Hubert Ashton > Peachey & Co LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hubert Ashton

020 7316 5207 hwa@peachey.co.uk

Work Department

Energy, corporate, private client.

Position

Head of energy and commercial departments. International corporate, employment, corporate governance, litigation and contract. Industry sectors include oil and gas, fishing, education and insurance. Clients range from sole traders, partnerships, institutions, multi-national public companies, high-net-worth individuals and trusts. Extensive experience in all courts in the UK, as well as courts in foreign jurisdictions.

Career

Slaughter & May, 1981-1984; partner Peachey & Co LLP 1986. President JCA International. Writer and speaker on various legal topics.

Languages

Conversational French.

Education

Marlborough College; Exeter University (1979 Politics); Law Society (1980 LPD; 1981 Solicitors’ Finals); Diploma (Distinction) in Corporate Governance 2005.

Leisure

Family, lay preacher, Lawyers’ Music (founder), MCC (30 years), Kent CCC, National Trust.