Leading law firm Ashton KCJ has invited Petra Sharp and Geoff Hazlewood, two solicitors from its corporate team, to join the firm as Partners.

Both Petra and Geoff trained and qualified with firms in London and remained there on qualification. Petra joined Ashton KCJ in 2006 with Geoff joining shortly after in 2007. They both deal with a variety of corporate and company work – including business and company sales and purchases, finance and security work and general commercial contracts. Speaking about their Partnership, Ashton KCJ Managing Partner, Mark Merriam said: “I am very pleased to recognise the knowledge and expertise both Petra and Geoff bring to the firm. This underlines our continued commitment to develop our own people to ensure we deliver deep understanding of our clients changing needs.”