Bottling giant Coca-Cola European Partners has drastically reduced the size of its legal roster, selecting nearly 30 advisers from a panel of over 100. The panel is the first to be carried out under the leadership of general counsel Clare Wardle, who joined from Kingfisher in 2016. She joined the company a year after it […]
A host of firms are awaiting Heathrow Airport’s decision on its panel firms, with the construction of its controversial £14bn third runway set to reel in rich pickings for the chosen providers. Heathrow is currently in the early stages of a review of its core legal panel, which will cover general commercial work relating to contracts, […]
Five firms have won spots on the freshly reviewed Insurance London Consortium (ILC) panel, servicing work to seven of the capital city’s boroughs until 2023. BLM, Browne Jacobson, DAC Beachcroft, DWF and Plexus Law will share the £7.5m-valued panel for the next five years with Clyde & Co the only major casualty from the last […]
Rolls-Royce has invited firms to bid for a place on its global legal panel, five years after it last reshuffled its roster, The Lawyer can reveal. The Lawyer understands that firms were first invited to submit their bids in March, with the deadline fast approaching. The panel process has been kept highly confidential, with firms required to […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills and Goodwin Procter have all won panel spots on Pearson’s legal roster.
Wm Morrisons has appointed a number of firms to its roster, The Lawyer understands.
Marking a significant shift in the way it works with legal suppliers, Barclays has completed its last ever formal review of its law firms worldwide, cutting its roster down from 140 to 100 firms. The new panel will be in place for three years, subject to performance, until 20 June 2021, before Barclays embarks on […]
Barclays has invited 22 firms to a panel day in July, ahead of the final announcement of its last ever formal panel review.
BNP Paribas has finished reviewing its roster of global legal advisers appointing a number of firms to the panel, The Lawyer understands. Firms believed to have made it onto the roster include Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Clifford Chance. Local French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel also retained its place, alongside Herbert […]
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has kickstarted the tender process for a new £320m roster, inviting firms to bid for a place to provide commercial legal services to the UK public sector. The CCS opened the tender for the Wider Public Sector Legal Services (which was previously called Legal Services Marketplace) last October. It announced a five […]
UBS EMEA head of litigation Susy Bullock is deliberating whether to formalise a legal panel for the investment bank’s work in the region to mirror those already in place the Americas and Asia Pacific. The panel would be Bullock’s first in the role after having joined UBS from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as an associate […]
Fieldfisher and Squire Patton Boggs have won roles on the Co-operative Group’s restructured legal panel, joining incumbent firm Allen & Overy and a line-up of reappointed firms. Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons, Hill Dickinson, Brodies and southeast firm Paris Smith, have all preserved their panel seats for a further three-year term. In the Co-op Group’s first review […]
