The Bermuda office of Appleby, one of the world’s largest offshore providers of legal, fiduciary and administration services, has announced the appointment of one lawyer to partner and the appointment of two further lawyers to the position of counsel.

The Bermuda-based lawyers join five others across the Appleby group globally including one further partner appointment and four appointments to counsel. Appleby lawyer Keith Robinson is appointed to partner and Clive Langley and Steven Rees Davies to counsel with effect from yesterday.

Appleby Bermuda managing partner Kiernan Bell said: “These appointments are timely and recognise the hard work, skill and expertise of these talented lawyers.”

Appleby Group chairman, Frances Woo, added: “These appointments come at an exciting time in our development when we are seeing significant increases in work-flow as the economy continues to show signs of improvement. The demonstrable strength and depth of our teams means that we can continue to provide clients with a responsive service delivered across time-zones and by highly skilled individuals that they can trust.”

Mr Robinson is a member of Appleby’s litigation and insolvency group in Bermuda. His practice focuses on high value trust disputes and restructurings often with a multi-jurisdictional element.

He has advised and represented trustees, beneficiaries and other fiduciaries. Mr Robinson, who joined Appleby in 2008, has been involved in many of the major trust cases in Bermuda over the last number of years and in the last year has appeared in a number of legally significant reported decisions, Appleby stated.

Mr Langley is a member of Appleby’s corporate and commercial group in Bermuda, who specialises in banking and asset finance. Prior to joining the firm in 2005 he worked for the International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges in their London and Silicon Valley offices.

Mr Rees Davies is a member of Appleby’s corporate and commercial group in Bermuda. He joined Appleby in 2008, having previously worked for top tier firms in England. He practises company, corporate and commercial law, specialising in corporate finance, structuring, development and related transactional and commercial matters. He has particular experience in multinational and cross jurisdictional joint venture projects.