Jonathan Earle has become the latest Ashurst corporate partner to quit the top 20 firm, leaving after 16 years to join US firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s City corporate practice.
Earle joined Ashurst in 1998 and became a corporate partner in 2008. He has experience of advising corporates, banks and financial institutions and specialises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on public M&A. Recent big mandates for Ashurst include representing Interserve on its acquisition of Rentokil’s facilities management business for £250m, and advising William Hill on its public bid for Sportingbet.
