Lee Fisher > Blake Morgan LLP > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Blake Morgan LLP provides ‘well-informed and responsive’ advice across a range of high-profile litigation. As well as being able to leverage his overarching IP credentials to good effect on litigation involving, inter alia, copyright, trade mark and misuse of confidential information, team head Lee Fisher is also noted for his aptitude at handling shareholder and unfair prejudice claims for private sector clients. Drawing upon a ‘wealth of experience and excellent judgement’, Joanne Thompson is best-known for her public sector expertise (including for central and local government, as well as health authorities), including in relation to the defence of public procurement challenges, as well as public inquiry-related work. Recently promoted to legal director, Sarah Whittle is also a key resource to defendants seeking to defend public procurement decisions as well as in the context of judicial review challenges. Whittle has also taken a new role in spearheading the firm’s Court of Protection work for local authorities.

The ‘exceptionally knowledgeable’ team at Blake Morgan LLP provides ‘first-class’ advice to public and private sector clients, including those within the media and retail space, across a broad swathe of non-contentious and contentious IP matters. Team head Lee Fisher has deep knowledge across both “hard” and “soft” IP, leveraging his broader commercial litigation skills to good effect for clients bringing or defending claims, including in injunctive proceedings. Joanna Corbett-Simmons also continues to develop a strong reputation in relation to IP litigation, including on disputes relating to the breach of confidentiality and misuse of confidential information.