We've appointed 10 firms to our new four lot legal panel

We're pleased to announce that we've completed our procurement for legal services and, subject to contract signing, Addleshaw Goddard, Bird & Bird, Burges Salmon, CMS, Eversheds Sutherland, Gowling, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Mills & Reeve, Osborne Clarke and Pinsent Masons have been appointed under our new four lot legal panel structure.

Legal services will be provided across four lots by firms successful in their bid for that lot(s):

• Lot 1: Legal advisory services to the Board - Supporting governance, compliance, HR, commercial contracts, pensions, and risk management
• Lot 2: Asset management - Advising on investments, private funds, derivatives, and regulatory compliance
• Lot 3: Real estate - Providing legal expertise for property acquisitions, disposals, lettings, and estate management
• Lot 4: Schemes in assessment - Supporting schemes through the PPF assessment period to safeguard member benefits 

Working closely with our panels and creating long term strategic relationships is crucial to how we work. We're delighted to have retained existing relationships as well as opening the door to several new ones. This provides our panel with a greater depth of legal experience in specialist areas to meet our requirements.  
 
We appreciate the strong interest shown in the panel, with an exceptional number of bids received across all four lots. We extend our sincere thanks to those who were not successful this time and appreciate the time and effort invested in submitting bids.
 
We look forward to working with our panel firms to deliver exceptional outcomes for us and our stakeholders.