HSBC is conducting a review of its panel advisers, the first one under new chief legal officer Bob Hoyt. The review is understood to be in progress and expected to conclude at the end of this year. It is the first assessment of the panel since 2017 and the first under Hoyt, the former Barclays Bank […]
Online car retailer Cazoo is inviting firms to pitch for a place on its inaugural legal panel, its first review after listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public by way of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), valuing it at $7bn, earlier in the year. For the SPAC, the business turned […]
Taylor Wimpey is embarking on its latest panel review, with the new line-up set to be in place by the start of next year. The FTSE 100 housebuilder has invited firms to pitch for a place. It last assembled its panel in 2018, appointing eight firms made up of DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, Gateley, […]
ITV has finalised its first panel review under the helm of general counsel Kyla Mullins, with Clifford Chance and CMS among the firms winning spots. The full roster includes Slaughter and May, Reed Smith and Osborne Clarke, as well as Clifford Chance, CMS, DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells. In addition, it is understood that a […]
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is seeking five firms for its new £3m panel. The Merseyside-headquartered body is responsible for ensuring that risks to people’s health and safety from work activities are properly controlled. The panel will primarily provide support in its regulatory work in England and Wales. The previous panel ran from […]
OneWeb is looking to build up its legal team and assemble a roster of legal advisers, just under a year after it was brought out of bankruptcy by the UK Government and Bharti Global. Having entered bankruptcy protection proceedings at the end of March last year, the satellite communications company was rescued by the Government […]
Lloyds Bank is to review its pass-through panel, The Lawyer understands, as the current roster of external legal advisers expires at the end of this year. Sources said that partners in the panel firms have been alerted that the bank is to kick off the review imminently. The pass-through panel services the whole of Lloyds’ […]
Historic England has appointed four firms to its £2m panel. Bevan Brittan and Trowers & Hamlins have won a place on the public body’s new panel, while Burges Salmon and Womble Bond Dickinson have been reappointed. The previous panel was made up of ten firms, with Shoosmiths, Freeths and Sharpe Pritchard among those losing a […]
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has started the procurement for the next line-up of advisers of its rail legal services panel, with a value of £80m. The CCS will sign a new agreement for the provision of rail legal services used by the UK governmental departments, with the main buyer being the Department for Transport […]
The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has postponed a review of its eight-firm legal panel as its owners reconsider its status as a London-listed company In July, the British aristocratic billionaire Rothermere family said it was mulling an offer to delist the business after 90 years on the London stock market. DMGT’s panel, which […]
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has kickstarted its latest panel review, with the contract expected to be worth up to £3.25m. The PPF is seeking up to nine firms altogether, divided into two lots. Six firms will sit in Lot 1 while three firms will sit in Lot 2 as a subset of Lot 1, […]
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has launched a review of its £200m public sector legal services panel. The current panel is made up of 69 firms, divided into six lots: regional service provision; full service firms – England & Wales; full service firms – Scotland; full service firms – Northern Ireland; property & construction; transport […]