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…
Partnership Perspectives Tom Baker ‘The Dickensian management role of closed doors is a thing of the past.’ Jonathan Kewley, partner and co-head of Clifford…
Deal watch: Slaughters tunes into Sky bidding war as Links and Ashurst waste no opportunity on Cory Riverside disposal Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May has been drafted in by the Walt Disney Company on its Sky News bid while Linklaters and Ashurst took the…
Revolving Doors: DWF and Fladgate bolster City recruitment as Ashurst goes large internationally Thomas Alan City recruitment was strong last week as DWF and Fladgate followed headline laterals at White & Case and Ashurst with London plays. International…
Tidswell goes unchallenged in securing second term as Ashurst chair Nathalie Tidman Ben Tidswell has been handed another term as chair of Ashurst following an election which last week culminated in his…
‘I like new challenges’: Bakers securitisation veteran exits for Ashurst Marco Cillario The rebuild at Ashurst following a complicated end to 2017 in which three key partners left in a fortnight has gained…
‘Some difficult decisions’: Ashurst set to cull up to 80 City secretaries Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has launched a redundancy review which could result in 80% of its 100-strong secretarial team in London being axed,…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig strengthen City benches as Pinsents sees moves both ways Thomas Alan A bumper week for City and international lateral hires followed the Easter break last week with Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig…
LLP latest: Ashurst management pay drops 18% amid turnover recovery Nathalie Tidman Ashurst’s management took home £8m in 2016/17, 18% less than the previous year, according to the firm’s recently published LLP…
Deal watch: Linklaters and Simpson line up on £6bn KKR deal as Ashurst leads on £575m float Marco Cillario Capping off another busy year for European buyouts, Linklaters lined up opposite Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Dentons as Unilever…
Life during law: Mark Elsey, Ashurst Nathalie Tidman My father was in the Ministry of Defence. There was a naval base in Singapore. Our family moved there when…
November spawns more monsters for Ashurst as corporate and disputes partners depart Marco Cillario Three partners exit in two weeks November was not an easy month for beleaguered Ashurst, with the firm hit by…
