Capsticks is pleased to announce that it has been appointed to the Orbis Legal Services Framework, securing six lots on a £40 million contract. This appointment commenced on 21 November 2025 for four years.

The firm will be providing expert legal advisory services, having been appointed to lots:

• 1 Legal Services for Adult Social Care
• 4 Legal Services for Commercial Law, Contracts & Procurement, Telecoms & IT Law, Construction Law
• 5a FOI GDPR Information Law
• 6a Highways, Planning and Environment
• 6b Property and Housing
• 7a Employment

Orbis is a public sector partnership between Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove City Council and West Sussex County Council. Established in 2015, Orbis are now one of the UK's biggest public sector providers of procurement services, supporting some of the largest communities across the south of England.

This appointment builds on the firm's recent framework win for the London Boroughs' Legal Alliance (LBLA) Legal Services Framework and aligns with their strategy to be on all key legal services frameworks for the sector. Ensuring Local Authorities can easily procure high quality legal services, whilst benefitting from value for money and time efficiencies.

Tiffany Cloynes, Partner and Head of Local Government said: 

We are proud to be appointed to the Orbis Legal Services Framework on all of the lots that we bid for. This latest win builds on our previous appointments across a number of frameworks, meaning we are now on nearly all major frameworks providing legal advice to Local Authorities in England. We understand the value of the Orbis framework, providing high quality and affordable legal services to local authorities, so that they can concentrate on delivering for the communities they support. This latest appointment provides us with further opportunities to support Local Authorities in the South of England and strengthens our commitment to be the firm of choice for those who work to make a difference.

Asmat Hussain, Director of Law & Governance at Surrey County Council said: 

We are really pleased to have Capsticks join our legal services framework. We are confident that they will bring a wealth of experience in the sector and help public sector organisations achieve the best possible value. 

Capsticks aims to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference. Our purpose is to be the legal advisers that clients want by their side, providing innovative and practical solutions tailored to our sectors’ unique challenges. Our lawyers work together as one team with the same values: putting people first, doing the right thing and always forward thinking.