About Ashurst Alumni Alumni events

Upcoming events

After careful consideration, we have regretfully made the decision to postpone our alumni reunions in response to the evolving nature of Covid-19. The health and wellbeing of our alumni, clients and colleagues is our primary concern, so we have taken this decision as a prudent and precautionary step.

We will update this page with details of the new dates as soon as possible.

Past events

Canberra alumni reunion party

Canberra managing partner Paul Vane-Tempest welcomed alumni to the 2020 Firm friends Canberra reunion at the National Press Club on Tuesday 10 March 2020. Paul said, "Thank you to all those who attended for making the evening such a success. It was great to see so many familiar faces and hear about all of the amazing achievements of our alumni. We look forward to welcoming even more alumni to our reunions in the future".

Sydney alumni reunion party

Our Sydney office kicked off our Australian 2020 Firm friends reunion events on Thursday 5 March with a wonderful event at the iconic Sydney Opera House. Sydney managing partner Anita Cade said, "Everyone had a fantastic time and it was a pleasure to see so many old friends. Thank you to all those who attended. We look forward to welcoming you to more alumni events in future."

Frankfurt and Munich alumni reunion party

Frankfurt managing partner Derk Opitz, alumni partner sponsor Maximilian Uibeleisen and counsel Martina Rothe were delighted to welcome guests to our first alumni reunion event in Frankfurt on Thursday 13 February. Derk said, "It was a pleasure to see so many familiar faces. We really enjoyed catching up with everyone's news and we look forward to staying in touch through our alumni programme. Thank you to everyone who made it along on the night. We hope to see you again at the next reunion!".

Sydney Dispute Resolution Team get-together

Peter Voss, Partner, welcomed alumni and colleagues to a drinks reception at our Sydney office on Friday 25 October. Peter said, "It was really great to see everyone, catch up with their news and share some funny stories from the past."

New York alumni reunion party

Sharon Kim, alumni partner sponsor for New York, welcomed alumni from across the globe to the first Firm friends reunion in our new office space at Hudson Yards on Thursday, October 24.

Sharon said, "We were delighted that so many of our old friends were able to join us for our first alumni event. It's great to have the opportunity to catch up with people face to face and I hope that we will be able to welcome even more alumni to our events in future. Thank you once again to everyone who made it along on the night. It was a pleasure to see you all."

London alumni reunion party

We welcomed a record number of alumni to our London reunion party on Thursday, 26 September. Alumni partner sponsors Jessica Jenner and Tim Gummer said, "It was fantastic to catch up with so many familiar faces and we enjoyed being able to showcase our new office. There is great value in our alumni network and we look forward to keeping in touch with everyone in the years to come. Thank you to everyone who came along!".

Melbourne Articled Clerks reunion

On Thursday 1 August we welcomed Melbourne Articled Clerks from 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 to a celebration dinner.

Milan alumni reunion party

On Tuesday, 24 September Umberto Antonelli, alumni partner sponsor for Milan, hosted the first reunion event for the office, welcoming both past and present colleagues to a wonderful evening of cocktails and reminiscing!

The evening was a huge success and enjoyed by all. Ashurst alumna Laura Pirillo said, "When looking back, after nearly 15 years in the legal field, I feel I owe most of who I am professionally to Ashurst. I finalised my studies while working at Ashurst and most of my friends both in Italy and abroad are because of my 10 years within the firm. It was great to see some of them after so long and we have promised to keep in touch and meet more regularly."

Madrid "Alumnight"

Madrid alumni partner sponsor Manuel Lòpez hosted an "Alumnight" on 1 July where he welcomed over 50 former colleagues at Fábula Buey & Champagne for drinks, canapes and reminiscing. Thank you to all those who attended for making the evening such a success.