Dealwatch: Slaughters and Ashurst make headlines on i newspaper sale as DLA and A&O dine out on Bookatable acquisition Muna Abdi In a busy week for UK buyouts, Slaughter and May advised Daily Mail and General Trust on the £49.6m acquisition…
Dealwatch: A&O and Ashurst close £1.2bn UK tunnel project as US-led buyouts take centre stage Muna Abdi Allen & Overy and Ashurst won leading roles on the £1.2bn Silvertown Tunnel project, the only big-ticket UK-led deal this…
Ashurst joins flexible lawyering bandwagon as DWF completes BT Law acquisition Thomas Alan Ashurst has teamed up with US-based law company Elevate and Cognia Law to offer clients flexible lawyering through the firm’s…
Bakers makes eleventh City lateral in last year with Ashurst corporate hire Nathalie Tidman Ashurst’s global head of corporate Jason Radford (pictured) is unfazed by the loss to Baker McKenzie’s prolific City hiring spree…
Global firms lined up to advise as Thomas Cook rescue talks fail Muna Abdi With news this weekend that Thomas Cook is on the brink of collapse and has ceased trading with immediate effect,…
Revolving doors: US & City firms target Simmons & Simmons as Ashurst makes hires Muna Abdi US & City firms saw a steady influx of lateral hires across sectors as Latham & Watkins, Allen & Overy…
Revolving doors: KPMG and Orrick hire City partners as Ashurst and A&O focus on Germany Muna Abdi Lateral hires in London and Germany were the order of last week, with KPMG bolstering its City legal services bench,…
Dealwatch: Kirkland and CMS drink in $3bn pub group takeover as Slaughters and Latham analyse Moody’s disposal Muna Abdi In the customary rush to get deals over the line before the summer lull, the City and US elite have…
Change was necessary: Ashurst joins the war for talent with 9% NQ pay raise Nathalie Tidman City stalwart Ashurst has followed suit with peers in the Square Mile to raise the salary for newly-qualified solicitors (NQs), upping…
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…
