West of England law firm Foot Anstey been appointed to the official legal panel of international home improvement group Kingfisher following a detailed, nine-month strategic review of its legal requirements.
Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, appears on the panel with eight other major UK law firms including Womble Bond Dickinson, which has an office in Bristol, and Clyde & Co, which is about to open in the city. 
Also on the panel are Allen & Overy, Bird & Bird, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells.
Foot Anstey will advise Kingfisher, which owns B&Q and Screwfix, on a range of day-to-day and project work. The firm is a specialist in the retail, leisure, food and drink sector advising a range of clients such as Halfords, Odeon and City Electrical Factors.
Client relationship partner for Kingfisher, Patrick Howarth, said: “We are delighted to be appointed to work alongside such a business where we can make a significant contribution towards their success. Our culture and working practices fit together so well and we are looking forward to getting on with the job and upholding the high standards set by Kingfisher.”
Kingfisher legal director Elizabeth Messud added: “Our legal panel remains a fundamental piece of our legal services offering to the overall Kingfisher organisation.
“Our new streamlined legal panel will allow us to develop better working relationships with each of the successful firms to ensure the delivery of high-quality legal services and to ensure we get the best value for our spend on legal services, from a core group of specialists who really understand Kingfisher.”
Kingfisher operates nearly 1,300 stores in 10 countries across Europe and employs 78,000 people.
