Baltic boost for Hills

Hill Taylor Dickinson assistant Roderick Palmer has been seconded to the Kalpeida branch of the Agricultural Bank of Lithuania for a three-month placement. Palmer, who works in the firm's commercial department, will assist the bank's legal department with banking, ship finance and other transactional work. Partner Malcolm Entwistle said Palmer's secondment provides "a tremendous opportunity to develop closer contact with the bank and to strengthen our existing links with Baltic States clients".