This is part of a global promotions round that saw 20 make partner
Ashurst has elevated Will Mason, Mike Webb and Jacqueline Chan to partner as part of a global promotions round.
Mason and Webb are based in Sydney, while Chan works from Melbourne. They take up their new roles on 1 May.
Mason is a member of the firm’s corporate transactions practice group. His practice focuses on public and private treaty M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions.
He has worked in the consumer goods, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, and energy and resources sectors. He has advised on matters involving capital raisings, joint ventures, and corporate governance; he has also helped offshore clients navigate Australian foreign investment rules.
Webb works with the firm’s international projects practice group, focusing on renewable energy and climate-tech projects. He has worked across various jurisdictions, including Africa.
He has tackled matters involving project development, project documents, power purchase agreements, energy regulatory matters, carbon markets, carbon credit trading, and debt financing in relation to large-scale energy projects.
Chan is part of the restructuring and special situations practice group under the finance team. She has handled matters related to front-end restructuring, formal insolvency procedures, and insolvency planning for creditors of distressed companies and Chinese clients.
She has advised liquidators, administrators, receivers, and affected creditors. She played a role in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
In addition to Mason, Webb and Chan, 17 others made partner at Ashurst. The new partners are spread across seven of the firm’s 31 offices, with 85% located in the EMEA region and 15% percent in the APAC region. They work across 10 practice areas: advanced solutions, digital economy transactions, competition, corporate transactions, dispute resolution, tax, global loans, global markets, restructuring and special situations, and projects and energy transition.
“We’re excited to welcome our new partners, who will bring fresh perspectives as we undertake the next phase of growth as set out in our 2027 Strategy,” said Paul Jenkins, Ashurst’s global CEO, in the firm’s news release.
“I’d like to congratulate our 20 new partners who represent the next generation of Ashurst leaders and I'm delighted to welcome them to our global partnership,” said Karen Davies, Ashurst’s global chairperson. “This group embodies our collaborative culture and forward-thinking approach, and I am confident that each individual will play a pivotal role in the firm’s future direction and continued success.”
Ashurst noted that 40% of the appointments are women, which means that the firm has kept up its five-year rolling average.
