Ashurst wins Innovation in Strategic Direction at FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific 2026
Global law firm Ashurst has won the "Innovation in Strategic Direction" award at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific 2026, recognising the firm's approach to reshaping legal service delivery in an era of rapid technological change.
The award celebrates Ashurst's Artificial Intelligence (AI) commercial advisory group, a dedicated strategic initiative established to address how AI is fundamentally altering client buying behaviour and how clients and firms value legal work. The firm is developing new approaches to workflow design, revenue risk and alternative pricing structures, while analysing shifts in client demand. The initiative reflects Ashurst's position that AI is not a peripheral efficiency tool, but a force that is reshaping the business model of law firms, demonstrating how firms of the future are adapting.
The FT Innovative Lawyers report is one of the top legal rankings across the Asia-Pacific and its corresponding awards are widely regarded as the best researched in the market, celebrating the most innovative legal work from law firms and in-house legal teams in the region. The awards recognise leaders in digital innovation, strategic advice, talent management and driving positive change in the profession.
Ashurst was also shortlisted in the following categories:
- Innovative lawyers in responsible business: Innovative in caselaw management - Creating a unique database of racial justice cases
- Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia-Pacific (Headquartered outside Asia-Pacific)
