Global law firm Ashurst has been named the "Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia-Pacific (Headquartered outside APAC)" at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards APAC 2025 for the second year in a row.
The firm also won an award for Innovative Lawyers in Responsible Business for a project that assisted First Nations clients to assert their consumer rights.
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's Global Chief Executive Officer Paul Jenkins said: "These awards reflect the best of what we're about: working together, thinking differently, and focusing on the impact we can make for our clients and communities."
Ashurst was also shortlisted in the following categories:
- Innovation in AI strategy: Digital Transformation through R&D-led GenAI strategy formulation and execution through global Harvey rollout
- Innovation in knowledge and data: Unlocking compliance excellence with a regtech innovation: Ashurst's Obligation Management Solution (OMS)
- Innovation in training and development: Pioneering sales excellence at Ashurst: empowering culture, collaboration and client success
- Innovative practitioner: Ben Hammond - Transforming the capital markets with green and sustainable digital finance
- Innovative lawyers in sustainability: Innovative battery offtake agreements power the energy transition
