Ashurst's New York office opened in January 2000 to provide a US
base for the firm's worldwide clients, giving access to lawyers in
our European and Asian offices and providing more immediate
"face-to-face" advice and assistance on English and European
matters during US hours. The office enabled Ashurst to build on our
existing relationships and to work closely with local law firms as
required. William Gray is
head of the New York office.
In March 2009 Ashurst expanded its US presence in both New York and
Washington DC with a highly experienced team providing
corporate finance and structured finance advice. The offices advise
on a wide variety of structured products including municipal bond
issues, private activity bond issues, general obligation bonds,
tender option bond programs, credit, equity and other derivatives,
distressed debt, structured lending, funds, CLOs/CDOs, liquidity
facilities and credit enhancement, general US securities advice,
regulatory, tax and ERISA issues. In addition, the offices advise
on a wide range of lending transactions (including acquisition,
senior syndicated, mezzanine, asset-based financings and repo
financings) and corporate finance transactions (involving both
equity and debt).
Our US capability was further enhanced in 2011 through the creation
of an energy, transport and infrastructure team focused on the
Americas. This was supplemented by the addition of an acquisition
and leveraged finance capability leaving us ideally placed to
advise on brownfield and greenfield energy, transport and
infrastructure projects in the US and other parts of the Americas,
including infrastructure M&A transactions.