Ashurst Australia

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::summary Australian branch of international law firm Ashurst LLP ::

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Field	Value
name	Ashurst LLP
logo	Ashurst-logo.JPG
num_offices	32
num_lawyers	1,700+
num_employees	3,500+
key_people
practice_areas	General practice
date_founded
company_type	LLP
homepage	www.ashurst.com
headquarters	Sydney, Australia
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| name = Ashurst LLP | logo = Ashurst-logo.JPG | num_offices = 32 | num_lawyers= 1,700+ | num_employees = 3,500+ | key_people= | practice_areas= General practice | date_founded = | company_type = LLP | homepage = www.ashurst.com |headquarters=Sydney, Australia}}

Ashurst Australia is the Australian branch of Ashurst LLP, an international commercial law firm. The Australian headquarters of Ashurst are in Sydney.

Prior to its acquisition by Ashurst, the Australian firm was named Blake Dawson, one of the Big Six leading Australian law firms.

History

Australian predecessor

Blake Dawson was founded in 1841. Its founder, James Hunter Ross, emigrated from Scotland to set up practice in Melbourne on the corner of Bourke and William Streets. In 1865 its founder died, and the firm was renamed to Blake & Riggall in 1874. In 1881 a firm later to be known as Waldron & Dawson was founded on Pitt Street in Sydney.

In 2007 the firm was rebranded to Blake Dawson.

Acquisition

In September 2011, it was announced that the firm would combine its Asian business with that of British law firm Ashurst and be re-branded as Ashurst across all offices on 1 March 2012, followed by a full financial merger of the two firms on 1 November 2013. The table below summarises the merger of the two firms.

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Ashurst LLP	Blake Dawson
Number of partners	230
Number of lawyers	900+
Number of offices	16
Revenue (2011)	A$462 million +
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References

References

1. Merritt, Chris. (27 September 2011). "Blake Dawson plans UK alliance to go for growth". The Australian.
2. Kenneth Nguyen. "Stags in Slater & Gordon share some class action - a 40% win". John Fairfax Holdings Limited..
3. [http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/features/8540-the-making-of-a-national-firm-blake-dawson The making of a national firm: Blake Dawson] {{Webarchive. link. (3 February 2017 Retrieved 25 January 2017.)
4. "Blake Dawson changes its stripes".
5. Blake Dawson (2011). [http://www.blakedawson.com/Templates/News/x_news_content_page.aspx?id=63781 Ashurst and Blake Dawson announce Asia business combination and future merger plans]. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
6. [http://www.ashurst.com/media-item.aspx?id_Content=9601 ''Ashurst's partners vote for full financial integration'']. Ashurst, 26 September 2013.
7. "Ashurst & Blakes confirm merger". Au.legalbusinessonline.com.

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