David Bradley became a partner at Ramsdens in May of this year to lead its business legal services division. He is also non-executive chairman of the firm. He is the former European managing director of DLA Piper and was also the firm’s global head of employment, pensions and benefits
I became a solicitor because…
The most direct influence was that I was not allowed to go to university unless I did a “proper” degree, which meant one that would lead to a job. People who did law degrees then invariably became solicitors or barristers, it wasn’t the general degree that’s it’s now viewed as. I got on a path and got lucky with job offers.
I would tell my 21-year-old self…
To relax. Looking back, if I could run the race a