Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired former Linklaters construction partner Stella Mitchell, maintaining the firm’s aggressive recruitment drive.

Mitchell, who will join on 4 January having left Linklaters earlier this year, has experience in development, power and property outsourcing. She recently represented the BBC on its £500m redevelopment of heritage-listed Broadcasting House and on a £2bn property outsourcing deal. She also acted on the construction of the Swiss Reinsurance London headquarters, ‘The Gherkin’.