Burges Salmon, Charles Russell and Sharpe Pritchard are among the firms appointed to four West Country councils’ joint panel. Under the Legal Services Framework Agreement, 12 firms have been selected as advisers to North Somerset, Bristol City, Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils. Five firms were selected for each of childcare, planning, […]
French investment bank Société Générale has launched a global panel review, with a number of City firms expected to bid for places on the coveted roster. SocGen last unveiled its list of legal advisers in early 2009 when Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and White & Case lost out as eight firms were […]
BP is forbidding the firms vying for places on its upcoming panel from working with other oil companies, with its final roster expected to be in place by the end of this month. Firms believed to be in contention include BP’s current line-up of UK advisers – CMS Cameron McKenna, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Freshfields Bruckhaus […]
Linklaters and Norton Rose have clinched new spots on Prudential Group’s global legal panel, in a move that formalises both firms’ long-standing relationships with the financial services giant. Prudential has bulked up its global panel with the two firms following a five-month review, although both have provided legal advice to the financial group for a […]
BBC Scotland has trebled its roster of legal advisers after finalising its panel review last week. The number of firms on the panel has risen from two to six, with all the firms headquartered in the country. The review was conducted by representatives from both the legal and editorial standards departments, including BBC Scotland’s principal […]
The six firms reappointed to Standard Chartered Bank’s international panel last week are unlikely to keep their places for the full two-year period, with the bank set to launch an unprecedented global overhaul of all its legal rosters. Head of legal operations Jeremy Allen, who is leading the review, said the global overhaul would be […]
Barclays kicked off its legal panel review last week, inviting firms to vie for places on what is expected to be a radically reduced list of preferred advisers. At present the bank has more than 50 firms on its roster, one of the largest panels among any of the big banks. As well as its […]
Standard Chartered Bank has reappointed all six law firms on its international legal roster after the two-year panel came to an end. The bank will continue to work with magic circle firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Linklaters, as well as Baker & McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Slaughter and May. Slaughters is regarded as […]
Deutsche Bank has extended its list of preferred City legal advisers with at least five firms being added to the enlarged roster. Ashurst, CMS Cameron McKenna, Hogan Lovells and Simmons & Simmons are among the firms to be included on the list alongside the previous roster of Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, […]
Bupa is set to launch an annual consultation process for its top legal advisers as the healthcare provider looks to monitor the performances of its panel firms on a more regular basis. The plans, which are due to be finalised at a conference for the company’s global legal heads later this month, will see Bupa […]
Sainsbury’s has completed a review of its advisers with 12 firms admitted to the panel, including three new appointees. McGrigors is named as the supermarket giant’s counsel for Northern Irish-related matters for the first time, replacing L’Estrange & Brett, which the Edinburgh-headquartered firm took over in October 2009. The employment lot has expanded beyond previous […]
Investment bank Nomura is undertaking a review of its preferred roster of law firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The firm does not operate a rigid panel system and instead works with a group of preferred supplier law firms. The review is being overseen by co-European general counsel Mark Chapman and Piers […]