Revolving Doors: DLA Piper makes lev fin play with A&O Shearman hire as partners from collapsed Memery Crystal move on Tom Cox Leading the high-profile moves of recent weeks, DLA Piper hired A&O Shearman leveraged finance partner Gordon Houseman, who has joined…
Ashurst: The Client’s View Legal Business Ashurst Lawyers and Team Quality 79.59 Quality of partners 83.47 Quality of associates 75.76 Partner availability and engagement 83.18 All…
Ashurst sets sights on US growth as revenue nears billion-pound mark Alex Ryan Ashurst is targeting expansion in the US as the firm announces financial results that show profit per equity partner reaching…
Alphas revisited: Women deal stars five years on Holly McKechnie ‘There is still fundamentally an issue with how women are perceived in the legal market and how well they can…
‘Challenges and opportunities are interlinked’: revenue growth cools slightly at Ashurst as profits stall Alex Ryan Ashurst has marked its seventh consecutive year of revenue growth, with a 10% increase in turnover for 2022/23 from £798m…
‘Delighted to be the first’: Ashurst unveils Korean joint venture Tom Baker Ashurst announced today (29 November) the rubber-stamping of a joint venture with South Korean firm HwaHyun, claiming to become the…
‘A responsibility I take very seriously’: London litigator Dunne elected to new-look Ashurst board Tom Baker Lynn Dunne, disputes partner and co-head of Ashurst’s London office, has been elected to the firm’s board for a three-year…
Globetrotting Ashurst continues frenetic growth with double-digit revenue and profit boosts Tom Baker Marking its sixth consecutive year of revenue growth, Ashurst has reported a robust set of financials headlined by a 12%…
International round-up: Ashurst pursues American dream with Texas opening as Eversheds expands in Bulgaria Tom Baker In a week of globetrotting action for firms, Ashurst has solidified its American ambitions by opening a new office in Texas.…
America or bust: Ashurst on the hunt for US merger partner Tom Baker Ashurst is understood to be pursuing merger partners in the US as a strategic priority, rekindling its aspirations towards a…
Happy 200th birthday: Ashurst chief Jenkins re-appointed for four-year term Tom Baker In an emphatic endorsement of five years’ sustained revenue growth, Ashurst global chief executive Paul Jenkins has been reinstated for…
Financials 2020/21: Ashurst breaks the £1m PEP barrier again as turnover climbs 10% Tom Baker In another set of buoyant pandemic financial results, Ashurst has breached the £1m-profit-per-equity-partner barrier for the first time since the…
Respected Ashurst dealmaker Karen Davies steps up to succeed Tidswell as chair Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has elected formidable M&A veteran Karen Davies to succeed Ben Tidswell as its global chair, making it the latest…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Management Partner of the Year Nathalie Tidman We now come to the penultimate award of our 2020 Legal Business Awards season and we are delighted to reveal…
Australia yields two new board members for Ashurst as Davies gets re-elected in London Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has elected two new board members from its corporate partner ranks in Sydney and Melbourne while respected dealmaker Karen Davies…
Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings completes swift one-two to dominate last week’s City recruitment Thomas Alan Paul Hastings was the only notable mover in the City lateral market over the past week, with the US firm securing…
Ashurst launches consulting arm to handle Covid-19 demand with Deloitte partner hire Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has launched a consulting business with the hire of a senior Deloitte partner in Australia to deal with growing…
Ashurst ramps up corporate investment with City tech partner and Milan PE head Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has fired up its corporate hiring drive by adding a second corporate partner in as many days in the…
Ashurst enters US West Coast with four-lawyer Santa Monica projects play Marco Cillario Ashurst has launched a four-lawyer transport and infrastructure-focused base in Santa Monica, its second US office after New York. The firm…
Revolving doors: Ashurst appoints planning co-head as Eversheds bolsters its City commercial practice Muna Abdi In a slower week than usual for City laterals, Ashurst appointed a co-head of its planning team as Eversheds Sutherland…
