Service market

Banking and finance law contracts

UK public sector · 61 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
61
Last 12 months
Median contract
£32k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£6.6m
61 of 61 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
14
Suppliers
24

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most banking and finance law contracts took 46% of them (28 of 61).
  • The median contract, £32k, is 64% below the median across legal contracts (£90k).
  • Homes England awarded 36% of the banking and finance law contracts (22 of 61).

Who buys banking and finance law

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Homes England22 contracts
  2. 2British Business Bank14 contracts
  3. 3UK Export Finance6 contracts
  4. 4NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED4 contracts
  5. 5British Patient Capital Ltd4 contracts
  6. 6Scottish Government2 contracts
  7. 7Northumberland County Council2 contracts
  8. 8BANK OF ENGLAND1 contract
  9. 9Clarion Housing Group1 contract
  10. 10Curo Group (Albion) Ltd1 contract

Top banking and finance law contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Ashurst Perkins Coie11 contracts
  2. 2TLT LLP5 contracts
  3. 3Hogan Lovells4 contracts
  4. 4Walker Morris4 contracts
  5. 5Ashfords4 contracts
  6. 6DWF4 contracts
  7. 7Veale Wasbrough Vizards4 contracts
  8. 8Clifford Chance3 contracts
  9. 9DLA Piper3 contracts
  10. 10Ashurst2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

12Q4 2025*15Q1 202612Q2 202622Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 58 · Scotland 3

Yorkshire and The Humber18London7North East4South West1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated30

What is included

Legal work on lending, borrowing and security, export and asset finance, treasury and funding, securitisation and financial services regulation.

  • Loan agreements and security documentation
  • Lending to developers and businesses
  • Export and aircraft finance
  • Housing association corporate, finance and treasury lots
  • Property securitisation
  • Finance lots of government legal panels
  • FCA permissions and anti-money laundering advice
  • Insolvency of borrowers and financial counterparties
  • Insurance and reinsurance arrangements

What is not included

  • Equity investments and fund commitments (leg.com.company-governance-and-joint-ventures)
  • PFI and project finance (leg.com.pfi-ppp-and-project-finance)
  • Energy supplier insolvency regimes (leg.com.energy-and-nuclear-law)
  • Housing association governance without a finance element (leg.hous.registered-provider-governance)
  • Treasury management advice from advisers (csl.acct.treasury-management-advice)
  • Insolvency practitioner and restructuring services (csl.acct.restructuring-and-insolvency)
  • Insurance broking and insurance cover (csl.finsvc.insurance-broking)
  • Banking and lending facilities themselves (csl.finsvc.corporate-banking-services, csl.finsvc.asset-finance-and-lending)

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