Coates: trained at Wragges before moving on to LinklatersWragge & Co has hired a Link-laters lawyer to launch a City pensions practice as the Birmingham giant continues to expand its London office.

Linklaters associate Jason Coates will join Wragges’ London arm as its eighth partner on 1 November. Four Wragges assistants from the firm’s 24-strong pensions team are transferring to London to form Coates’ team.