Matthew Bird

Matthew is a Trainee Solicitor based in our Cardiff office where he currently sits with our Banking team, having previously sat with the Regulatory and Court of Protection teams.

Main areas of practice

Matthew currently works alongside other fee earners assisting clients on both the lender and borrower side of lending agreements.

Expertise

• Banking & Finance

Career

Matthew commenced his training contract with Blake Morgan in March 2024 and is currently in his third seat, with his first seat being with our Regulatory team before moving to the Court of Protection team for his second.

Whilst working within the Court of Protection team, Matthew worked for professionally appointed deputies in the firm, assisting with the general management of people’s financial affairs. He also worked with a number of local authorities across Wales as well as England in cases before the Court of Protection, often in response to challenges to care arrangements.

Prior to this, Matthew worked with the Regulatory team for his first seat, and before that was a Paralegal in the team since June 2022. During this time he worked on a significant number of fitness to practise investigations from the point of referral to regulators, carrying out the investigation and preparing the matter for a final hearing where required.

During this time Matthew also worked on applications to the High Court and conducted hearings before regulatory panels.

Matthew also worked with the Business Regulatory team wherein he worked with senior fee earners on a number of inquests and worked with a number of businesses on regulatory matters.

Before joining Blake Morgan, Matthew studied at Cardiff University where he graduated in 2022 with a Upper Second Class Honours LLB Law with a Year of Study Abroad, studying for a year at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid.

Following this, Matthew achieved a Commendation on the Legal Practice Course from Cardiff University in 2024, completing this whilst working for Blake Morgan.

Matthew has previously sat as a Director and Trustee on the board of Cardiff University Students’ Union for two years.