Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are among the firms to have won places on the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) 10-strong major projects panel.

Addleshaw Goddard, Burges Salmon, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters have been added to the department’s expanded roster, while five firms – Dentons, Mills & Reeve, Shepherd & Wedderburn, Simmons & Simmons and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co – retained their places.