The North West Legal Consortium has revealed the 18 firms that will sit on its £10m panel of advisors, including four firms that have attained partner status.
DAC Beachcroft, Geldards, Hill Dickinson and Weightmans have all been named as partners to the consortium while Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper are among those appointed to the wider panel.
The four year panel will provide legal advice to 41 local authorities and public bodies across the North West, including Bolton Council, Preston City Council and the Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire.
The panel is split into five lots covering: civil litigation, prosecution, and regulatory; property, planning and environment; corporate governance, ethical standards and information law; projects, procurement and commercial; and adult social care and education.
Sefton Council acted as the lead authority for the consortium. The weighting of the selection criteria for applicant was based on 70 per cent quality and 30 per cent on price.
Large consortiums are becoming more commonplace as local authorities and businesses attempt to lower legal costs. In February the Central Housing Investment Consortium began tendering for its first solicitors’ framework, which is valued at £70m and will cover 173 individual housing associations.
The full panel
Lot one – civil litigation prosecution and regulatory
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Ashfords
- Brown Turner Ross Solicitors
- Geldards
- Hill Dickinson
- Weightmans
Lot two – property, planning and environment
- Brabners
- DAC Beachcroft
- DLA Piper
- Freeths
- TLT
- Trowers & Hamlins
Lot three – corporate governance, ethical standards and information law
- Anthony Collins Solicitors
- Bevan Brittan
- DAC Beachcroft
- Geldards
- Hill Dickinson
- Weightmans
Lot four – projects, procurement and commercial
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Blake Morgan
- DAC Beachcroft
- Forbes Solicitors
- Geldards
- Sharpe Pritchard
Lot five – adult social care and education
- Anthony Collins
- Bevan Brittan
- Browne Jacobson
- Hill Dickinson
- Weightmans