Ashurst hires DLA Piper arbitration head Saunders to boost City practice Jaishree Kalia21 January 2016Strategic recruitmentLitigation After a slow churn of lateral partner hires in Ashurst‘s London office, the Anglo-Australian firm has kick-started 2016 by recruiting DLA Piper‘s high-profile international arbitration head Matthew Saunders.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: McGuireWoods and Morrison Foerster swipe Perkins Coie partners for Seattle launches‘The energy capital of the world’ – why the global and US elite are betting on HoustonDisputes partners predict boom in lateral recruitment ahead of rise in activityPaul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsGibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playChance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?‘A huge emotional release’ – DLA’s Adam Ibrahim on the longest trial of his career and winning Lawyer of the Year‘It’s not always about winning and losing, it’s about preserving relationships’ – the Commercial Litigation Summit 2024‘There is total support for getting this done’ – funders and litigators react to King’s Speech litigation funding snub