TWO members of the Warner Goodman team based at Southampton have become partners in the law firm.

Helen Porter and Torion Bowles, from the commercial litigation team, were promoted from May 1.

Having been with the firm for more than eight years, Helen is currently head of the commercial litigation team and specialises in property related disputes.

She obtained a First Class BA Honours degree in Law and French at London Guildhall University, and before moving to the area in 2005, Helen worked for the government in London and overseas, as well as spending 10 years in the Territorial Army.

Torion began his legal career after graduating from Cardiff Law School and was called to the Bar in 2003.

After spending a number of years in civil litigation, he joined Warner Goodman as a member of the residential conveyancing team in Southampton in 2013 just after cross-qualifying as a solicitor.

In March 2014 that he transferred to the commercial litigation team .

Ed Voller, managing partner, commented “The addition of Helen and Torion now means that we have 17 partners servicing a broad range of commercial and high street work."