Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired a real estate team from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to join its Moscow office, Goltsblat BLP (GBLP).

The team consists of Vladislav Sourkov who is current head of Akin Gump’s Russian real estate practice, Rustam Aliev who will be joining as a partner and senior counsel Dmitry Maltsev. The Moscow-based trio – who were previously at CMS – are expected to join GBLP in January 2014.