Reece joined Vardags' Manchester office on the Graduate Training Programme. Reece worked as a junior barristers’ clerk in chambers in Preston, Lancashire after graduation from university and before joining Vardags. Most of his work was centred around the diaries of family counsel. At university, Reece assisted the Oxford branch of Citizens Advice as part of a small team of students, working on the charity’s campaigns and conducting research, including a large scale investigation into the working practices of lettings agents throughout the city.