Revolving doors: Ashurst bolsters project finance as Eversheds expands in the Netherlands Muna Abdi In a week dominated by European hires, Ashurst and Dentons turned to the City with hires in project finance and data privacy,…
Ashurst set to reach £1m PEP target after 31% surge as revenue tops £641m Nathalie Tidman Paul Jenkins, Ashurst’s indomitable managing partner, is aiming to reach profit per equity partner (PEP) of £1m in the next…
Ashurst, Slaughters and White & Case re-elect leaders as rivals ring in the change Anna Cole-Bailey The recent spate of leadership elections has seen Ashurst, Slaughter and May and White & Case all sticking with tradition…
Ashurst dismisses board member under cloud of misconduct Nathalie Tidman The board of Ashurst has asked Bernd Egbers, a Munich-based board member, to leave the firm ‘as a result of…
Comment: Vital signs – the passing of old Ashurst holds surprising new life Alex Novarese Sometimes in institutional terms, something has to die before something new can live. The good news for Ashurst, as chronicled…
Inflection point – Ashurst steps back from the brink but can the revival last? Nathalie Tidman It was not all plain sailing,’ reflects Ben Tidswell, Ashurst’s chair, on the aftermath of its 2013 merger with Australia’s…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 2019 London rankings Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are the subject of this month’s cover feature – both…
Vital signs – the passing of old Ashurst holds new life Alex Novarese Sometimes in institutional terms, something has to die before something new can live. The good news for Ashurst, as chronicled…
‘Engaged and energised’: Jenkins wins second term as Ashurst global managing partner Nathalie Tidman In another vote of confidence for Ashurst’s leadership, Paul Jenkins has been re-appointed as global managing partner for a second four-year…
Ashurst makes up eight in the City amid reduced global round as DAC Beachcroft mints 19, RPC six and TLT four Thomas Alan Ashurst has promoted 21 partners globally, including eight in London, after a slightly reduced promotion round which saw Australia and the…
Deal watch: Healthy pickings for Travers and DLA on Unilever’s £150m graze buyout as firms navigate Interserve rescue saga Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith and DLA Piper have sated their appetites on The Carlyle Group’s £150m disposal of graze while a raft of advisers…
Double whammy for Ashurst as London head quits for BCLP and Macfarlanes hires former corporate head Marco Cillario Ashurst London managing partner Simon Beddow and former corporate head Robert Ogilvy Watson have quit the firm to join Bryan Cave…
Deal watch: City and US firms defy tough M&A market with deal duo as Gateley takes the cake on Patisserie Valerie collapse Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Ashurst have defied a challenging market to take key…
Ashurst seeks competitive edge with second new lawyer salary increase of 2018 Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has become the latest City firm to review its trainee and newly qualified (NQ) salaries for the second time this…
Ashurst sets sights on funds and Brexit fallout work with new Luxembourg arm Nathalie Tidman Ashurst is targeting a significant uptick in its European funds offering, having received licence approval for a new Luxembourg office…
‘A difficult time’: Ashurst axes 54 City secretaries following redundancy review Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has culled more than half of its secretarial staff in London as its redundancy review draws to a ‘difficult’ conclusion.…
Deal Watch: Rich pickings for Travers and Ashurst as US giants get busy on the continent Marco Cillario It was a busy week for UK and US deal counsel as Travers Smith and Ashurst acted on multibillion-pound deals north of…
Ashurst taps Mayer Brown’s City office in disputes drive as White & Case adds Macfarlanes rising deal star Jones Nathalie Tidman The City lateral market has kicked off after an uncharacteristic hiatus in recent weeks, seeing Ashurst recruit disputes partner Tom Duncan…
Financials 2017/18: Ashurst posts 4% revenue uptick and second year of double-digit PEP growth Nathalie Tidman In what management has billed as ‘a strong performance globally’, Ashurst has reported a modest 4% uptick in revenue for…
Ashurst targets funds and Brexit business with Luxembourg launch Nathalie Tidman Ashurst is a step closer to building out its European funds offering having today (22 June) received licence approval for…
