Ranked in Chambers UK & The Legal 500 — Corporate, Disputes & Private Wealth
Corporate · Disputes · Private Capital
Band 1 Chambers UK
ASHFORD & WREN SOLICITORS · LONDON A&W MCMXCIV
Tier 1 The Legal 500

Considered counsel when the stakes are absolute.

Ashford & Wren is a Lincoln's Inn boutique advising boards, founders and private capital on their most sensitive transactions and disputes — with the discretion of a small firm and the reach of a large one.

Est. 1994 · at Lincoln's Inn
£3.8bnTransaction value advised, 2023
210Disputes resolved to date
94%Settled before trial
9Jurisdictions covered
Practice Areas

Focused expertise across the matters that move a business.

Six disciplines, one integrated team. Every engagement is led by a partner and staffed lean — you speak to the people doing the work.

01

Corporate & M&A

Acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and equity raises for founders, boards and private capital sponsors.

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02

Commercial Disputes

High-value litigation and international arbitration, from urgent injunctions to complex, multi-party trials.

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03

Banking & Finance

Acquisition finance, refinancings and lender-side facilities for domestic and cross-border credit.

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04

Employment & Partnerships

Board-level exits, restrictive covenants, partnership disputes and sensitive workplace investigations.

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05

Real Estate & Infrastructure

Investment, development and landmark leasehold work across commercial and mixed-use portfolios.

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06

Private Wealth & Succession

Cross-border estate structuring, family governance and the discreet transfer of significant wealth.

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The Partners

Senior counsel, personally engaged.

Named partners take instructions and stay on the file. No hand-offs, no dilution of judgement.

EA

Eleanor Ashford

Senior Partner
Corporate & M&A
Admitted 1996 · Chambers-ranked
JW

Julian Wren

Managing Partner
Commercial Disputes
Admitted 1998 · Solicitor-Advocate
PN

Priya Nair

Partner
Banking & Finance
Admitted 2004 · Cross-border credit
MF

Marcus Fenwick

Partner
Private Wealth
Admitted 2001 · STEP full member
Representative Matters

A record built on outcomes, not headlines.

A selection of recent engagements, anonymised as our clients require.

2024M&A
Advised the founders of a health-technology group on their £310m sale to a US strategic acquirer.
Completed
2024Disputes
Secured summary judgment for a Nordic lender in a US$90m facility claim before the Commercial Court.
Judgment
2023Regulatory
Represented a FTSE 250 board through an FCA investigation, concluding with no enforcement action.
No action
2023Private Wealth
Structured a nine-figure family estate spanning four jurisdictions ahead of a generational transfer.
Implemented
2022Finance
Acted for a syndicate on a £480m acquisition facility, closing eleven days ahead of the exchange deadline.
Closed
They are the counsel we call when a matter cannot be allowed to go wrong. Unflappable, exact, and entirely on our side of the table.
General Counsel · FTSE 250 industrials group
Chambers UK Band 1 The Legal 500 Tier 1 The Lawyer Top 50 IFLR1000 Highly Regarded
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