Law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has appointed a new director of marketing to support its recent growth.

Ashton Coleman-Smith will lead the marketing team of 25 and also become a board member. He will leave his job as MD, EMEA and London for Ogilvy Public Relations where he was also a board member, led business development programmes and overseen global client relations.

In 2009 BLP opened offices in Abu Dhabi and Moscow and BLP's managing partner Neville Eisenberg says he is pleased with "Ashton's international experience and business development expertise."

Coleman-Smith thinks BLP is ‘one to watch' and continues to say, "Given the rate of change in the legal sector and the accelerating drive to anticipate the needs of clients, this is an exciting time to join BLP."