# External Legal Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED](/buyers/student-loans-company-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP
- Award value: £800,000
- Tender value: £800,000
- Award date: 11 October 2024
- Published: 4 November 2024
- Contract start: 19 October 2024
- Contract end: 18 October 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8a1b0229-35db-47c2-9335-dd54b689a132-799510
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9b79fa0b-ff8a-4a0a-ac10-da6184524703

## Description

SLC's Legal Services team \("LS"\) provide essential support and assistance across the business\. It has responsibility for minimising exposure to legal risk and ensuring that, in conjunction with other SLC departments, SLC acts in such a way as to ensure regulatory compliance\. SLC's LS team require the support of a third party for specialist Legal advice to support key functions and represent SLC in Scottish, English & Welsh and NI courts as necessary\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8a1b0229-35db-47c2-9335-dd54b689a132-799510)