Ashurst named Legal Week Law Firm of the Year

Celebrating outstanding achievements by law firms, legal teams and individuals over the last year, the judges commended Ashurst's 'soaring revenues', 'international growth' and having set 'notable targets for gender and ethnic minority diversity.' 

Paul Jenkins, Global Managing Partner of Ashurst, said: 

"This is a tremendous reflection of the efforts of everyone at the firm. We have had an incredibly strong year across the board so to have the hard work and commitment of our partners and staff and the clients we advise acknowledged in this way is a fantastic outcome. We are very proud of this achievement."

Ashurst was also named Private Equity Team of the Year – Funds, for its work advising Inflexion Private Equity Partners on establishing the Buyout Fund V and Partnership Capital Fund II simultaneously, which successfully raised £2.25 billion from investors.

In addition to the accolades, Ashurst was highly commended in the Competition, Energy & Infrastructure and Restructuring categories.