
The team at Ashfords LLP is led by Andrew Betteridge on the corporate side, handling M&A and capital market listings, as well as lending his longstanding expertise to the firm’s venture capital offering. An expert across a diverse array of industry sectors including renewable energy, consumer goods, and manufacturing, Brian Farrell heads the practice’s commercial law offering and elsewhere offers expertise concerning joint venture arrangements, corporate governance and M&A. Andy Young supports the team through his work on domestic and cross-border M&A, as well as joint ventures and private equity transactions.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Andy Young is very focused, pragmatic and delivers excellent advice.’
- ‘The team is very responsive and calm when needed. They handled our business sale with a high degree of professionalism and worked collaboratively with the other side whilst protecting our interests. Overall we value their common sense and pragmatic approach.’
Key clients
- Pennon
- Ingenious
Work highlights
Advised UK Storage Company Limited on the acquisition of the entire share capital of MyStore Self Storage Limited and SCS (Witney) Limited.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Andrew Betteridge; Brian Farrell
Other key lawyers
Andy Young

