Birmingham’s £307m NEC sale puts the limelight on Eversheds, WLG and Gateley Kathryn McCann Lloyds’ private equity arm acquires landmark event venue Birmingham City Council brought in the New Year with one of its…
Financials 2013/14: Wragges last accounts show rise in profit as number of staff falls Kathryn McCann Wragge & Co’s last limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts before it merged with Lawrence Graham show that profit before remuneration…
Selling the NEC: Eversheds, Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gateley on Birmingham’s £307m deal Kathryn McCann Eversheds, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, and Gateley have all led on the sale of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC)…
‘The costs have been managed hard’ – LG profits in sharp rebound as two parts of Wragge Lawrence Graham confirm 2013/14 results Legal Business Recently formed national player Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has unveiled the combined results of its legacy firms for the…
Wedlake Bell’s acquisitive streak continues as Christopher Tite and Louise Gowman join from LG; Clive Thorne from RPC Legal Business The recent acquisitive streak by Wedlake Bell has seen the UK top 100 firm bring in legacy Lawrence Graham’s (LG’s) former…
Asia: CC’s Charlton on high Asian promotion rate; Winston takes on DLA team; BLP enters Indonesia; Wragge LG ends Singapore tie-up David Stevenson In a fortnight that has so far seen Winston & Strawn hire a four-strong corporate team from DLA Piper in…
Partner promotions: CMS promotes 30; Clyde & Co nine; Lawrence Graham five Legal Business The latest round of partner promotions among the top 20 UK firms has this week seen CMS Cameron McKenna announce the…
Partner promotions: Wragges and DAC Beachcroft make up significantly more lawyers; Olswang promotes two Legal Business Ahead of its 1 May merger with City firm Lawrence Graham, Wragge & Co has more than doubled the number of…
Regions cash in on corporate spike as Wragges sells NEC and DLA Piper floats Manchester’s Boohoo Legal Business Two multi-million pound regional deals have been announced in the past week, as Wragge & Co advises Birmingham City Council on…
Wragges announces post-merger management line-up but Addleshaws faces scrutiny over leadership team Francesca Fanshawe For Addleshaw Goddard the timing could have been more flattering. On the day that national rival Wragge & Co confirmed a new…
LLP results 2012/13 – CC reveals drop in management committee pay as LG records further decline in turnover Sarah Downey Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) limited liability partnership accounts for the 2012/13 year have revealed a 5% drop in total remuneration paid…
Sealed at last – Wragges secures major City merger as vote backs LG tie-up to forge £171m practice Francesca Fanshawe After years of rejecting the need for a City presence – and subsequent years hunting for a major London deal…
Comment: ‘Mishcon’ no more but a City player at last? Wragges needs a big deal and the old magic Legal Business ‘Wragge & Co was the Mishcon of its day.’ That statement from a former veteran of the Midlands giant sums…
If the shoe just about fits – Wragges in merger talks with Lawrence Graham Legal Business Proposed merger promises Birmingham firm significant City presence. The announcement last month that Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham (LG)…
‘Mishcon’ no more but a City player at last? Wragges needs a big deal and the old magic Legal Business ‘Wragge & Co was the Mishcon of its day.’ That statement from a former veteran of the Midlands giant sums…
At last a City deal for Wragge & Co? Midlands giant aims for £170m tie-up with Lawrence Graham David Stevenson Wragge & Co at last has the prospect of achieving its long-held dream of securing a substantive City merger, with…
Wragge & Co sees H1 revenues and profits up as Metcalfe to leave after end of MP term Legal Business Wragge & Co has named October 2013 as its highest billing month since the boom years as it joins the ranks…
BPO – Wragges transfers 65 support staff to Intelligent Office as 26 staff take redundancy Legal Business Following an extensive review of its legal support services in May, Wragge & Co has made 26 full time equivalent (FTE)…
India still a land of promise as LG tightens referral relationship Jaishree Kalia With foreign investor confidence in India shaken by the weakening rupee and the country’s high debt-to-GDP ratio in many ways…
Leadership: Wragge & Co’s Metcalfe steps down as Fennell steps up Legal Business Ian Metcalfe’s eight year stewardship of Wragge & Co as managing partner is to come to an end in April next…
