Largest UK housing association names 17 firms to £40m legal services panel

Clarion was seeking to appoint firms to provide services in the following specialisms:

• Treasury and finance
• Securitisation and charging
• Employment
• Housing management, litigation and operations
• Property – Commercial assets
• Property – Residential and Conveyancing
• Development – Land and Partnerships
• Development – Design and Technical
• Development – Project Management & commercial and Delivery
• Development – Development Management
• General

Twenty-nine tenders were received.

The successful firms were:

• Anthony Collins Solicitors
• BDB Pitmans
• Birketts
• Capsticks Solicitors
• Clarke Willmott
• DAC Beachcroft
• Devonshires Solicitors
• Gowling WLG (UK)
• Hugh James
• Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Pinsent Masons
• Sharratts (London)
• Shoosmiths
• Trowers & Hamlins
• Walker Morris
• Weightmans
• Winckworth Sherwood

The contract was awarded on the basis of quality (weighting: 80) and price (weighting: 20).