Law firm Blake Morgan has revealed 47 new summer promotions across its UK offices, highlighting the exceptional achievements of colleagues, and the breadth of talent the firm enjoys nationally.
Thirty-seven lawyers and 10 business support colleagues are being promoted this year, covering a range of business groups from Construction and Property services, through to Commercial Litigation, Private Client, and Regulatory. The promotions include six new Legal Directors: Jodie Craven, Harry Taylor, Hannah Smith, Laura Richards, Andrea Mathias, and Sarah Price.
Reflecting its strong performance in the past year, the Regulatory team is celebrating ten promotions. In addition to new Legal Director Sarah Price, it now has four new Senior Associates in the form of Jermel Anderson, Jamila Bernard-Stevenson, Ben Schofield, and Lucie Mackay. Meanwhile, Luke Williams, Lilly King, Roslyn Lim, Harry Buckle, and Kevin Barrow (FCILEx) have all been promoted to Associate.
Eight lawyers from Blake Morgan’s Property Services team have also been promoted, showcasing another year of robust growth in that area. In addition to new Legal Director Andrea Mathias, Lewis Young, Jonathan Williams, Emma Gardner, and Michael Woonton all step up to Senior Associate, and Cameron Marsh, Keely Doyle, and Victoria Heaton-Richards mark a trio of new Associates in the team.
There were also significant progressions within the Banking and Finance, and Construction teams, with four people promoted in each. This includes two new Legal Directors in Banking and Finance, Jodie Craven and Harry Taylor, as well as Angela Ho who has risen up the ranks to Senior Associate, and Jessica Hooper who has been appointed Associate. Sophie Latham is now the Construction team’s newest Senior Associate, while Emma Bilton, Sophie Stone, and Nivi Vaijayanthimala have all been made Associates.
Three new promotions have also been announced in the Commercial Litigation team, with Alex Lepretre and Holly Spencer-Biggs moving up to Senior Associate, and Inga Januziene becoming a Paralegal.
Blake Morgan’s Consumer Finance and Travel business group saw four promotions, new Legal Director Hannah Smith and Senior Associate (FCILEx) Will Blackburn, alongside Senior Paralegal Fleur Hawkey and Senior Litigation Paralegal Joseph Kooner-Evans. There were also three promotions in the Private Client team as Laura Richards steps into a new role as Legal Director, Jessica Apps is promoted to Associate, and Anne Hayman is made Legal Support Assistant.
There were three new appointments in the Employment, Pensions, Benefits and Immigration (EPBI) team, as David Barra and Ben Wilson were both promoted to Associate, and Tatjana Glebik is made Executive Assistant.
There have also been new promotions within Blake Morgan’s key business support services, four of which are in Human Resources (HR) – with Kathryn Seaward taking up her new role as Head of EDI, and Lilly Henry and Rebecca Crocker becoming Senior Learning and Development Advisors. They are joined by Allison Miller, who is the team’s newest Senior HR Advisor.
In the Business Development and Marketing team, Matthew Tullet has been made a Senior Business Development Executive, Julia Smith is promoted to Senior Internal Communications Executive, and Tom Marsh has taken on the role of Client Listening Lead, while in Risk and Compliance, Jodi Aylett is promoted to Senior Risk and Compliance Executive.
Helen Bunker, Chair of Blake Morgan, said:
Our summer promotions are always a highlight in the Blake Morgan calendar, providing a moment to pause and recognise the wealth of talent, expertise, and achievements of colleagues across the firm.
They’re also about the roles these individuals will continue to play in Blake Morgan’s future growth and success.
The promotions come at an exciting time for us, following a period of continued investment in our people and services, including the recent arrival of our new corporate immigration team.
I’m proud in particular to be strengthening our commitment to responsible business with the appointment of a new Head of EDI, reinforcing the values that are central to who we are as a firm.
I would like to congratulate everyone on their well-deserved promotions and thank my colleagues for their exceptional work in another successful year for the firm.
