Major housing association names 15 firms to £30m legal services framework

Sanctuary Housing Association has appointed 15 law firms to a £30m legal services panel providing support in England and Scotland.

Sanctuary owns and manages around 120,000 units of accommodation.

The 15 firms selected were:

• Gowling WLG (UK)
• Trowers & Hamlins
• Bevan Brittan
• Mills & Reeve
• Capsticks
• Devonshires
• Browne Jacobson
• Weightmans
• Clarke Willmott
• Ward Hadaway
• Brodies
• Burness Paull
• Thorntons Law
• Anderson Strathern
• Morton Fraser MacRoberts

The contract was divided into the following lots:

1. Strategic Legal Partners
2. Commercial/Regulatory
3. Pensions/Employment
4. Property/Development & Construction
5. Housing Management/Housing Litigation
6. Social Care and Regulation
7. Corporate (Scotland)
8. Housing & Development (Scotland)

The firms appointed as strategic legal partners were Gowling WLG (UK) and Trowers & Hamlins,

The contract runs from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2028.