Apple Retail is seeking a sole external European legal adviser reports The Lawyer.
Apple has sent out tender documents to a number of firms to advise on non-property legal services with a deadline of Tuesday 30 June for proposal requests.
Apple has previously used a number of legal firms including Baker & McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Jones Day to represent them.
The move to an external advisor would be an unusual one. "It’s always been a very lean legal function, a lot is centralised at HQ in the US and there’s a lean staff internationally, but having a single external adviser would be quite unusual," said one source quoted by The Lawyer.
Corporate, competition, general retail, product warranty, third liaison and government work, regulatory, health and safety, employment, litigation and shareholder disputes would be the type of areas covered by the external legal adviser. Typically, Apple declined to comment on the appointment.
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