New man at Fidler and Pepper

As part of the expanding commercial department, Mr Rees will be focused on dealing with all commercial property and land transactions such as sales and purchases, leasehold matters on behalf of landlords and tenants, commercial financing, business sales and purchases, share sales and purchases, and shareholders agreements.

Mark Slade, Fidler & Pepper managing partner, said: “We are seeing increased demand for specialist services, which is a reflection of a growing confidence in the market.

“We’ve certainly been monitoring an upward trend and have been recruiting to ensure that we can meet that demand by having additional qualified, experienced people to provide the right legal services that add value to our clients. Luke is one of those people and I’m delighted he is on board.”

Mr Rees, who qualified as a solicitor in March 2009, said: “It’s great to be joining a local law firm that has its focus on delivering the best results for its clients and has a commercial department that boasts some really talented people.”

For more about the firm’s services, visit www.fidler.co.uk