the only law firm to feature in the 50 Best Workplaces in the UK 2011

UK rankings

Based on turnover: 23rd (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 directors: Sir Michael Lyons and Jim Wadia

Offices

Eight: Birmingham, Brussels, Guangzhou, London, Munich, Paris, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi and Dubai)

Services

Sector teams: Aerospace, automotive, aviation, central government, defence, financial services, food & drink, healthcare, life sciences, local government, rail, retail, travel.

Legal disciplines: Full service; corporate, dispute resolution, finance, projects, technology, intellectual property, employment, pensions, commercial, antitrust, real estate, insurance, public law & regulation, tax.

International

Languages spoken: Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Bengal, Cantonese, 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, Urdu, Welsh.

Corporate responsibility

Total number of pro bono hours for financial year 09-10: 3,653
Charity of the Year: Alzheimer's Society

Diversity

Wragge & Co diversity statistics

Environment

Recycling options: Paper, glass, plastic, cans, batteries, mobile phones, toner cartridges
Water bottles saved through re-use scheme: 8,000
Trees planted through Woodland Trust scheme since 2004: 550

Awards

Litigation and Regulatory team of the year - British Legal Awards 2011
Employment Team of the Year - The Lawyer Awards 2011
Legal Adviser of the Year - Health Investor Awards 2011
Pensions Law Firm winner - Pension & Investment Provider Awards UK 2011 and 2010
Best Trainer in national/large regional firm category - LawCareers.Net's Training and Recruitment Awards
Winner of the Big Tick for Work Inclusion - Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence 2011

Innovation

Ranked 15th in the 2011 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers report of the top 50 innovative law firms.

Legal 500

Number of 'leading individuals': 18
Adrian Bland, Andrew Manning Cox, Anne Waltham, Ashley Pigott, Bernardine Adkins, Bill Jones, Glyn Ryland, Gordon Harris, Ian Metcalfe, Jack Jacovou, Jeremy Millington, John Burns, Julian Pallett, Martin Chitty, Patrick Duxbury, Peter Shave, Sarah Thompson, and Stephen Kenny.

Chambers

Number of 'recommended' lawyers: 85

Lawyers rated as Band 1: Ashley Pigott, Andrew Manning Cox, Jonathan Chamberlain, Patrick Duxbury, Cerryg Jones, David Barron, Simon Baylis, Paul Kent, Martin Chitty, Richard Black, Gordon Harris, Lee McBride, Glyn Ryland, Andrew Thomas, Lee Nuttall, Kevin Lowe, Bernardine Adkins, Sally Mewies, Sarah Sasse and Richard Bate.

Number of 'up and coming individuals': 4

Anna Fletcher, Mark Henley, Paul Carberry and Paul Feathers.

'Lawyers to watch': 5

Kate Swaine, Alison Hardy, Paul Barker, Gus Wood, and Simon Edwards.

If you are a journalist and would like to know something else about the firm, please contact Kathryn Hobbs (kathryn_hobbs@wragge.com).