Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham have set up a new management board for the combined firm, which will be structured around five practice groups when the merger goes live on 1 May.

Four of the five practice group heads will be drawn from Wragges. They are: Richard Bate (real estate); Davinia Gransbury (dispute resolution); Jason Coates (human resources); and Michael Luckman (commercial and projects). LG managing partner Hugh Maule will become group head of corproate, finance and private capital.