Metro Bank has added five new firms to its commercial panel, including CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Eversheds Sutherland.
They have been joined by DLA Piper, Browne Jacobson and Linklaters, which acts as Metro Bank’s main corporate adviser.
Incumbents Blake Morgan, Gowling WLG and Addleshaw Goddard keep their places, while former employment firm Travers Smith has lost its place.
CMS and Eversheds were also the only two firms that made it onto Metro Bank’s separate lending and securities panel, which was completed at the start of the year.
Both panels have increased in size in the latest review, with the lending roster growing from nine to 18. The growth reflects the bank’s expansion nationally.
Linklaters has served as the bank’s main corporate adviser since representing it on its £1.6bn London Stock Exchange listing and £400m equity capital deal with RBC Europe.
The processes were run by Metro Bank general counsel Sally-Ann James, who joined as sole counsel in 2012 after joining from Co-operative Financial Services.
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