Hammonds has promoted 11 lawyers to its partnership, the national firm announced today (10 April).

The appointments, which take effect from 1 May, see four new partners each made up in the national firm's offices in the City and in Leeds.

Manchester – where Hammonds announced plans in February year to take on up to 15 new partners over the next two years – receives just one promotion, while two partners were made up in the firm's Munich office.