When Legal Week neglected to mention Berwin Leighton’s merger with Paisner & Co in a round-up of 2001′s defining events, the firm’s managing partner, Neville Eisenberg, was having none of it.

So confident was he of the merger’s potential that he took immediate steps to bring the omission to our attention by dispatching a Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) teddy bear to our offices.