CMS Cameron McKenna's former managing partner Dick Tyler has been elected as the firm's new senior partner.

Tyler (pictured) saw off competition from consumer products sector head Louise Wallace in the third and final round of voting which closed on Friday (25 March) to secure the appointment to replace current incumbent Richard Price on 1 May.

Earlier voting rounds had seen the elimination of banking and project finance partner Andrew Ivison and energy partner Robert Lane, who heads the firm's regulated industries team.