Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has appointed its first-ever formal panel of external legal advisers, The Lawyer understands. The state-owned oil company has finalised a core roster of law firms that will provide the bulk of the advice needed to conduct its operations. The roster is understood to include Allen & Overy, which has […]
The UK Government has injected an additional £45m into its post-Brexit trade law panel (TLP) as it still tries to wrangle a deal. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) originally offered firms £70m for advice when the panel was announced last October. It has now been increased to £115m. Most of the CCS’s other panel reviews were […]
DWF and DAC Beachcroft are among a quintet of firms that have successfully landed roles on Zurich Insurance Group’s newly-launched panel. The roster, which will cover a geographic area spanning Europe, Middle East and Africa, will be tasked with handling large claims across its operations in the EMEA region. The full line-up includes longtime advisers […]
Ten firms have secured a place on High Speed 1 (HS1)’s £15m legal panel. Linklaters, DLA Piper, Addleshaw Goddard and Herbert Smith Freehills are among the firms that have been appointed to the rail operator’s new panel, worth between £10m and £15m. The framework is divided into eight lots with Linklaters appointed to two lots, […]
Housing developer A2Dominion is looking to assemble its first panel of external legal advisers and is looking for alternative legal services providers to join the mix. The company is due to send out tenders this month, with the developer aiming for a roster that will include three to five firms across a number of themed […]
Wealth solutions provider Lombard International has finalised its panel process, with two magic circle firms making it onto the roster. Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, Linklaters and Allen & Overy have all landed places on the panel, which will be overseen by Lombard’s general counsel Monica Risam. She joined Lombard from Aviva at the start of 2018, […]
BP is set to kick off a review of its legal panel this year for its UK and international operations, The Lawyer understands. The oil giant is expected to begin the process during the summer, with the expectation of updating its roster of external law firms before the end of 2020. It comes as some […]
BT will automatically offer a panel spot to the law firm with the best diversity and inclusion track record when it next reviews its roster in three years’ time. The telecoms giant announced this week that it has trimmed its panel down from over 40 to just 15. Reappointments to the panel include Addleshaw Goddard, […]
BT has more than halved the number of firms on its legal panel, with firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Addleshaw Goddard securing places. The telecoms giant announced today it has trimmed its panel down from over 40 to just 15. Reappointments to the panel include Addleshaws, Allen & Overy, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, CMS […]
Barclays is looking to appoint a new panel entirely made up of alternative legal services providers. The process will kick off in the coming months and is expected to be completed by the end of the year subject to the current Covid-19 situation. For the first time, the bank is looking to include companies such […]
The UK Government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has put most of its current panel reviews on hold while it reprioritises work in light of coronavirus. The CCS has paused procurement activity for its general legal advice services, finance and complex legal services, rail and edisclosure panels, as firms wait in the lurch about when the […]
Sainsbury’s is kickstarting a review of its £10m-a-year legal panel and is likely to axe the number of external firms it uses. “We’ve got an insanely competitive retail market at the moment and a lot of retailers are under a lot of pressure – and we’re no different,” said legal services director Nick Grant. “It’s […]