Conyers Dill & Pearman has appointed Jeffrey Elkinson and Michael Frith as directors of the company, reflecting their promotion to partner status.

Mr. Elkinson specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration, banking, trusts, insurance/reinsurance, construction, administrative law, telecommunications and energy.

He sits as an arbitrator and acts as counsel in both local and international arbitration, as well as being a member of the Bars of Ireland, England & Wales, Hong Kong, New South Wales, New York, United States Court of International Trade, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Bermuda and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Mr. Elkinson is the chairman of the Bermuda Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chartered Arbitrator and Mediator, and is the chairman of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bermuda Bar.

Mr. Frith practises all aspects of corporate law, with a focus on re/insurance regulations and transactions, including new insurance incorporations, private placement equity financing of insurance companies and other financing and transactional work. He initially qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales (now non-practising), and was called to the Bermuda Bar in 2003.

Mr. Frith also serves as an active officer in the Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps, and is a member of the Award Council for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Bermuda and a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Bermuda Foundation.

John Collis, director and chairman of Conyers' executive committee, said: "Jeffrey and Michael are both excellent lawyers and we are very pleased to have them join the partnership ranks. They are well respected in Bermuda's business community and amongst our clients internationally. In addition to their technical legal abilities, they are dedicated to Conyers' ethos of providing responsive, timely and thorough legal advice, and committed to promoting Bermuda as a jurisdiction for international business."