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Understanding why women leave the law – and finding the right way to keep them
Ashurst’s senior partner addresses reaction to the firm’s pledge to boost female numbers in management roles
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | 
A&O, Ashurst, Herbert Smith join Virgin Money's £747m acquisition of Northern Rock
Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith and Ashurst have taken roles on Virgin Money’s £1bn bid for Northern Rock, the retail bank that was nationalised in 2008 after becoming one of the most high-profile UK casualties of the financial crisis. Virgin...
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
A&O, Ashurst and Herbert Smith join Virgin's $1bn Northern Rock bid
Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith and Ashurst have taken roles on Virgin Money's £1bn bid for Northern Rock, the retail bank that was nationalised in 2008 after becoming one of the most high-profile UK casualties of the financial crisis. Virgin M...
04 Nov 2011 | 11:31 |
Weil, Ashurst head up administration first in new post-Lehman regime
Weil Gotshal & Manges' London office has advised on the administration of the UK arm of broker MF Global - the first company to enter Britain's special administration regime set up to protect market stability. Weil is acting for the company's admin...
01 Nov 2011 | 16:59 |
Ashurst London restructuring partner joins US firm in latest exit
Kaye Scholer has become the latest firm to pick up a partner from Ashurst, with the US firm bringing in London restructuring partner David von Saucken. Von Saucken, who joined the US firm today(1 November), is qualified to practise both English and Ge...
01 Nov 2011 | 13:08 |
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SJB and Ashurst among firms to win roles as Bain sells electrics arm to PE fund
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. ...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Spate of exits prompt questions about Ashurst's real estate ambitions
"The practice was too top-heavy. We want to make clients happy by doing a range of less profitable work, but that work needs to be staffed at the junior level” - What do recent departures from Ashurst’s real estate practice mean for the firm?
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Ashurst brings in female quota for management roles in diversity push
Ashurst has become the first leading UK law firm to introduce a quota for the number of women it wants to employ in management positions, with the City firm aiming to have one quarter of its management posts filled by women within the next three ye...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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Latham and SJ Berwin lead four-firm line-up on French private equity deal
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. The d...
21 Oct 2011 | 14:33 |
Winston & Strawn seals hire of Ashurst litigation chief for City base
Ashurst's outgoing litigation chief Michael Madden is set to join the London office of US firm Winston & Strawn. Madden, whose departure from Ashurst was first reported by Legal Week yesterday (12 October), has been hired with a remit to launch a L...
13 Oct 2011 | 15:11 |
Ashurst, Hogan and Travers act on acquisition of UK engineer
Ashurst, Hogan Lovells and Travers Smith have taken lead roles on the £124m acquisition of British engineering company Halcrow by US infrastructure company CH2M Hill. Ashurst advised Halcrow, fielding a team under global head of corporate Stephen ...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Ashurst partner exits continue with senior litigation duo set to leave
Ashurst is set to see two senior departures from its litigation practice, with litigation chief Michael Madden leaving the firm and partner Wil Thorburn set to join JP Morgan Chase in a newly-created role as EMEA litigation head. Madden, who has be...
12 Oct 2011 | 10:30 |
Ashurst real estate funds partner duo join Goodwin Procter's City base
Goodwin Procter is effectively relaunching its London office with a double partner hire from Ashurst. The US firm has hired Ashurst’s European real estate funds chief David Evans, who sat within Ashurst’s corporate practice, and fellow real estate...
11 Oct 2011 | 14:01 |
BLP strengthens City construction with Ashurst partner hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired Ashurst’s non-contentious construction head as its new head of engineering, construction and procurement. Marc Hanson is set to join BLP later this year, replacing current practice head John Hughes-D'Aeth, who...
03 Oct 2011 | 11:59 |
DLA and Ashurst head up pre-pack rescue deal for clothing retailer
DLA Piper and Ashurst have taken lead roles on the pre-pack administration of Alexon Group, a deal which has seen the troubled clothing retailer sold into private equity ownership. The deal, which is expected to save as many as 2,700 jobs, closed y...
30 Sep 2011 | 13:30 |
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