HopgoodGanim Lawyers has today (1 July) announced the promotion of 14 of its staff, including Michelle Eastwell and Sarah Persijn to the firm's partnership.

The firm's promotions take its total partner headcount to 26, and the proportion of female partners to almost 25 per cent.

Eastwell specialises in M&A, capital markets, corporate advisory and governance., while Persijn specialises in planning appeals and declaratory proceedings, project scoping, due diligence and infrastructure charging.