A record 48 firms have bagged places on the Government’s legal panel, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced today (12 June).
The OGC estimates the contracts will be worth a total of around £240m over the next four years.
The panel is divided into eight categories, largest of which is the full commercial panel, boasting 18 firms.
The other categories are IT, telecommunications and e-commerce, property and estates, construction, employment and pensions, corporate and finance, intellectual property and major projects.
This new set up, named the Legal Services Catalist Framework Agreement, is a successor of the previous arrangements under L-CAT. It incorporates full commercial and major projects categories to cover complex and high-value projects which require sustained legal support.
Derek Rothwell, procurement director of OGC Buying Solutions, the trading arm of the OGC, said: “L-CAT saved customers over £5 million in 2006-07. Going forward with the new set of Legal Services frameworks, I’m confident that we will secure even greater savings combined with better accessibility.”
A full list of the appointments appears below.
Property and estates: Davitt Jones Bould; Cripps Harries Hall; Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons; Shoosmiths; Bond Pearce; Hammonds; Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)
Construction: Allen & Overy (A&O); Reynolds Porter Chamberlain; Morgan Cole; BLP; Trowers & Hamlins
Employment and pensions: Capsticks; Weightmans; Charles Russell; Halliwells; Shoosmiths; Cobbetts; Ward Hadaway
Corporate and finance: Maclay Murray & Spens; Herbert Smith; CMS Cameron McKenna; Addleshaw Goddard; A&O
Intellectual property: Charles Russell; Bond Pearce; Martineau Johnson; Taylor Vinters; Addleshaws; Hammonds; Shoosmiths; Blake Lapthorn
Full commercial: Eversheds; Field Fisher Waterhouse; Burges Salmon; DLA Piper; Pinsent Masons; Michelmores; Veale Wasbrough; Sharpe Pritchard; Beachcroft; Mills & Reeve; Simmons & Simmons; Bevan Brittan; Wragge & Co; Norton Rose; Denton Wilde Sapte; Nabarro; Bird & Bird; Dickinson Dees
Projects (including PFI/PPP): A&O; Burges Salmon; DLA Piper; Simmons; Slaughter and May; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Field Fisher; Dentons; Norton Rose; Eversheds; Linklaters; Herbert Smith; Pinsents; Lovells; Wragges
