Societe GeneraleSociete Generale (SG) has finalised its new roster of legal advisers, slashing the number of firms used by the French investment bank from 25 to around 10.

The firms – which will be in line to gain a major slice of SG’s estimated annual $16m legal spend – were informed by e-mail last month as to whether they had been successful or not, with all panel appointments effective until 2006.