Law firms Paul Hastings adds another City heavyweight as Ashurst is hit again Legal Business · 15 September 2016 · 1 min read Strategic recruitment US firms Ashurst Paul Hastings Paul Hastings has continued to strengthen its burgeoning City practice with yet another high-profile lateral hire, this time taking respected finance partner Nigel Ward from a beleaguered Ashurst.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 categoryRevolving Doors: BCLP brings in tech Hall of Famer as Cleary hires CMA senior directorLaw firmsNews Editor12 Aug 2026Paul Hastings builds London restructuring with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, Sidley hiresLaw firmsAlex Ryan10 Aug 2026‘This is a platform for builders’ – Paul Hastings London heads on the City visionLaw firmsWill Lewallen24 Jul 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025White & Case snaps up A&O Shearman IP trio as post-merger exits continueLaw firmsAlex Ryan14 Feb 2025‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024Revolving Doors: Travers and Shearman exodus continues as US firms pick up the talentLaw firmsAlex Ryan16 Feb 2023