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Ashurst LLPs: staff costs rise £5m as top earner takes home £1.05m
Ashurst saw a £5m increase in staff costs during 2010-11 against a 2% drop in staff count, according to the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts. The accounts, recently filed on Companies House, show staff costs rose to £127.8m las...
08 Feb 2012 | 14:53
Ashurst makes debut for new client opposite Linklaters on $800m TPG buyout
Linklaters and Ashurst have taken lead roles on TPG Capital's $800m (£508m) acquisition of hedge fund services company GlobeOp. Linklaters won the lead role for the buyout house, fielding a team led by corporate partner Charlie Jacobs and private ...
06 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Ashurst managing partner to stand down ahead of schedule
Ashurst managing partner Simon Bromwich has announced to the firm's partners that he will stand down at the end of the financial year. Bromwich, who was originally named managing partner in 2004 after only five years as a partner with Ashurst, succ...
01 Feb 2012 | 10:19 | 1 comment
Clifford Chance trainee retention dips to 76% as Ashurst keeps on 78%
Clifford Chance (CC) is set to keep on 76% of its March newly-qualified lawyers, significantly lower than magic circle rivals Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the firm’s own equivalent figure for 2011.CC will keep on 39 trainees ...
27 Jan 2012 | 11:02
Raft of firms lead on Soho House majority stake sale
Olswang, Latham & Watkins, Ashurst and Withers have all taken a role on the sale of a majority stake in private members’ club chain Soho House Group. Olswang advised Soho House owners Richard Caring and Nick Jones with a team led by City corpo...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
UK law firms sign up to support Government social mobility push
Ten top UK law firms have signed up to a government-led scheme to boost social diversity among big business. The participating organisations - which also include the Bar Council and the Legal Services Board - have committed to participate in initia...
12 Jan 2012 | 00:05 | 
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Shearman seals hire of Ashurst energy partner for London office
Shearman & Sterling is set to bulk up its London projects practice with the hire of Ashurst energy partner John Inglis. Inglis, who joined Ashurst from Norton Rose in 2007, is a member of the firm's energy transport & infrastructure team in London,...
10 Jan 2012 | 17:11 |
Property Team of the Year: Ashurst
Ashurst was lead adviser to longstanding client Westfield on its £4bn Westfield Stratford City shopping centre development. It is the largest urban shopping centre in Europe and was visited by 100,000 people on its first day of business.
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Banking, Finance or Restructuring Team of the Year: Ashurst
Ashurst has played a potentially defining role in the ongoing saga relating to the future of the Battersea Power Station site in London by advising on the restructuring of the property holding. The judges were impressed both by the complexity and sens...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Ashurst and Blake Dawson unveil the teams charged with driving pre-merger integration
Ashurst and Australia’s Blake Dawson have each named seven partners to take the lead overseeing growth across Asia and integration in the run-up to their planned merger in 2014.
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Ashurst construction partner engineers a role at Bechtel
Ashurst real estate partner Alex Cunliffe has left the firm to take up an in-house role at engineering company Bechtel. Cunliffe, a member of Ashurst's non-contentious construction team in London becomes the 27th partner to leave the firm since May 20...
23 Nov 2011 | 11:13 |
Ashurst and SNR Denton in prime position as Westfield considers Croydon mall
Ashurst and SNR Denton have scored advisory roles as Westfield considers developing its third shopping mall in London. Ashurst is advising longstanding client Westfield on negotiations to develop a site in Croydon, South London, which could give the A...
18 Nov 2011 | 12:44 |
BLP boosts finance group with Ashurst partner hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has strengthened its finance practice with the hire of Simon Small from Ashurst, who will join the firm towards the end of this year. Small, who joined Ashurst from Linklaters in 2006, will be part of BLP’s bankin...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
BLP boosts finance practice with Ashurst partner
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has strengthened its finance practice with the hire of Simon Small from Ashurst, who joins the firm today (14 November). Small, who joined Ashurst from Linklaters in 2006, will be part of BLP's banking & capital markets ...
14 Nov 2011 | 14:25 |
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 |
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