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Corporate & M&A
Strategic counsel on mergers, acquisitions, and complex cross-border corporate transactions for listed and private companies globally.
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Counsel of consequence.
for matters that demand it.
For over six decades, Ashworth & Rowe has guided corporations, institutions, and private clients through their most consequential legal and commercial challenges — with rigour, discretion, and an unbroken commitment to excellence.
"We do not seek volume. We seek the work that matters most — the transactions, disputes, and mandates where the advice given shapes not just an outcome, but an institution. That is the standard against which we have always measured ourselves, and the only one we have ever recognised."
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Our Practice
Areas of enduring expertise.
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Private Client & Trusts
Generational wealth planning, estate administration, and bespoke trust structures for families of significant private means.
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Commercial Disputes
High-value litigation and international arbitration across commercial, financial, and regulatory matters before courts worldwide.
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Real Estate
Investment acquisitions, development finance, and complex commercial property transactions across the world's prime markets.
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Tax Advisory
Domestic and international tax structuring for corporate groups, private clients, foundations, and investment funds of all sizes.
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Regulatory & Compliance
Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape across financial services, healthcare, and data privacy at an institutional level.
Read more →The Partners
Principals who define the work.
Eleanor Ashworth KC
Senior Partner
Called to the Bar 1989. Admitted England & Wales; New York State Bar. Head of corporate practice.
James Rowe
Managing Partner
Admitted England & Wales; Paris Bar. Chartered Arbitrator. Specialist in cross-border M&A.
Priya Chandrasekar
Partner, Corporate
Admitted England & Wales; Singapore Bar; Delhi Bar Council. Leads Asia-Pacific practice.
Hugo Beaumont
Partner, Disputes
Admitted England & Wales; New York State Bar. LCIA Arbitrator. Specialist in commercial litigation.
Selected Matters
Work of genuine consequence.
2025
Advised a FTSE 100 acquirer on a £2.3bn cross-border acquisition of a listed European industrial group, navigating multi-jurisdictional merger control proceedings in five countries.
2024
Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with a US$1.7bn real estate portfolio restructuring spanning London, Paris, and Singapore, coordinating local counsel across all three jurisdictions.
2024
Acted for a global financial institution in an ICC arbitration concerning disputed earn-out provisions following an £890m private equity exit — resulting in a full award in our client's favour.
2023
Structured an international family trust across four jurisdictions for a client family with assets exceeding £600m, incorporating succession planning and philanthropic endowment arrangements.
2023
Advised the board of a FTSE 250 company on its response to a hostile approach from a US strategic acquirer, ultimately delivering a negotiated transaction at a 34% premium to the undisturbed share price.
Journal
Current thinking.
12 May 2025
The New Landscape of Cross-Border M&A: Regulatory Headwinds in 2025
How shifts in US and EU foreign investment review frameworks are reshaping deal timelines and structuring choices for acquirers targeting European assets.
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Succession Without Certainty: Trust Structures in an Era of Legislative Change
Proposed reforms to the UK's inheritance tax treatment of offshore trusts demand a thorough re-examination of existing arrangements for high-net-worth families.
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Arbitral Confidentiality Under Scrutiny: Lessons from Recent ICC Proceedings
A review of growing judicial intervention in arbitral confidentiality protections and what this means for parties structuring commercial dispute resolution clauses.
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London — Head Office
1 Aldermanbury Square
London EC2V 7HR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7330 8800
london@ashworthrowe.com
New York
375 Park Avenue, Suite 2600
New York, NY 10152
United States
+1 (212) 549 0800
newyork@ashworthrowe.com
Singapore
One Raffles Quay
North Tower, Level 35
Singapore 048583
+65 6823 4400
singapore@ashworthrowe.com