Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has bulked up its competition arm with a new partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and a senior in-house counsel from BG Group.

Elaine Whiteford joined BLP’s City competition, European Union and trade group this week from her role at Freshfields, where she was of counsel. Whiteford specialises in competition litigation and is also a qualified barrister.