Crown Commercial Service finalises Legal Panel for Government

The CCS developed the agreement in partnership with the Government Legal Department, Department for Business and Trade and Department for Transport.

The seven-lot agreement is due to run until 29 September 2028. It provides access to some 60 legal specialisms.

The successful firms were:

Lot 1: Core Legal Services

• Bevan Brittan
• Brodies
• Browne Jacobson
• Burges Salmon
• DAC Beachcroft and Sharpe Pritchard (consortium)
• Dentons
• DLA Piper
• DWF
• Gowling WLG
• Mills & Reeve
• TLT
• Trowers & Hamlins

Lot 2: Major Projects and Complex Advice

• Addleshaw Goddard
• Ashurst
• Burges Salmon
• Dentons
• DLA Piper
• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
• Hogan Lovells
• Mills & Reeve
• Pinsent Masons
• TLT

Lot 3: Finance and High Risk / Innovation

• Ashurst
• Clifford Chance
• Dentons
• DLA Piper
• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
• Hogan Lovells
• Slaughter and May

Lot 4a: Trade and Investment Negotiations

• Clifford Chance
• Dentons
• Field Fisher
• Hogan Lovells
• TLT
• White & Case

Lot 4b: International Trade Disputes

• Baker McKenzie
• Clifford Chance
• Sidley Austin
• TLT
• Van Bael & Bellis
• White & Case

Lot 4c: International Investment Disputes

• Allen Overy Shearman Sterling
• Ashurst
• Dentons
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Field Fisher
• Freshfields
• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
• Steptoe International (UK)

Lot 5: Rail Legal Services

• Addleshaw Goddard
• Ashurst
• Burges Salmon
• Dentons
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
• Linklaters
• Osborne Clarke

The panel will be managed by the CCS and the Government Legal Department, monitoring supplier quality, performance and value for money.

Responding to its appointment, Dentons said His Majesty's Government (HMG) is a strategic client of the firm and it had been advising them for over 30 years.

As part of Dentons panel offering its partnered with four law firms Tughans, Blake Morgan, Winckworth Sherwood and Kingsley Napley.

Dentons Co-Lead HMG Relationship Partner Gareth Tenner said: "Dentons has a long track record of public sector expertise across a range of disciplines. It's a relationship and partnership we are incredibly proud of and we are delighted to be amongst the select group of firms entrusted with work relating to His Majesty's Government's major projects and most complex high risk matters."

John Houlden, partner and head of Public Sector at Burges Salmon, said: “We’re delighted to have been named on Lot 2 and Lot 5 of Crown Commercial Service’s Legal Panel for Government, alongside our recent appointment to Lot 1. This recognition reflects the depth of expertise within our team and our ability to deliver strategic, high-quality advice on some of the UK’s most complex and nationally significant projects.

“With a long-standing track record in the rail sector and major projects, we look forward to continuing our collaborative work with Government and fellow panel firms to provide innovative legal solutions that support public sector objectives and deliver value for taxpayers.”