Clifford Chance (CC) has bought 1,600 new BlackBerry devices for its staff, in a key deal for the tech company in the face of growing competition from Apple’s iPhone, reports Legal Week sister title V3.

The deal will see CC’s employees around the world given the new Q10 and Z10 devices from the summer in a rollout that underlines that while BlackBerry faces a tougher market than it did in the past, it remains a strong player for enterprise use.