Partner, Head of Asset Management, Travers Smith
Will is Head of Asset Management and has a broad asset management practice advising on a wide range of products with a particular focus on semi-liquid structures for alternative asset managers.
Will has a market leading practice focussed on products that are designed to diversify a manager's investor base away from just institutional clients, including structuring Part II UCI and ELTIF funds specifically targeted at wealth managers and private banks. He is also heavily involved in industry efforts associated with the regulation of broadening private assets access to non-professional investors. He is also involved in industry efforts to facilitate UK Defined Contribution Pension Scheme investment into private capital asset classes
Will is listed as a 'Leading partner' in The Legal 500 2026, and is ranked in Chambers and Partners UK 2026. Will also chairs the Invest Europe ELTIF and Semi-Liquid taskforce.