Former eprivateclient Top 35 Under 35 Phyllis Townsend has been promoted to partner at global law firm Baker McKenzie.

Ms Townsend, who was named as a Top 35 Under 35 between 2014 and 2016 and again between 2018 and 2020, was one of 116 new partners added to the firm in the year to 30 June 2022, an increase of 22 percent from the previous year. 

Of those 116, 41 were lateral hires whilst a further 75 were - ...