Mark Evans
Senior Consultant Mark advises on a broad range of financial markets issues including securities trading, clearing, settlement, payments, derivatives, custody, insolvency, banking and financial product development.
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Daniel Gerring
Daniel is a partner with expertise in pensions, governance and DEI. Daniel chairs Travers Smith’s Diversity and Inclusion Board and was our founding CSR Partner. He has been a partner at Travers Smith since 2012. From 2016 until 2023 he served as head of our Pensions practice. Daniel remains a senior partner in our Pensions team and the Client Relationship Partner for a number of our largest and most high-profile clients. Daniel brings all of this experience to advising the trustees and/or sponsors of some of the UK's largest and most complex pension funds on all legal, regulatory and governance issues which they face, as well as advising a range of others on pensions, governance and diversity, equity and inclusion. He has been named by Who's Who Legal as a 'Global Elite Thought Leader'. He has been ranked in the top 15 in OUTstanding's top 100 LGBT+ Executives List worldwide (published by the Financial Times) and has been named Mentor of the Year at the British Legal Awards and Leader of the Year at the PMI Pinnacle Awards.
David James
David is the head of Travers Smith's Pensions Department. David provides strategic solutions to the trustees and employers of some of the most important pension schemes in the UK. David is at the cutting edge of the regulatory changes currently working their way through Parliament. He also advises pension schemes on their approach to ESG and private market investments. David is a key member of the Pension Scams Industry Group, helping draft large parts of its most recent code. David is Chair of the Society of Pension Professionals DC Committee and works regularly with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), The Pensions Regulatory and industry groups to help build a new pensions system fit for the changing needs of society.
Edmund Reed
Managing Partner Over many years he has had an active role in the management of Travers Smith and the development of the firm’s business strategy as an elected member of the Travers Smith Partnership Board since 2013. He joined Travers Smith in 1994 and became a partner in 2005. Between 2000 and 2004, he was an executive at Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK private equity firm. Edmund also remains a partner in the Private Equity and Financial Sponsors group. He is widely regarded as one of the leading private equity lawyers in the UK. Edmund also acts for large corporates including Ascential and Foster + Partners.
Spencer Summerfield
Partner, Head of Corporate Spencer has a broad corporate practice but his principle area of work is M&A, IPOs, corporate joint ventures and general corporate advice. His clients include a number of large quoted and private companies, based in the Uk and overseas and infrastructure funds.