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Dealmaker: Steven Fox
Ashurst corporate partner Steven Fox takes wise counsel from The Hungry Caterpillar...
11 Mar 2010 | 00:01 | 
Ashurst acts for Winterflood on appeal against £4m FSA fine
Ashurst and Blackstone Chambers have represented Winterflood Securities on the trading company's bid to overturn a 2008 market abuse ruling by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Ashurst litigation partner Edward Sparrow instructed Blackstone C...
10 Mar 2010 | 15:08
Ashurst Rusal contact partner joins Stephenson Harwood corporate team
Stephenson Harwood has strengthened its City corporate practice with the hire of Ashurst corporate and commercial partner Andrew Edge. Edge has been with Ashurst for 17 years and has been a partner since 2002. He recently took an English law role o...
03 Mar 2010 | 12:37
Ashurst leads on insurer's planned £450m IPO amid turbulent market
Ashurst has advised product insurer CPP Group on its proposed £450m initial public offering (IPO). CPP, which runs insurance schemes for mobile phones and credit cards, has announced that it is planning to float on London's main market next month.
03 Mar 2010 | 11:48
Ashurst shuts India liaison office as court rules against foreign firms
Ashurst has closed its liaison office in Delhi after the Bombay High Court ruled against the practice of law by foreign firms in India. The office closure comes after a December ruling in the long-running Lawyers Collective case, during which Ashur...
19 Feb 2010 | 15:37
Ashurst recruits Dewey and Pedersoli partners in boost for Italy practice
Ashurst is bulking up its Italian practice with three new recruits, including a Dewey & LeBoeuf partner duo. Dewey partners Ugo Giordano and Fabio Pizzoccheri are both set to join Ashurst's banking and capital markets team, along with partner Ilari...
18 Feb 2010 | 10:25
Ashurst asks more partners to leave as departures near 30
Ashurst has asked a number of partners to leave by the end of the current financial year, despite already seeing nearly 30 partner exits since May 2009. The top 10 City firm asked fewer than 10 partners to leave shortly before Christmas, with most ...
18 Feb 2010 | 00:01
CC brings in former Ashurst Asia chief to head up Tokyo corporate
Clifford Chance (CC) has hired former Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin to lead its Tokyo corporate and projects practice. Kitchin, who left Ashurst's London office this month (10 February), will join CC as a partner and is set to relocate to Tokyo in e...
17 Feb 2010 | 11:49
Ashurst and Osborne Clarke lead on Carphone Warehouse demerger
Ashurst and Osborne Clarke have taken lead roles on the demerger of Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse, Europe's biggest mobile phone retailer, announced details last month of how it is to split its TalkTalk fixed line voice and broadband busin...
11 Feb 2010 | 14:21
Supportive firms will attract more talented women
We all know the statistics: recruitment at trainee level is equal between women and men. Yet the number of women at partnership level remains low. It is a path that usually lasts no longer than 10 years but along the way almost two-thirds of women fal...
10 Feb 2010 | 11:24 |
Ashurst powers up energy practice with hire of Centrica Energy GC
Ashurst has secured a boost for its energy team with the hire of Centrica Energy & Europe general counsel Peter Roberts. Roberts will join the City firm's global energy team, which is headed up by Geoffrey Picton-Turbervill.
05 Feb 2010 | 11:58
Placing of new Tullow Oil shares hands roles to Ashurst and Dickson Minto
Ashurst and Dickson Minto have advised on the share placing by FTSE 100 oil company Tullow Oil, which is expected to raise around £1bn. The company will issue 80.4 million new shares, representing roughly 10% of the group's existing shares.
03 Feb 2010 | 08:28
Ashurst top earner takes home £931k in 2008-09
Ashurst's highest paid partner took home £931,000 in the 2008-09 financial year, according to limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts recently filed with Companies House.The figure marks a significant drop on the previous year when the highest p...
02 Feb 2010 | 12:49
Ashurst litigation partner steps down from top-level management board
Ashurst litigation partner Ed Sparrow has stepped down from the management board after a top-level shake-up at the firm. Corporate partner Anthony Clare has been elected to the board for the first time, starting his three-year term from the beginni...
14 Jan 2010 | 13:16
Latham makes rare City lateral with Ashurst private equity hire
Latham & Watkins has made its first lateral partner hire in London since October 2008, with the US firm bringing in private equity partner Graeme Ward from Ashurst. Ward is set to join Latham's City corporate practice over the coming weeks. He will...
13 Jan 2010 | 11:56
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