Panel reviews

Department for Education

Four firms win places on new £16m Department for Education panel

Four firms have been appointed to a new panel worth £16m for the Department for Education. The appointed firms are DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Gowling WLG and Mills & Reeve. All firms have experience on public sector panels with DACB and Gowling both on the Metropolitan Police Service’s £65m panel and Gowling winning a place on […]

house

Housing Associations’ Legal Alliance appoints 17 firms to panel

The Housing Associations’ Legal Alliance solicitors framework has appointed 17 law firms to its roster. The previous panel review was managed by Kennedy Cater and expires on 31 August 2022. Cater has also managed this year’s procurement process, with the contract due to run from 1 September 2022 until 31 August 2026. The previous 2018 […]

London aerial view

Eleven firms appointed to LBLA’s £16m panel

The London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance (LBLA) has appointed 11 law firms to its £16m panel. The panel comprises two lots. The first concerns regeneration and the second relates to a full range of legal services such as litigation, commercial and public sector work. Browne Jacobson has been newly appointed to the panel, winning a place […]

Housing street

Seventeen firms score places on £40m housing roster

Firms including DAC Beachcroft and Gowling WLG have won places on a £40m panel for UK housing association Clarion. A total of 17 firms have been appointed to the roster, which spans a decade until March 2032. As well as DACB and Gowling WLG, other firms to have bagged spots include Capsticks, Penningtons Manches Cooper, […]

NHS health

Places up for grabs on new £200m NHS panel

The panel spots of 28 firms are up for review as the NHS commences a tender valued at £200m. NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) is putting together a national framework agreement for the provision of legal services. NHS SBS is a joint venture between the Department of Health and French IT services company Sopra Steria […]

London

Nine firms secure places on Land Securities panel

Land Securities (Landsec) has reappointed a number of firms to its legal roster, while two outfits have bagged spots for the first time. Firms have been appointed for a five-year term, with the last panel taking place in 2016. It was run by head of legal Alex Peeke, who joined in 2014 from Crown Estate. […]

Bridgepoint

Two firms score roles on Bridgepoint’s core roster

Private equity house Bridgepoint has reviewed its top panel of legal advisers, with two firms making the cut. The Lawyer understands that Allen & Overy and Latham & Watkins are the two firms to have been appointed to Bridgepoint’s main transactional panel. Bridgepoint, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last year, reviews its key advisers […]

FSCS

Roles up for grabs as FSCS begins £21m panel review

The panel places of eight firms are being reviewed as part of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s (FSCS) tender process. The FSCS is the UK’s statutory compensation scheme, established in 2000 as a safety net to provide compensation to customers of banks and other financial services providers where the financial service is unable to pay […]

Houses

Homes England kicks off £47m panel review

Public housing authority Homes England has kicked off its first panel review for four years, inviting firms to pitch for £47m worth of business. The new amount sees the value of this panel increase by more than half, rising 56 per cent from its current £30m value. This marks the first time in eight years […]

water

Five firms bag places on Affinity Water’s latest panel

Hatfield-based water supply company Affinity Water has selected a number of firms for its panel, including Addleshaw Goddard and Burges Salmon. They are joined by DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Pinsent Masons on the roster. It is anticipated the firms will counsel the company on topics such as regulation, energy, the environment, property, employment and […]

UK Government

Womble Bond Dickinson drops challenge over UK Government roster

Fourteen firms have been told they have secured places on the UK Government’s general advice roster, after a last-minute challenge meant the announcement was delayed. Womble Bond Dickinson has now withdrawn its claim against the UK Government, in which it had contested the final line-up of the roster. A Part 7 claim had been filed […]