Blake Morgan LLP (Southampton)

Blake Morgan LLP's range of legal services the firm provides to organisations in today's fast-moving business environment is fully integrated, with a particular emphasis on industry sectors in finance and banking, real estate and construction, healthcare, leisure and retail and not for profit organisations.  The firm also has a large team focused on services for private individuals.

Combining specialist legal expertise with a strong commercial and friendly approach, the firm delivers results for its clients, whether they are multinational companies, owner-managed businesses, SMEs, government agencies, business and property owners, not-for-profit organisations or private individuals.  The industry sector groups provide targeted advice built on an understanding of the issues faced by particular industries.

Firm expertise

Blake Morgan has a strong reputation for its corporate finance work, handling all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, MBOs, MBIs, disposals, banking and asset finance, as well as employment and pensions, IP and IT. Expertise also includes aviation and transport, biopharma, construction, outsourcing, tax, publishing and public procurement.

Litigation and dispute resolution: one of the leading firms in the South, specialising in all areas including litigation, arbitration (domestic and international) and alternative dispute resolution. The firm's cases are regularly heard in London in the High Court, Court of Appeal and The Supreme Court.  Specialist teams cover construction and engineering, property, IP, IT, licensing, environmental law, regulatory, insolvency and business recovery, debt recovery, professional negligence and disciplinary law.

Real estate: the team is one of the largest in the South of England, and provides high-quality advice to clients ranging from property companies and institutional investors to leisure and retail occupiers, entrepreneurs and charities. The work of the real estate team is underpinned by the firm's planning, construction, environment, tax and banking groups. There is also an agriculture and estates team advising on all property issues, as well as a specialist equine law unit.

Private client: the firm offers its clients the full range of private client advice with inheritance and tax planning, wills and probate, matrimonial and family personal injury, and clinical negligence. The firm has specialist expertise in the sale and purchase of properties in France and in personal injury trusts.