Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has re-elected managing partner Neville Eisenberg for a fifth term at the helm of the UK top 15 firm.

Eisenberg (pictured) ran unopposed for re-election, with the partnership vote closing yesterday (22 February). His new term will take effect from 1 May for a three-year period.

He has been managing partner at BLP since the merger of Berwin Leighton and Paisner & Co in 2001, having taken up the role at Berwin Leighton in 1999.

The news comes after Legal Week reported last month that Eisenberg was expected to run again uncontested.

BLP chairman Peter Robinson said: "Neville's leadership and strategic vision has provided the firm with both the stability and drive to achieve exceptional results. Neville is no less enthusiastic now than he was in 1999 and is very excited by the challenge ahead."

Other potential candidates previously cited within the firm had included real estate head Robert MacGregor and banking and capital markets chief Matthew Kellett; however, no-one else put themselves forward to contest the role.

BLP senior partner Harold Paisner is also long-standing in his role, holding the senior partner job ever since the 2001 merger.