SW housing association names nine law firms to £3.5m legal services panel

A South West housing association has named nine law firms to a panel for legal services worth an estimated £3.5m.

Knightstone Housing Group, which is based in Weston-super-Mare, divided the contracts into eight lots:

1. Land & property transactions
2. Housing and property management
3. Leasehold and homeownership management
4. Tenancy Enforcement
5. Procurement and contractual arrangements
6. Private finance agreements
7. Corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions
8. Governance, regulation and advice on governing documents

The successful firms were:

• Anthony Collins Solicitors (Lots 3, 6, 7, 8)
• Ashfords (1, 2)
• Bevan Brittan (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Capsticks (2, 4, 5)
• Clarke Willmott (6)
• Devonshires (1, 6, 7, 8)
• TLT (1, 3, 6, 7, 8)
• Trowers & Hamlins (5)
• Whiteheads (4)

The contracts are for 48 months, but may be extended by up to a further two years by mutual agreement.

Knightstone provides services to more than 23,000 people in 11,000 homes and builds around 300 homes a year.