Daniel heads the Pensions practice at City Law firm Travers Smith. His team advises on pension funds with over £90bn of assets, providing benefits to hundreds of thousands of people. He is the firm’s most senior LGBT+ role model and sits on its Diversity and Inclusion Board. Daniel has led on a wide range of initiatives to promote greater inclusion for LGBT+ people and their allies, both in the workplace and in the wider community. Recent examples at Travers Smith include leading a review on trans-inclusivity and securing a range of corresponding improvements, providing better staff access to inclusive external service providers, regularly acting as a mentor and sponsoring a series of LGBT+ and intersectional events. Externally, Daniel devised and launched a mentoring programme for LGBT+ students with charity partner Just Like Us and is a founding member of the Law Society’s LGBT Committee. He leads a team providing pro bono legal advice to a range of charities and community groups including Stonewall, Series Q and Refugees at Home and has also secured significant funding for several LGBT+ organisations.
