Housing and care provider Anchor names seven firms to its new legal services panel

The successful firms were:

• Gowling WLG
• Capstick
• Devonshires
• Freeths
• Howes Percival
• Trowers & Hamlins
• Walker Morris.

The panel will run for an initial period of three years and provide full service legal advice.

Emma Costello, Head of Legal at Anchor, said: “Anchor is committed to partnering with lawyers who not only bring their own specialisms and expertise to the table but also share our core values. We were overwhelmed with the response to our most recent invitation to tender and are delighted to announce that we have secured a new legal services panel with sector-leading advisers, supporting us operationally as well as assisting in the delivery of our progressive growth programme to continue to provide homes where people love living in later life.”

Anchor serves more than 65,000 residents in 54,000 homes across almost 1,700 locations. It operates in more than 85% of local councils in England.