Adviser reviews

Eight firms including Mayer Brown, Clyde & Co, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, DAC Beachcroft and RPC have won places…

Addleshaws, Ashurst, DLA and Eversheds Sutherland chosen for DfT’s first rail panel

Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, DLA Piper and Eversheds Sutherland have all been appointed to tier one of the Department for Transport’s…

GC for National Grid spin-off to overhaul adviser roster this year

Following National Grid’s £13.8bn separation of its gas distribution business to create Cadent, general counsel Mark Cooper will hold a…

Thames Water invites tenders for £48m provision with new regulatory and disputes panel

Thames Water has opened to tender its legal services provision worth £48m in total, inviting pitches from up to 10 firms for…

Clydes and Fieldfisher take spots on NHS litigation panel as BLM misses out

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has unveiled a roster of firms for its £544m legal advice panel, with Fieldfisher, Clyde…

Clifford Chance, BLP and DLA among firms named on AIG’s new UK roster

Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berwin Leighton Paisner and DLA Piper are among firms named on American International Group’s (AIG)…

Government launches tender process for £90m complex projects panel

Following the unveiling of an 18-firm general legal advice panel in March, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced plans…

Adviser review: Magic Circle dominates as Standard Chartered unveils latest global panel

Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Clifford Chance are among the firms to have been named on Standard…

Capsticks wins out as SRA ditches panels for sole adviser mandate

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has named Capsticks as its sole provider for disciplinary and litigation work, opting to abandon…

Luck of the draw: William Hill invites law firms to pitch for smaller legal panel

William Hill has invited law firms to pitch for its new UK panel with the bookmaker expected to slim down…

Adviser review: NHS launches £20m tender for shared business services panel

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has launched a tender process for a £20m panel to cover a wide portfolio…

National firms lead pack as Capita completes legal panel review

Professional services company Capita has finalised its commercial legal panel, with a raft of firms making it onto a 21-strong…

In-house: IKEA launches review to assemble new UK panel

Scandinavian furniture giant IKEA has launched a UK panel review, Legal Business has learned. The review is thought to be…

Shearman, HSF and Milbank join Deutsche Bank panel as junior lawyer rules prove controversial

Herbert Smith Freehills, Shearman & Sterling, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Reed Smith have also taken places on Deutsche…

Adviser review: Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells and Ashurst lose out on FCA panel

RPC, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Squire Patton Boggs have won panel spots at the expense of rival City outfits…

City elite dominates again as Deutsche Bank nears conclusion of panel review

Panel firms resist attempts to remove junior lawyer fees from pricing While more than a dozen firms – including the…

Focus on quality and cost in government panel review sees Magic Circle take reduced roles

Roster reduced from 48 to 18 firms following Crown Commercial Services review Eighteen firms have been appointed to the Crown…

BT concludes delayed panel review with 37 firms including Magic Circle heavyweights winning places

BT has concluded its long-awaited UK and Ireland panel review, with a raft of Magic Circle firms including Allen &…

Adviser review: Deutsche Bank close to finalising panel roster