Shakespeare Martineau, which has offices in Nottingham, Leicester and Birmingham within its network, has been appointed to the new legal panel of Severn Trent.
Following a competitive tender process, the law firm joins DWF, Eversheds, Burges Salmon and Penningtons Manches on a panel which was last reviewed in 2015.
Headquartered in Coventry, Severn Trent is a FTSE100-listed plc, with regulated water and sewerage businesses which serve customers across the heart of the UK.
Shazadi Stinton, head of legal at Severn Trent, said: "It was a very competitive tender and we firmly believe we’ve picked the firms that can help us drive costs down for our customers while also offering us the benefits of their experience and innovative ideas.
"On top of that, we’re delighted to be working with them to promote inclusion and diversity in the legal industry which is something that we’re extremely keen to support."
Shakespeare Martineau, whose energy and utilities group spans offices across the Midlands and in London, will have the role of supporting Severn Trent’s renewables and services businesses.
Peter Dilks, a real estate and energy partner in the legal practice's Nottingham office, said: "To be one of the five firms chosen to form Severn Trent’s new legal panel is hugely exciting.
"The energy and water sectors in the UK are some of the most important, and, most interesting, and we have a wealth of talent working in this area here in the East Midlands.
"We’ve invested significantly in our people in recent years to ensure we have an incredibly strong group of talented lawyers across numerous disciplines who are all perfectly-placed to provide the best advice at all times.
"Working with Severn Trent is a real opportunity for us and we’re really keen to get started.”
The appointment comes at a time where the energy sector is an increasing focus for the firm, after being reappointed to National Grid’s panel of legal advisers in November last year.
The Severn Trent panel appointment will run for five years.
