Ashurst has taken the remaining coveted lead role on the £2bn Wood Wharf regeneration project advising the Canary Wharf consortium, which was last week chosen as the preferred partner on the development.

The number of interested developers vying for the partnership role was cut to a shortlist of four towards the end of last year. SJ Berwin missed out on the work after its client British Land lost the final stage following the reduction of the shortlist to two.