Cutting back: Ashurst’s highest paid member hit with 11% pay decrease, as other staff costs fall Jaishree Kalia Ashurst‘s highest paid member pocketed 11% less in the 2014/15 financial year compared to 2013/14, the firm’s LLP accounts show.…
Ashurst to consider non-lawyers for global head position as partner contenders emerge Jaishree Kalia Candidates to replace Ashurst‘s global managing partner have emerged as Legal Business can reveal the board is using a headhunter…
Ashurst board to select next managing partner as Collis prepares to step down in May Jaishree Kalia Ashurst is on the look-out for the firm’s next managing partner as current head James Collis is to stand down…
Ashurst hires DLA Piper arbitration head Saunders to boost City practice Jaishree Kalia After a slow churn of lateral partner hires in Ashurst‘s London office, the Anglo-Australian firm has kick-started 2016 by recruiting…
‘When the time is right’: Ashurst puts Seoul launch on hold Jaishree Kalia Having first signalled intentions to set up a base in South Korea back in 2011, Ashurst has put plans to…
Linklaters and Ashurst win roles as housebuilder Countryside Properties prepares to float Jaishree Kalia Linklaters and Ashurst have landed roles advising UK property developer Countryside Properties as it prepares to list on the London…
The panel that refreshes: Ashurst, RPC and Devereux take spots on Coke’s national roster Legal Business Ashurst and RPC are among a quartet of firms that have won places on Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)’s UK legal panel,…
The panel that refreshes: Ashurst, RPC and Devereux take spots on Coke’s national roster Legal Business Ashurst and RPC are among a quartet of firms that have won places on Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)’s UK legal panel,…
Partner moves: Morgan Lewis and Ashurst make hires in London and New York Jaishree Kalia US firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius continues its firm wide hiring spree with Covington & Burling corporate partner Simon Currie…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle firms lead on major City broking merger Tom Moore Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) are orchestrating a tie-up between two of the City’s most storied brokers, Icap…
Life During Law – Edward Sparrow Jaishree Kalia The legal market has become more competitive. One way of measuring yourself is profit share. For some partners, the size…
Allen & Overy and Ashurst team up for Softcat listing Kathryn McCann In another busy week for initial public offerings (IPO), Allen & Overy (A&O) and Ashurst have won key roles on…
DLA Piper boosts Italian offer with nine hires from Ashurst Victoria Young DLA Piper has hired a team of three partners and six other lawyers from Ashurst for its restructuring and litigation group…
King & Wood Mallesons departures continue as Ashurst hires Hong Kong corporate heavyweight Joshua Cole Legal Business King Wood & Mallesons (KWM) is to lose senior corporate partner Joshua Cole from its Hong Kong office to Ashurst.
Revolving Doors: clutch of firms including Ashurst, Penningtons Manches and White & Case make key hires Legal Business A number of firms have made noteworthy appointments this month, including Ashurst, Squire Patton Boggs, Penningtons Manches, Dentons, White &…
Revolving doors: TLT and SPB expand in the regions while Ashurst bolsters its finance practice Michael West The UK’s regional hubs saw a spree of hiring as TLT strengthened its corporate practice in Manchester after a law…
Ashurst rebuilds in the City with Skadden’s former global private equity co-head Lascelles Sarah Downey Having lost a string of London-based corporate stars in the last two years, Ashurst is making efforts to enhance its…
After 30 years of Appold Street, Ashurst set for new City location in 2019 Jaishree Kalia Ashurst is set to move its entire London operation to a new location at 1-10 Brushfield Street in Spitalfields in…
‘We are determined to re-build’: Ashurst brings in ex-Goldman banker to revive US structured finance team Jaishree Kalia Following the recent blow of a nine-lawyer team walkout from Ashurst’s US offices, the Anglo-Australian firm has hired former managing…
BLP, A&O and Ashurst get the gig on Lone Star’s £700m takeover of Wembley Arena owner Michael West Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken the lead roles on US private equity firm Lone…
