BLP strengthens London and Moscow real estate teams

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has promoted two partners to its London-based real estate team and three associate directors to its Moscow office. Zahra Bardai and Barry Gross have been appointed partners while Yuri Chernobrivstev, Tatiana Khovanskaya and Maksim Popov have been appointed associate directors. Commenting on the appointments, Neville Eisenberg, managing partner, said: “I am delighted to welcome these talented lawyers into the partnership. Notwithstanding the challenging environment, we remain committed to providing our lawyers with the opportunities to fulfil their potential. It is pleasing to see a number of these promotions in Moscow, which has had a good first year of operations.”