Bolt is set to launch an inaugural legal panel as it fires up expansion in London and Western Europe. The panel process is being carried out by new head of legal Alex Wong, who joined the ride-hailing app from Revolut last month. He will appoint up to three firms, made up of one main provider […]
Six firms have won a place on Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) near-£90m professional services framework, after it was delayed due to “exceptional circumstances” last year. Ashurst, Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper, Gowling WLG, Squire Patton Boggs and Weightmans have been appointed to Lot 9 (Legal services for major or complex projects) of TfGM’s professional services panel. […]
Ashurst has won a lead counsel position for private equity firm Hamilton Investment Management. Global head of legal and compliance Ehsan Haque has picked Ashurst as Hamilton’s chosen adviser. Addleshaw Goddard has meanwhile been selected on employment matters, led by partner Shakeel Dad and Mills & Reeve on GDPR (international head of IT Jagvinder Singh […]
Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have won spots on Vodafone’s revamped panel. The telecoms giant has wrapped a review of its roster of legal advisers, which started at the end of last year. The assessment focused on diversity and inclusion as well as ESG credentials, with general counsel […]
The London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA) is seeking up to 16 firms for its new £16m panel. At £16m, it will be worth more than twice as much as its current framework, which was put at £6.3m when awarded in 2017. The panel currently numbers 12 firms including DWF, Pinsent Masons, Sharpe Pritchard, TLT and […]
Housing developer A2Dominion has assembled its first legal panel with seven firms scoring a place. The panel is divided into seven lots made up of: corporate governance; housing management; general property; development reconstruction and regeneration; treasury and finance; employment; procurement, data protection, health and safety. Devonshires has been appointed to all seven lots, Capsticks to […]
Energy behemoth General Electric (GE) is set to review its panel of European external legal advisers this year, The Lawyer has learned. Sources said lawyers on the existing roster have been notified a review will be made soon, but no details around the timings and the criteria adopted by the utilities giant have yet been […]
Revolut is looking to review its legal panel after forming its inaugural roster a year ago. The Lawyer understands that the British challenger bank is assessing its panel, which was put in place last year. Six firms were appointed, including Linklaters, Baker McKenzie and DLA Piper. The panel was put in place for a year. […]
Liberis has narrowed down five firms for its new framework, as it looks to shift away from the traditional relationship model. The UK-based fintech has selected Osborne Clarke, DAC Beachcroft, Taylor Vinters and boutiques Stephenson Law and Waterfront as preferred advisers. The framework covers all matters other than transactional and regulatory work, where Liberis runs […]
Land Securities has extended its property panel till 2022, with all seven firms retaining their places for another year. The FTSE 100 real estate investment trust last completed its five year property panel in 2016, appointing CMS, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Eversheds Sutherland, Pinsent Masons, Hogan Lovells, DAC Beachcroft and Herbert Smith Freehills. The panel […]
ITV has started its first panel review under the helm of general counsel Kyla Mullins, who joined the broadcaster in 2019 from EasyJet. It marks the first review conducted by Mullins, who took over the legal function of the broadcaster from Andrew Garard, who announced he was stepping down after nearly a decade in the […]
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Addleshaw Goddard are among the four firms that have been added to Scottish Enterprise’s new £8.7m panel. The public body has appointed Scottish firms Brodies and Burness Paull to the panel, as well as CMS and Addleshaws. Shepherd and Wedderburn, which was on the former panel running from 2016 […]