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The University of Lincoln has appointed five law firms to a legal services panel providing support worth an estimated £2m over five years.

Details: 14.Jun.2021

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Each provider is required to cover four core deliverable areas:

general and commercial
property
employment and people
student focus.

The successful firms were:

Birketts
Pinsent Masons
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Shakespeare Martineau
VWV

The panel is for the sole use of the University of Lincoln and will run for an initial period of three years from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2024. There will be an option for the university to extend the contract by a period of two years in yearly increments taking the maximum contract end date to 31 May 2026.