Partners at White & Case have elected a successor for outgoing managing partner Duane Wall, it was announced today (6 August).

Hugh Verrier, currently executive partner of the US law firm's Moscow office, will take over from Wall when his term comes to an end on 31 March, 2008.

Verrier, a project finance lawyer and a current member of the firm's eight-member management board, will relocate to New York before being confirmed in the post, which carries a four-year term. In a renaming of the top management role, Verrier will become chair of the firm.