Travers Smith partner Edmund Reed was listed as one of 2018′s biggest U.K. M&A dealmakers. In 2015, he advised Guardian Financial Services’ management team in relation to its sale to Swiss Re, and was part of the Travers team advising on the sale of restaurant brands Zizzi and ASK Italian by Cinven to rival buyout group Bridgepoint for £250m in 2014.
Why did you become a lawyer? The honest answer is kind of by accident. I did a law degree as I thought it might be interesting and that I might as well then qualify. I found the job of being a lawyer far more fun and interesting than the degree, so I’ve stuck with it!
