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Ashurst snaps up Dechert white collar crime partner

Ashurst has hired a white collar crime and investigations partner from Dechert, as the firm builds out its disputes and investigations offering as part of its firmwide strategy.  Making the move is Judith Seddon, who has been at Dechert for two years and was formerly at Ropes & Gray and Clifford Chance. She specialises in […]

Krakow Poland

Ashurst picks Poland for third delivery centre launch

Ashurst is to launch a global delivery centre in Krakow, following on from NewLaw offerings in Glasgow and Brisbane. The firm is opening in the Polish city’s business district with a staff headcount of 15. Ahead of the launch, Ashurst partnered with Elevate to help design the premises and sort operational logistics. Talking to The Lawyer […]

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Shearman projects team exits for Ashurst

Ashurst has swiped a global energy and infrastructure team from Shearman & Sterling, just days after the US firm announced its transformative tie-up with Allen & Overy The defecting Shearman team includes London-based project finance partners Sanja (Sonny) Udovicic and Julia Derrick, as well as Seoul-based partner Anna Chung, and Singapore-based partner Jean-Louis Neves Mandelli […]

Australia dominates in Ashurst’s latest promotions round

Ashurst has promoted five City lawyers to partner, while 13 have made the grade over in Australia. In total, the firm has made up 25 to partner globally. The remaining seven are based in Jakarta, Tokyo, Abu Dhabi, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Paris. London usually accounts for the largest number of promotions per office, but […]

Ashurst reveals double-digit growth ahead of strategy refresh

Ashurst is preparing a new strategy for the next four years, on the back of a 12 per cent rise in firm turnover. Revenue has grown from £711m to £798m, while average profit per equity partner (PEP) was up by a slightly larger percentage of 13 per cent. PEP has now reached £1.175m from £1.038m […]

Austin Texas

Ashurst unveils third US office in Texas

Ashurst has expanded further in the United States, announcing the launch of an office in Texas. The base in Austin will be its third office in the US, after New York and Los Angeles. It is expected to focus predominantly on infrastructure investment, development and finance matters in transport, social infrastructure and water. The new […]

M&C Saatchi

Ashurst wins mandate on M&C Saatchi takeover

Ashurst is the firm that has won the mandate on advising communications company Next Fifteen on sealing a £310m takeover of M&C Saatchi. At the start of this year, The Lawyer reported that CMS won the mandate to advise M&C Saatchi with a team led by corporate partner Simon Morgan. This came after it had […]

Ashurst promotions: Ten City lawyers make the grade

Ashurst has revealed its largest-ever promotions round, with all of the elevations bar three hailing from either London or its Australian offices. A total of 10 lawyers will be made partner in London, including Francesca Downes, Jacob Gold, Dallan Pitman and Molly Woods in corporate transactions. Downes and Gold trained at the firm, while Pitman […]

Glasgow Ashurst

Ashurst overhauls Glasgow office in post-pandemic redesign

A dramatic overhaul in Ashurst’s Glasgow support hub has seen the firm redesign vast swathes of the office, reducing overall desk capacity by 40 per cent. The cuts mean desk capacity has been reduced by the equivalent to around 180 people and comes as firms across the UK reinvent how they use the office given […]