Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

Ashurst houses strong capabilities representing corporates and financial institutions across a range of sectors, including infrastructure, real estate and natural resources. Its expertise spans big-ticket transactions, joint ventures and sponsor-side advisory work for investment banks on M&A. Ashurst's domestic expertise combines with experience in foreign jurisdictions across Europe and North America.

"The Ashurst team is very preemptive when it comes to advice and the team is particularly commercial."

"Ashurst does an excellent job and provides a totally comprehensive service."

"We cannot fault Ashurst's quality and responsiveness."

Ashurst advised the co-founders of CareTech in connection to their recommended public-to-private acquisition of CareTech, valued at £870 million.

Karen Davies wins praise from across the market for her excellent handling of M&A and capital markets transactions. Her client base consists of a number of well-known corporates and financial institutions. She acts as global chair of Ashurst. "Karen is a very straight shooter and she is always there if we have an issue or a problem."

Thomas Mercer ably assists clients on all manner of corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border M&A and financings. His experience as secretary of the Takeover Panel is the subject of particular acknowledgement. "You can put Thomas in front of the board and he will give a very good account of himself; he is very commercial in his approach." "Thomas is pragmatic and smart." "Thomas remains cool, calm and the voice of reason when getting deals done."