MOBILIST: Legal Services & Specialist Advise
Foreign Commonwealth and Development OfficeEstimated Value
Up to £812,350
Deadline
Not specified
Published
2 March 2026
Type
services
Overview
MOBILIST: Legal & Specialist Advise provides specialist legal and commercial advisory services to support the FCDO’s MOBILIST programme, which undertakes complex cross‑border capital‑markets transactions and due‑diligence activities across multiple jurisdictions. The supplier delivers legal opinions, due‑diligence reviews, regulatory compliance advice, SPV governance support, and negotiation assistance for brokerage, custody and investment agreements.
These services ensure that MOBILIST transactions are structured lawfully, protect FCDO’s financial and legal interests, and comply with UK procurement and regulatory requirements. The contract enables continuity of expert support for active and emerging investment workstreams and underpins the safe delivery of the programme’s investment and market‑building objectives.
The procurement concerns the provision of specialist legal and commercial advisory services to support the FCDO’s MOBILIST programme. The original contract was awarded as a Direct Award under the CCS Legal Services Panel Framework RM6179, Lot 2 (Finance and Complex Legal Services), following receipt of a single bid in accordance with the framework rules.
Additional details
The contract is delivered on a time‑and‑materials basis using approved maximum chargeable rates. The nature of the services includes specialist legal advice, comprising legal due‑diligence reviews, legal opinions on transaction structures and enforceability, regulatory and compliance advice, governance support for special‑purpose vehicles, and negotiation of investment, brokerage, custody, and other commercial agreements in multiple jurisdictions. Additional information: This amendment is for ongoing finalisation of commissioned work only
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Award Details
Dentons UK & Middle East LLP
£812,350
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- 1
Palladium International Ltd
5 contracts wonlatest 9 Oct 2026£460m
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- 2
Cowater International
5 contracts wonlatest 15 Oct 2025£73m
total awarded
- 3
ITAD LIMITED
3 contracts wonlatest 14 Sept 2026ends 30 Jun 2029£507m
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- 4
Oxford Policy Management Limited
2 contracts wonlatest 13 Aug 2026£500m
total awarded
- 5
Cowater UK Limited
2 contracts wonlatest 26 May 2026£48m
total awarded
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Foreign Commonwealth and Development OfficeKey Dates
Published
2 March 2026
Submission deadline
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