A law firm has announced a wave of summer promotions.

Blake Morgan has promoted 30 staff members across its offices, including lawyers and business support staff, with the firm having an office in Southampton.

Of the 30 promotions, 23 are lawyers and seven are business support staff, spanning a range of business groups including property, commercial litigation, regulatory, construction, and private client services.

Promotions include five new legal directors: Tanya Barrett, Rob Jefferies, Kirsteen Mace, Rachel Sales, and Lucy Mosley.

Helen Bunker, chair of Blake Morgan, said: "Many congratulations to this talented group for their well-deserved promotions, and for playing such important roles in helping to deliver the excellent advice that our clients and colleagues come to us for.

"This is an opportunity to recognise the range of expertise and achievement of our colleagues across the UK.

"Blake Morgan is a place where we nurture and reward talent – and it is superb to see so many team members continue to grow their careers here.

"I would like to thank everyone for their exceptional contribution and commitment that has made this another successful year for the firm – and sets a solid foundation for us to build on over the next."

The property services team saw six promotions.

In addition to legal directors Rachel Sales and Tanya Barrett, Susan Bartlett has been promoted to senior associate, while Katie Edwards, Elin Meredith, and Matthew Ivey have become associates.

The regulatory team also celebrated several promotions.

Lucy Mosley was named legal director, while Stephen Parish and Gem Casey are now senior associates, and Lily Keeping has been promoted to associate.

Within the private client team, Rachel Giles has become a senior associate, with Emily Havard and Annabel Winsor promoted to associates, and Beth Burton named senior paralegal.

Three commercial litigation team members were promoted: Elin Walker and Vikki Sidaway to senior associate, and Amy Taylor-Morris to associate.

In business support services, Vicky Hanks is now head of business development and marketing, and Gordon Edmondson has been named facilities operations manager.

There were also promotions in the finance team.

Abbie Cartwright is now legal cashier supervisor, with Natalie Radford and Charly Shugar named senior legal cashiers, and Johnathan Trotman promoted to legal cashier.