Legal services

Tender description

As a University we need high-quality legal advice on a wide range of matters including commercial contracts, litigation, intellectual property matters, data protection and employment law. At present this is handled through a framework of three legal firms, supported by some expertise provided “in-house”, which is managed centrally through our University Secretary’s Office. As the current arrangement concludes, we wish to review our options for the future provision of legal advice. A tender exercise will be conducted with a view to having new arrangements in place early in the academic year 2018/19. In the meantime, we want to consider the range of options available to us and are seeking your perspective and input as a potential future partner, to help us shape our approach, prior to us issuing a formal tender. As a University we need high-quality legal advice on a wide range of matters including commercial contracts, litigation, intellectual property matters, data protection and employment law. At present this is handled through a framework of three legal firms, supported by some expertise provided “in-house”, which is managed centrally through our University Secretary’s Office. As the current arrangement concludes, we wish to review our options for the future provision of legal advice. A tender exercise will be conducted with a view to having new arrangements in place early in the academic year 2018/19. In the meantime, we want to consider the range of options available to us and are seeking your perspective and input as a potential future partner, to help us shape our approach, prior to us issuing a formal tender As a University we need high-quality legal advice on a wide range of matters including commercial contracts, litigation, intellectual property matters, data protection and employment law. At present this is handled through a framework of 3 legal firms, supported by some expertise provided “in-house”, which is managed centrally through our University Secretary’s Office. As the current arrangement concludes, we wish to review our options for the future provision of legal advice. A tender exercise will be conducted with a view to having new arrangements in place early in the academic year 2018/19. In the meantime, we want to consider the range of options available to us and are seeking your perspective and input as a potential future partner, to help us shape our approach, prior to us issuing a formal tender. As a University we need high-quality legal advice on a wide range of matters including commercial contracts, litigation, intellectual property matters, data protection and employment law. At present this is handled through a framework of 3 legal firms, supported by some expertise provided “in-house”, which is managed centrally through our University Secretary’s Office. You are invited to attend a pre-tender day on 11.7.2018. This will take place at Old Broadcasting House in Leeds, and will comprise an introduction to the University, a round table discussion with all interested firms about our potential requirements.