Balfour Beatty is set to review its roster of UK legal advisers, with the construction giant planning to ramp up its use of legal process outsourcing (LPO).

David Mercer, general counsel of Balfour Beatty’s UK construction services division, is leading the review, with the process being overseen by global general counsel and company secretary Chris Vaughan, who joined in 2007 from SABMiller.