Reed Smith finance partner Phillip Slater on his Soviet shenanigans and the lessons learned from Mr Fox
What’s the closest you have come to doing something other than law? I have always leaned towards the law but did come close to not actually practising. After finishing my law degree I seriously contemplated taking a research post and becoming a lecturer – the thought of mooching about in jeans and a brown corduroy jacket with a relatively relaxed timetable, drinking decent bitter and pontificating to people who didn’t really care about the finer points of jurisprudence was very appealing. I quickly realised that wasn’t going to buy me the sports car I wanted.
