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
28 banking and finance law contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
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.
- 1Homes England22 contracts£392k
- 2British Business Bank14 contracts£444k
- 3UK Export Finance6 contracts£838k
- 4NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED4 contracts£2.8m
- 5British Patient Capital Ltd4 contracts£127k
- 6Scottish Government2 contracts£950k
- 7Northumberland County Council2 contracts£390k
- 8BANK OF ENGLAND1 contract£280k
- 9Clarion Housing Group1 contract£167k
- 10Curo Group (Albion) Ltd1 contract£51k
Top banking and finance law contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Ashurst Perkins Coie11 contracts£342k
- 2TLT LLP5 contracts£105k
- 3Hogan Lovells4 contracts£368k
- 4Walker Morris4 contracts£111k
- 5Ashfords4 contracts£60k
- 6DWF4 contracts£57k
- 7Veale Wasbrough Vizards4 contracts£48k
- 8Clifford Chance3 contracts£1.9m
- 9DLA Piper3 contracts£508k
- 10Ashurst2 contracts£482k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
British Business Bank to Ashurst Perkins Coie · Awarded 22 September 2026
Scottish Government to Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP · Awarded 21 September 2026
Greater Manchester Combined Authority to Addleshaw Goddard · Awarded 8 September 2026
British Business Bank to DLA Piper · Awarded 6 September 2026
Department for Transport to Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer · Awarded 3 September 2026
British Business Bank to Ashurst Perkins Coie · Awarded 1 September 2026
British Business Bank to DLA Piper · Awarded 26 August 2026
Homes England to Ashfords · Awarded 24 August 2026
British Business Bank to Ashurst Perkins Coie · Awarded 21 August 2026
Curo Group (Albion) Ltd to Bevan Brittan LLP · Awarded 20 August 2026
Largest
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED to Slaughter and May and Slaughter and May Services Company · Awarded 9 February 2026
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED to Clifford Chance · Awarded 5 August 2026
Scottish Government to Clifford Chance · Awarded 18 June 2026
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED to Ashurst · Awarded 11 February 2026
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED to DLA Piper · Awarded 16 February 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 58 · Scotland 3
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)