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<\/p>\nPartners Daniela Smith and Lee Fisher will share the role having succeeded Eve Piffaretti<\/p>\n
09:11, 12 May 2026Updated 09:19, 12 May 2026<\/p>\n
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Blake Morgan partners Daniela Smith, Eve Piffaretti and Lee Fisher.<\/p>\n
Law firm Blake Morgan has appointed co-heads of its Cardiff head office marking the first time the role has been shared in the firm\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Partners Daniela Smith and Lee Fisher have taken up joint leadership bringing a combined total of more than 50 years\u2019 experience at the firm between them. They succeed Eve Piffaretti who was head of office for more than seven years.<\/p>\n
Ms Smith is a partner in the real estate team, with extensive experience across all aspects of commercial property work for both the public and private sectors. She has been involved in many of the firm\u2019s highest-value and most high-profile transactions, including acting on the \u00a3250m regeneration of 40 acres at Roath Basin in Cardiff Bay.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Scarlets Rugby extends sponsorship tie-up with food wholesaler Castell Howell<\/a>READ MORE: The best in HR and people development in Wales revealed<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Fisher started his legal career as a trainee solicitor with Morgan Bruce (one of Blake Morgan\u2019s legacy practices) in 1995 and is now recognised as one of the leading commercial litigation and intellectual property lawyers in Wales. His practice concentrates on high-value commercial disputes and on leading the brand protection and intellectual property practice nationally. He is also a fully accredited mediator for commercial and IP matters.<\/p>\n Ms Smith said: \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to step into this role alongside Lee at such an exciting time for the office and for Wales. I\u2019ve spent my entire career here, and my commitment to the firm has only deepened over time. I\u2019m looking forward to building on everything Eve has created and to making sure this office continues to be somewhere people are proud to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Fisher said: \u201cDaniela and I have complementary practices and a shared set of values, so I\u2019m genuinely excited about what we can do together. Eve leaves a remarkable legacy, not just through her hard work but in the culture she\u2019s built, of which Blake Morgan is understandably proud. Our job is to honour that and keep pushing it forward. Wales has a fantastic business community, and I want Blake Morgan to continue to be right at the heart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms Piffaretti said: \u201cIt has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to support and champion this office, its people, clients, and communities for more than seven years. I\u2019m delighted to hand over to Daniela and Lee, given their genuine, long-standing contribution and commitment to the firm\u2019s success in Wales. I have no doubt they will take the office from strength to strength in the years ahead. I look forward to supporting them and know that they will excel in the role<\/p>\n Blake Morgan also has offices in London, Manchester, Oxford, Reading and Southampton. It employs more than 500 of which 90 are partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Partners Daniela Smith and Lee Fisher will share the role having succeeded Eve Piffaretti 09:11, 12 May 2026Updated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-954412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116560651051776548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}