Wragge & Co LLP has been named Employment Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards 2009. The firm triumphed over competition from Cloisters, DLA Piper, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke and Russell Jones & Walker to secure the win.

In the TMT category, the firm's Intellectual Property team secured the title of runner-up. The winners were revealed at an awards ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel last night.

Senior partner Quentin Poole said: "This is a fantastic result for Wragge & Co. Cutting-edge legal advice, technical excellence and outstanding client service continue to make our practice areas stand out in the legal market. Winning the title of Employment Team of the Year is a superb recognition of the firm's high-quality and creative legal advice."

Employment partner Patrick Brodie said: "A strong team effort on a ground-breaking case in the healthcare sector enabled us to achieve this impressive win. Challenging received legal wisdom, matching commercial goals and timescales and offering innovative and workable employment solutions enables us to provide the kind of legal advice that clients need."

The Lawyer Awards celebrates excellence in the legal profession across private practice, the public sector, commerce and industry, and the Bar.

Wragge & Co's eight-partner Employment team advises on all aspects of employment law. Highly regarded within the market, Chambers 2009 describes the team "as a first-rate outfit with a huge local and national presence." The team also includes the specialised five-lawyer Combined HR Solutions team, the only one of its kind in the UK, dealing with the interaction between employment and pensions law. Clients include BP, Department of Health, Dyson, Local Government Association and Unilever.

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