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Advocate · Corporate & Commercial

Victoria Ashford

Practice: "Senior Associate - Corporate & Commercial Law"   Experience: "10+ yrs"   Chambers: "City, Country"
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Professional Profile

Corporate lawyer with 10+ years advising on M&A, joint ventures and commercial contracts. Combines careful drafting and negotiation with practical commercial judgment, and has appeared before commercial courts and arbitral tribunals.

Practice Expertise

M&A Transactions
Contract Drafting
Due Diligence
Negotiation
Arbitration
Corporate Governance
Legal Skills: Drafting, Due diligence, Negotiation, Legal research
Research Tools: Westlaw, LexisNexis, SCC Online, Practical Law

Legal Experience

Senior Associate, Corporate & M&A @ Hale & Whitmore LLP[Mar 2020 → Present]

Corporate practice of a full-service firm.

  • Led legal workstreams on 25+ M&A deals with a combined value above $1.8B.
  • Drafted and negotiated SPAs, SHAs and JV agreements for listed and private clients.
  • Supervises 4 associates and runs the firm's contract-drafting training.
Associate, Commercial Litigation @ Carter Legal Chambers[Aug 2016 → Feb 2020]

Commercial disputes and arbitration.

  • Appeared in 40+ hearings before the High Court and commercial tribunals.
  • Second-chaired a $90M ICC arbitration that ended in a favourable award.
Judicial Law Clerk @ High Court of Sample State[Jul 2014 → Jul 2016]

Clerkship with a commercial bench judge.

  • Researched and drafted bench memoranda on 150+ civil and commercial matters.

Representative Matters

Cross-border acquisition ($640M)M&A · 2023

Lead associate on the SPA, due diligence and regulatory approvals in 3 jurisdictions.

Article: Earn-outs in private M&ACorporate Law Review · 2022

Analysis of earn-out disputes and drafting safeguards.

ICC Arbitration ($90M)Disputes · 2019

Second chair in a construction dispute that ended in a favourable award.

Admissions & Education

Admitted to the Bar, State Bar Council (2014)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) (2021)
Certified Mediator (2019)
LL.M., Corporate Law · LL.B. (Hons)
Sample National Law University, 2009 - 2014