Ashurst LLP
Ashurst is a law firm headquartered in London, the companies, financial institutions and governments advises.
History
Ashurst was founded in 1822 in London under the name Ashurst Morris Crisp by William H. Ashurst, John Morris and Sir Frank Crisp. 2003, the firm was renamed in Ashurst LLP.
To March 1, 2012 joined Ashurst their Asian business with the Australian firm Blake Dawson together. At the time decreed Ashurst worldwide through more than 900 lawyers, including 200 partners, and was in Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Stockholm, Tokyo, Washington, DC present. Blake Dawson reached with more than 800 lawyers, including approximately 190 partners, a similar order of magnitude. The Australian firm had offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Port Moresby as well as an attached office in Jakarta / Indonesia. In the wake of the merger of Asia shops all Blake Dawson offices were renamed in Ashurst Australia.
Ashurst has appointed in June 2013 Robert Gillespie and David Turner to independent board members. The firm takes for the first time outside experts in its international governing body, the Board, on.
15 September 2013, the Finanzrechtler Dr. Tobias Krug released the real estate partner Peter Junghänel from the Managing Partner of the German offices of the firm. Peter Junghänel held the position since 2009.
On September 26, 2013, the partnership of Ashurst LLP and Ashurst Australia decided the full economic integration of the two firms, which entered into force on November 1, 2013, a large majority. This created a firm with more than 3,700 employees and a total turnover of more than £ 550 million British pounds / 930 million Australian dollars.
On October 16, 2013 Ben Tidswell was elected as the new Chairman of the merged firm. His term of office is five years, starting on 1 November 2013. As vice chairman Mary Padbury was chosen. She had been the office of the Chairman of Ashurst Australia ( previously Blake Dawson ) holds.
Locations and Staff
Ashurst is represented with 28 offices in 16 countries in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States of America. In addition, the firm has a best -friend relationship with an Indian firm.
Worldwide, approximately 1,700 lawyers working for Ashurst. In Germany, the law firm is in Frankfurt ( since 1997) and present in Munich ( since 2001). Overall advise more than 70 lawyers at the two German sites.
Range of consulting services
The core competencies of Ashurst lie in the areas of corporate, international finance and real estate. The firm's attorneys advise especially in connection with M & A, private equity, real estate and capital market transactions as well as acquisition, real estate, project and structured finance and corporate loans (corporate lending).