Organization
Ashurst earns an overall Lower Risk rating because it largely avoids letting political activism dictate its corporate governance and keeps its focus on business rather than divisive social causes. However, its high-risk score in Employment Protection suggests it has adopted race- or identity-based hiring or workplace policies that could favor certain groups over merit-based standards.
Ashurst is a multinational law firm headquartered in London. It has 27 offices in 15 countries apart from the United Kingdom, across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, and employs around 1,600 legal advisers. Ashurst is 63rd in the list of 100 largest law firms in the world by revenue, and 7th in the list of largest UK law firms by revenue.