Procurement, Information and Governance Team
The Procurement, Information and Governance team provide advice and assistance across 5 boroughs. There is a varied mix of work in the procurement side of the team where we are involved in the types of work that other legal departments will send out to external firms. Staff who have formerly worked in private practice have commented on the complexity of the work we do, the service we provide and that it is similar to working in private practice but it is a supportive working environment. As well as doing procurement, the team has been involved in setting up companies and we have a company secretary service which is used by a number of the companies that have been set up by the 5 boroughs. Where there have been large projects and external firms have been instructed, we have been involved in the work and it has provided team members the opportunity to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge.
Eleanor Penn Head of Law, Procurement and Information Governance Team
Eleanor qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Having originally trained and qualified in private practice specialising in planning, she spent the first decade of her career acting for a range of private and public sector clients, including local authorities. Moving to the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2012 as a senior planning lawyer, she subsequently took up the post of Assistant Head of Legal Services for Planning & Procurement. It was this most recent role at RB Greenwich which led her to develop an interest in public and procurement law, and which ultimately led her move in 2025 to join SLLP as Head of Law for the Procurement and Information Governance Team.