Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has grown its Singapore arm with the hire of a corporate finance team from Holman Fenwick Willan led by practice head Alistair Duffield.

Duffield (pictured) is set to join BLP as Singapore managing partner with a start date still to be decided. He will bring with him a team of five lawyers including Tahirah Ara, who will join as a partner.