Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst drop off Aviva roster as panel confirmed
Ashurst and Addleshaw Goddard have both moved off Aviva's roster of advisers
March 17, 2016 at 08:03 PM
2 minute read
Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst have both dropped off Aviva's legal panel, it has emerged following a recent review of the panel.
Aviva has confirmed it is sticking with a slimmed down legal panel following a review at the end of last year.
Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst were among eight firms appointed to the insurer's panel in 2013 but it has emerged that they are no longer on Aviva's panel, though the pair did not drop off the roster at the latest review.
A spokesperson for Aviva said the two firms came off the panel at some point between 2013 and the 2015 review.
At the most recent review, which finished in December 2015, Aviva elected to stick with its six-strong core legal panel and did not invite pitches from non-panel firms.
The core firms are DLA Piper, Allen & Overy, Linklaters, Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May for London, European and Asia work, while Pinsent Masons advises on UK regional work.
An Aviva spokesperson said: "The panel changes from the 2013 list did not happen during the most recent review. We make adjustments to our panels from time to time in response to the changing needs of the business."
At the last full panel review in 2013, 35 firm's pitched for spots, including magic circle firm Clifford Chance which was unsuccessful.
Firms were rated on market leadership and positioning, experience with Aviva, capability and proposed services, discount levels and flexibility of pricing and volume discounts.
The firm also operates a PLC legal panel for board level advice and has off-panel arrangements with firms for use in specific roles including litigation, employment and insurance work and in specific geographies such as the US, Ireland, Spain and Italy.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Kirkland, Debevoise & Nishimura Advise On $8.2B Japanese Acquisition of Resolution Life
Covington Swipes Mishcon Insurance Disputes Head for New Practice Launch in London
3 minute read
Asia Pacific Hires: Global Firms Kick Off Q4 with Flurry of Team Hires Across the Region
10 minute read
Trending Stories
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
