Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co is embarking on a new partnership with Ascent Performance Group, a debt recovery law firm in Britain.

Senior partner Linda Johnston told the Belfast Telegraph: “We are proud to have been invited to act as Ascent’s Northern Ireland partner in their debt recovery work.

“We look forward to delivering a full range of legal services across Northern Ireland in partnership with Ascent.”

It follows a series of shake-ups to debt recovery services in Belfast late last year, when MKB Law announced its merger with debt recovery specialists McAlinden Solicitors, and Shoosmiths announced its merger with debt and insolvency experts McManus Kearney.

king on a new partnership with Ascent Performance Group, a Sheffield-based law firm specialising in debt recovery.