Ashurst has lost its spot on a UK Government panel aimed at supporting the aviation industry through Covid-19, after the places were retendered this year. Linklaters has bagged the panel spot and will net £750,000 to provide legal services as part of the legal roster of Project Spring. This is a Department of Transport initiative […]
Cromwell Property Group has finalised its new European panel, after assessing firms on metrics including diversity, ESG and their gearing in revenue per lawyer and profit per equity partner. The Australia-based real estate investor and manager has wrapped up its review, which began at the beginning of 2021 after an assessment of its group strategy […]
The London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) has concluded its £30m panel review with 17 firms scoring a place. .The latest panel, which was launched in August 2020, sees seven additional firms appointed following the LUPC’s last review in 2017. Firms to have won a place include Addleshaw Goddard, BLM, DAC Beachcroft and Pinsent Masons while […]
The Metropolitan Police Service has assembled its new £65m panel, a year and a half after the review kicked off. Though the Met initially said it was looking for up to 15 firms, nine have scored a place including new appointments DAC Beachcroft, DWF and Blake Morgan. The other firms are: Capsticks, Gowling WLG, Michelmores, […]
Clarion Housing Group is seeking firms for a new £40m panel, which will span the course of a decade. Clarion is the largest social housing group in the UK with 350,000 residents living in its homes. It is also a member of the G15 group of London’s biggest landlords. The selected firms will provide legal […]
Firms pitching for places on the UK Government’s legal panels are weighing up their options around charge-out fees, amid concerns over how much they may be expected to discount. With a late June deadline looming large for firms wishing to apply to the general legal advice and finance and complex legal services panels, sources told The […]
Historic England is looking to shrink its panel down to four firms as part of its latest review. The public body, which cares for England’s historic environment is sourcing, ideally, a maximum of four firms for its new £2m panel. In 2017, Historic England tripled the size of its panel to ten firms including Womble Bond […]
The UK Government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is consolidating two of its panels, which is expected to result in cuts. Under the new framework, the General Legal Advice Services (GLAS) and Finance and Complex Legal Services (FaCLS) panels have been brought together. The CCS says that though the procurement activity for two panels is combined, […]
Nokia is to assess six panel firms on their equity, inclusion and diversity (E, I&D) credentials through a new scorecard system. As part of the initiative, Nokia’s legal and compliance organisation will conduct quarterly and annual assessments of its key panel law firms. The initiative was presented to firms in March, with Eversheds Sutherland, Roschier, […]
Cromwell Property Group is seeking to halve the number of firms it uses across Europe as part of its review process. The Australia-based real estate investor and manager kicked off the review at the beginning of 2021 after an assessment of its group strategy in Q2 2020. Cromwell has historically had a number of country […]
Twelve firms have won spots on Centrica’s new legal panel, after a rigorous review in which the UK utilities giant quizzed participants on their diversity and inclusion credentials. Slaughter and May and Linklaters are among the 12 firms to have been appointed. The two firms, alongside Dentons, DWF, Pinsent Masons, Norton Rose Fulbright, HFW, Freeths, Womble […]
Zurich has appointed six firms to a legal panel for large and complex claims across the Asia-Pacific region. The panel consists of BLM, Clyde & Co, DAC Beachcroft and Kennedys. DAC will lead a team of firms as part of insurance specialist network Legalign Global while BLM will lead those within Global Insurance Law Connect […]