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Norton Rose Fulbright coup as FTSE company consolidates legal work with global adviser

It may not be the name most associated with sole adviser mandates in the legal industry but Norton Rose Fulbright…

In-house: Mercedes Benz appoints Nabarro and Shoosmiths to UK legal panel as WLG loses out

Nabarro and Shoosmiths have secured a joint appointment to the legal panel of Mercedes-Benz UK following a competitive tender process,…

After four years, oil giant Total looks to slim down panel as it launches review

Legal Business

French oil major Total has launched a review of its current global legal panel and has informed lawyers involved in…

‘An opportunity to look at things differently’: AXA UK to review international firms after efficiency drive

Legal Business

The UK legal arm of French insurer AXA is set to look at its relationships with Magic Circle and international…

Setting up a panel: Eight firms secure spots on newly created FSCS roster

Legal Business

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has placed eight firms, including Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith Freehills and King &…

Team check-up: Co-op group reorganises legal team and starts panel assessment

Kathryn McCann

The Co-operative Group‘s general counsel Alistair Asher and head of legal Jim Tully are to lead an assessment into the…

‘Proving their worth’: Eleven firms win places on local government pension scheme legal framework

Legal Business

The National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Frameworks group has launched a new legal services framework with eleven law firms including…

Sole adviser no more: Severn Trent to appoint at least two firms on new roster

Kathryn McCann

FTSE 100 water company Severn Trent is set to move away from its sole advisor mandate with Eversheds, Legal Business…

Cheers: Heineken UK gifts DLA Piper with principal legal adviser role

Legal Business

After much speculation and a lengthy review, the UK arm of global beer and cider producer Heineken has announced the…

Expanding the ranks: Ministry of Defence picks ten firms for revised major projects panel

Legal Business

After a tender earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence has finalised its revised major projects panel with ten firms…

Russian success: Hogan Lovells, CC, Linklaters and A&O land spots on VEB legal panel

Legal Business

Magic circle trio Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters, and Allen & Overy (A&O) have all been gifted places on the extensive…

Adviser review: Eversheds and Hill Dickinson win spots on Metro Bank’s lending and securities panel

Kathryn McCann

Eversheds and Hill Dickinson have been newly appointed to Metro Bank’s lending and securities panel alongside 12 others, following the…

City comp scheme to create first panel

Tom Moore

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms, is currently…

Adviser review: Firms vie for spots as Deutsche Bank assesses its global legal panel

Legal Business

German banking goliath Deutsche Bank has opened a review of its global legal panel with it set to conclude by…

‘Rather impersonal’: Financial Services Compensation Scheme set to create first legal panel

Tom Moore

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms, is currently…

Cutting the roster: After major acquisitions, Cofely set to create first legal panel

Legal Business

Cofely, a subsidiary of French energy giant GDF Suez, is to establish its first legal panel in a bid to…

After major acquisitions, Cofely set to create first legal panel

Legal Business

Cofely, a subsidiary of French energy giant GDF Suez, is to establish its first legal panel in a bid to…

‘Enhancing the role of the panel’: GDF Suez set to launch major panel review

Legal Business

The world’s second largest energy utility GDF Suez, which generated €39.4bn in the first six months of this year, is…

From 74 interested to nine strong panel: Circle Housing appoints panel after year-long review

Legal Business

Following a 12-month review of its legal advisory panel, Circle Housing Group, the social housing provider for London and the…

Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters advise banks on competition inquiry

Sarah Downey

International firm Ashurst and Magic Circle trio Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters are advising the UK’s biggest banks over an…