Ashurst

Ashurst advises on complex and high-value commercial arrangements across a range of industries, with recent mandates covering the defence, financial services, infrastructure, technology, and energy sectors. Core focus areas span joint ventures, long-term supply contracts, outsourcings, strategic services agreements, and collaborative partnerships. The team is part of the firm’s Digital Economy Transactions group and regularly collaborates with colleagues in data protection, tax, IP, competition, consumer law, real estate, and disputes. The UK commercial contracts team is led by Christopher Bates, who is regularly instructed on high-stakes commercial arrangements, particularly in defence sector outsourcing and long-term digital transformation projects. David Futter specialises in commercial transactions in the financial services space. Amanda Ludlow — global co-head of the digital economy group — leads the team alongside Bates.