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University names five law firms to £2m legal services panel
The University of Lincoln has appointed five law firms to a legal services panel providing support worth an estimated £2m over five years.
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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.
Director of Legal and Governance (Monitoring Officer)
£88,185 per annum
Lawyer (Sabbatical)
£50,788 per annum
Assistant Director - Legal & Governance
£72,686 - £81,742 per annum
Head of Governance & University Solicitor
Up to £66,537 per annum
Head of Legal Shared Service
Up to £89,000 per annum
Senior Lawyer - Advocate
£46,731 - £49,764 per annum

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