Bird & Bird has re-elected its senior management team, with chief executive David Kerr and chairman Michael Frie both seeing their terms extended for a further three years.

The reappointment will enable Kerr (pictured), one of the longest-serving leaders of a UK law firm, to continue his 17-year management role until at least the 20-year point. Frie meanwhile joined Bird & Bird in 2000 when it merged with Sweden’s Gedda & Ekdahl, where he was managing partner, and has been chairman since 2007.