Blake Morgan is the product of a 2014 merger between Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole. Blake Lapthorn had long been one of the most recognised names in the south of England, and had expanded aggressively across that region, growing from its Thames Valley home into London and Southampton, and then Portsmouth in 2001 via a merger with insolvency specialists Sherwin Oliver. Next it joined forced with one of Oxford’s best-known firms, Linnells, in 2003, followed by Winchester’s White & Bowker