Dealwatch: Slaughter and May and Ashurst win big on Ladbrokes £2.3bn merger with Gala Coral Michael West As consolidation continued apace in the gambling sector following the merger of 888 Holdings and Bwin.party last week, Slaughter and…
A&O boosts Spanish office ranks as it hires Ashurst’s banking head Jaishree Kalia After having launched a second office in Spain last year, Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued to build its offering in…
Dealwatch: Linklaters and Ashurst lead on Schneider Electric’s £1.3bn reverse takeover of Aveva Tom Moore A four-partner team from Linklaters advised France’s Schneider Electric on its £1.3bn reverse takeover of UK engineering software company and…
‘We haven’t turned ourselves into a boutique’ – Ashurst’s head talks strategy, Bain and pushing energy and finance Jaishree Kalia After having brought in Bain & Co last year to advise on the firm’s strategy, Ashurst’s chairman and New Zealand-born…
Dealwatch: Herbert Smith Freehills leads on winning bid for £4.2bn Thames super-sewer project Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have advised the consortium picked to deliver a £4.2bn super-sewer stretching 15 miles under London to…
King & Spalding secures four-partner Ashurst team for Tokyo launch Legal Business Withers makes further Asia push with Japanese opening King & Spalding chose Tokyo last month as its second base in…
Growing pains as revenue and profits take a tumble at Ashurst Jaishree Kalia Ashurst has revealed a drop in both firmwide revenues and profits per equity partner (PEP) following a ‘year of consolidation…
Team exit for Ashurst in US gifts Paul Hastings added finance strength in New York and DC Jaishree Kalia A nine-lawyer team will be leaving the US offices of Ashurst, including its US managing partner, to join Paul Hastings…
Dealwatch: Ashurst and BLP gifted roles on Nutella-maker Ferrero’s takeover bid for Thorntons Sarah Downey LB100 firms Ashurst and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have both landed leading roles advising on the recent £112m takeover bid by…
Dealwatch: Dickson Minto lands role alongside A&O and Ashurst on $1.7bn ERM sale to Canadian pension funds Kathryn McCann Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst and Dickson Minto have won key roles on the off-market acquisition of Environmental Resources Management…
HFW and Gibson Dunn lead as Rothschild exits troubled Asia Resource Minerals Tom Moore A four-partner team from Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has spearheaded ACE’s high-profile purchase of Nat Rothschild’s stake in troubled Indonesian…
Freshfields brings in McKimm as LevFin co-head while Ashurst rejigs Asia management Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has changed its finance team’s management as it brings in Kirkland & Ellis high-yield heavyweight Ward McKimm…
Ashurst blow as King & Spalding secures four-partner team for Tokyo launch Tom Moore King & Spalding has chosen Tokyo as its second base in Asia, hiring a team of Ashurst partners led by…
Ashurst hires Freshfields’ Australia head and former Tokyo managing partner to bolster cross-border work Michael West Ashurst has made a rare lateral hire from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, bringing in the firm’s country partner for…
Revolving doors: CC loses another German partner as Ashurst hires from Reed Smith and HFW turns to Orrick Michael West Last week saw K&L Gates become the latest firm to pick up a partner from Clifford Chance’s (CC) Germany practice,…
The future is not where it used to be: Ashurst’s Vickers and Burton on a seismic shift in Europe’s leveraged debt markets Guest Blog For many participants in Europe’s leveraged market, 2014 on first impressions heralded something approaching a new normal.
Building the team: Paul Hastings hires Ashurst banking partner Jaishree Kalia Paul Hastings, which is intent on bulking up its English and US law finance practice in the City, has boosted…
Partner promotions: Ashurst 20-strong round includes 45% females while Macfarlanes reduces round to five Sarah Downey Ashurst has this morning (8 April) announced its 20-strong partner promotion round, which will take effect from 1 May 2015,…
Selling part of the Queen’s bank: Ashurst and Slaughters advise on RBS sale of Coutts International Jaishree Kalia Ashurst and Slaughter and May have won lead roles advising on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) sale of its…
An 11-strong panel: Ashurst and Addleshaws lose out as Carillion finalises adviser review Legal Business Construction giant Carillion has finalised its legal panel review, with Ashurst and Addleshaw Goddard losing spots and Irwin Mitchell gaining…
