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Ashurst: Leadership Change
Ashurst is completing a transatlantic merger with US law firm Perkins Coie, becoming a $2.7bn combined firm (Ashurst Perkins) with merger completion expected July 1 2026
Source: City AM
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Ashurst's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 104.6 (Hot) — down 1.9 versus the prior month — and Oceania signal share is steady (+1.1pts).
Ashurst: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 3 tracked across 76 days.
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