Spend with external law firms
Do you use eBilling technology to manage your law firms billing (e.g. systems such as Legal Tracker, Brightflag, Apperio, CT Tymetrix, Mitratech etc.)
All payments are done via SAP Ariba.
Who is your head of legal / general counsel (please provide email address) ?
Andrea Clarke (interim General Counsel), Justine Curry (interim Director of Legal); these are posts at Transport for London, which provides the GLA’s legal function under a shared services arrangement. TfL’s contact pages are at https://tfl.gov.uk/help-and-contact/
Do you have a law firm panel / preferred supplier list / use a framework to buy your external law firm services? Please provide details where possible.
The GLA generally appoints its external lawyers through the TfL Legal Panel which was procured in 2019. The firms on that panel are:
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Ashurst
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- BDB Pitmans
- Burges Salmon
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Gowling WLG
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- K&L Gates
- Pinsent Masons
- Stephenson Harwood
- Trowers & Hamlins
- Womble Bond Dickinson
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