Lascelles returns to Ashurst as partner

José Rojo
25 August 2015

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Ashurst has recruited Shaun Lascelles as partner within its private equity team, 13 years after he left his associate role at the legal advisory firm for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.

As Ashurst's newest partner, Lascelles will be working within the firm's private equity team alongside David Carter, Bruce Hanton, Nick Rainsford, as well as investment fund partners Piers Warburton and Jeremy Bell.

The appointment marks his return to the firm 13 years after he left the associate role he had held between 1999-2002. The latter year saw him leave Ashurst for Skadden, where he was made partner in 2007.

Prior employers include Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, which employed him at its Singapore office between 1998-1999.

The staff changes follow an active past few weeks for Ashurst's private equity ranks. According to unquote" data, the firm provided legal advice during a $20m series-B for British fintech Iwoca in early August.

Additional transactions involving the firm include the buyouts for Danish emergency rescue service Esvagt for DKK 4.1bn, Italian campsite group Club del Sole and French luxury cruise operator Ponant, all announced during July.

The hire is the third by Ashurst in the space of a month. The firm recently recruited Goldman Sachs's Eric Bothwell for its New York office and reinforced its Jakarta team with new partner Andrew Digges.