Travers Smith
11 April 2024
FCA proposes permanent bundling of research payments
The consultation aims to make concrete the potential to pay for investment research and trade execution simultaneously, diverging from the EU’s MiFID II legislative framework
1 March 2024
Bischoff succeeds Peel as head of finance at Travers Smith
Charles Bischoff (left) has been a partner since 2012; Peel (right) to remain at the firm and continue to ‘play a significant role’ in the practice
2 August 2023
Travers Smith grows funds practice
Previously at Proskauer Rose, Tosin Adeyeri focuses on fund formation and secondaries transactions
22 May 2023
Travers Smith appoints co-heads of ESG and impact
Doug Bryden and Heather Gagen will lead the ESG and impact group, chaired by Simon Witney
10 May 2023
Travers Smith’s senior partner to step down
Due to exceptional family reasons, Kathleen Russ will step down as a senior partner but remain in a consulting capacity
25 January 2023
Travers Smith names Cawood as PE head
The appointment follows several departures from the law firm as US-led groups build their European practices
19 August 2022
TDA 2022 Legal: Fund Formation winner: Travers Smith
Sam Kay, funds partner at Travers Smith describes what's enabled the firm to have such a deep understanding of the market
18 July 2022
Legal lowdown: Sam Kay, Travers Smith
Partner and head of investment funds discusses PE’s evolution since 1998, the importance of carry, along with the challenges of labelling funds in relation to SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation
17 March 2021
Legal: Fund Structuring award winner: Travers Smith
Fund partner Sam Kay merits the win to the firm's heritage in private equity as well as its active thought leadership
16 November 2020
Travers Smith elects Reed as managing partner
He succeeds David Patient, who has held the position since January 2015
2 September 2020
Simon Witney joins Travers Smith
He joins from Debevoise & Plimpton where he has been special counsel since 2017
25 May 2018
5 minutes with… Travers Smith
The Drawdown talks new LP operational due diligence strategies with Sam Kay