The London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance (LBLA) has appointed 11 law firms to its £16m panel. The panel comprises two lots. The first concerns regeneration and the second relates to a full range of legal services such as litigation, commercial and public sector work. Browne Jacobson has been newly appointed to the panel, winning a place […]
Firms including DAC Beachcroft and Gowling WLG have won places on a £40m panel for UK housing association Clarion. A total of 17 firms have been appointed to the roster, which spans a decade until March 2032. As well as DACB and Gowling WLG, other firms to have bagged spots include Capsticks, Penningtons Manches Cooper, […]
The panel spots of 28 firms are up for review as the NHS commences a tender valued at £200m. NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) is putting together a national framework agreement for the provision of legal services. NHS SBS is a joint venture between the Department of Health and French IT services company Sopra Steria […]
Land Securities (Landsec) has reappointed a number of firms to its legal roster, while two outfits have bagged spots for the first time. Firms have been appointed for a five-year term, with the last panel taking place in 2016. It was run by head of legal Alex Peeke, who joined in 2014 from Crown Estate. […]
Private equity house Bridgepoint has reviewed its top panel of legal advisers, with two firms making the cut. The Lawyer understands that Allen & Overy and Latham & Watkins are the two firms to have been appointed to Bridgepoint’s main transactional panel. Bridgepoint, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last year, reviews its key advisers […]
The panel places of eight firms are being reviewed as part of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s (FSCS) tender process. The FSCS is the UK’s statutory compensation scheme, established in 2000 as a safety net to provide compensation to customers of banks and other financial services providers where the financial service is unable to pay […]
The UK Government’s Department for Transport has finalised its new rail panel, with appointments for the likes of Dentons and Osborne Clarke.
Public housing authority Homes England has kicked off its first panel review for four years, inviting firms to pitch for £47m worth of business. The new amount sees the value of this panel increase by more than half, rising 56 per cent from its current £30m value. This marks the first time in eight years […]
Hatfield-based water supply company Affinity Water has selected a number of firms for its panel, including Addleshaw Goddard and Burges Salmon. They are joined by DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Pinsent Masons on the roster. It is anticipated the firms will counsel the company on topics such as regulation, energy, the environment, property, employment and […]
Fourteen firms have been told they have secured places on the UK Government’s general advice roster, after a last-minute challenge meant the announcement was delayed. Womble Bond Dickinson has now withdrawn its claim against the UK Government, in which it had contested the final line-up of the roster. A Part 7 claim had been filed […]
Energy giant BP has unveiled four separate legal panels worldwide, with firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Sullivan & Cromwell making the list. The appointments were made after a review of its legal advisers, with the roster lasting from 2022 until 2024. On the global panel, six firms have made the list. They are Arnold […]
The Department of International Trade has injected an additional £15m into its upcoming aerospace and defence legal panel, bringing its value up to £40m. The department is running the tender process to firm up external legal advisers for the roster on behalf of the UK Export Finance (UKEF), the governmental export trading agency. In January, […]