AIG rolls out UK panel review process to entire EMEA region
Insurer to look at Asia once Europe assessment ends The legal team at American International Group (AIG) EMEA is to…
Adviser reviews
Hogan Lovells ousts NRF to join Bond Dickinson on Crown Estate energy portfolio
The Crown Estate has awarded the legal mandate for its energy, minerals and infrastructure portfolio to LB 100 firms Hogan…
Pension Protection Fund axes Dentons and Jones Day amid panel review
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has renewed its panel of legal advisers, with Bevan Brittan, Dentons and Jones Day among…
Pinsents, Bond Dickinson and ShepWedd take panel spots for Severn Trent and United Utilities JV
Pinsent Masons, Bond Dickinson and Shepherd and Wedderburn have all won places on Water Plus’ legal panel. The new business…
National Grid reshuffles in-house team as firms join new panel
National Grid has reorganised its in-house legal function following the £13.8bn separation of its gas distribution business.
Simmons, BLP and Reed Smith win places on Lloyds’ specialist roster as bank gears up for commercial panel review
Simmons & Simmons, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Bond Dickinson and Reed Smith are among 24 firms to win a place…
DLA Piper the star attraction as Merlin GC Jowett opts for sole supplier deal
Merlin Entertainments has appointed DLA Piper as its primary supplier for global construction as well as UK commercial, property and…
Shopping around: Sainsbury’s to overhaul legal panel
Sainsbury’s is to overhaul its legal panel and create a roster which will also cover its recent Home Retail Group…
Slaughters, Addleshaws, Pinsents and Bond Dickinson win places on Diageo’s extended UK roster
Despite the trend for smaller panels, Diageo has expanded its UK roster, with Slaughter and May, Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw…
In-house: Davis Polk added to HSBC global roster as firms retain places
US giant Davis, Polk & Wardwell has won a spot on HSBC’s global legal panel as a host of firms…
In-house: Balfour Beatty sticks with Pinsents as sole adviser until 2018
Global infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty has renewed its sole adviser mandate with Pinsent Masons until the end of 2018, Legal…
Barclays introduces new thresholds for relationship accounts and tenders in latest panel review
Barclays has introduced a new threshold for relationship accounts and has increased the trigger point for its policy to tender…
Clydes, DAC and Kennedys named as AXA finalises UK claims roster
The UK legal arm of French Insurer AXA has finalised its UK claims roster, with Clyde & Co, DAC Beachcroft,…
Norton Rose and DLA lose out as Lloyds finalises UK roster
Lloyds Banking Group panel shrinks from ten firms to eight Last month saw DLA Piper and Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
Unilever carries out informal review of panel arrangement
Consumer goods giant Unilever is currently carrying out an ‘informal review’ of its current panel firms, after the roster expired in…
Unilever carries out ‘informal review’ as current panel expires
Consumer goods giant Unilever is currently carrying out an ‘informal review’ of its current panel firms, after the roster expired…
Hewlett Packard successor firm launches first panel review
HP Inc, the largest successor company of Hewlett Packard, has launched a global law firm panel review.
Eversheds and DWF appointed to West Midlands first regional legal panel
Eversheds, DWF, Trowers & Hamlins and Manchester law firm Pannone Corporate have been appointed as advisers on the newly-formed West…
In-house: Hogan Lovells, Clifford Chance and Linklaters pick up spots on new EU banking panel
Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have been joined by Hogan Lovells and PwC on a new panel created…
Slaughters, Linklaters and RPC win places on RSA’s reduced legal roster
Slaughter and May, Linklaters and RPC have all won spots on insurance giant RSA Group’s legal roster, following a review…