Pinsent Masons has underlined ongoing efforts to beef up its national banking and finance practice with the hire of two new partners.

Matthew Heaton joins Pinsents’ Birmingham arm from national rival Eversheds, where he was previously a senior associate. Heaton, who also formerly worked at Allen & Overy, specialises in acquisition finance and generalist corporate banking work and will work closely with Pinsents’ national banking chief, Stephen Miles.