The Welsh Assembly Government has completed the first formal review of its legal advisers, with national giant Eversheds and a brace of local leaders among eight firms to win places on the coveted roster.

The panel has been divided up in to five areas: property and commercial; employment; corporate finance; litigation; and environment law. Eversheds is named on four of the sub-panels, as is Cardiff firm Geldards, while Welsh rival Hugh James gets the nod in three categories.