The firm
One room, one rule, and twenty-eight years since.
Ashby & Thorne began in 1998 with one partner, one room and one rule: the client should always know where a matter stands and what it will cost. We have grown to thirty-four people in two cities, and the rule has not changed.
Recitals
1998
Helena Ashby leaves the City and opens the firm on Fleet Lane with two clients and a borrowed desk.
2004
Daniel Thorne joins as partner and builds the disputes practice. The firm takes his name.
2013
Celeste Moreau opens the Manchester office for employment and corporate clients in the North.
2026
Thirty-four lawyers and staff, four practice areas, and the same promise on every engagement letter.
Terms we hold ourselves to
Plain words
Advice you can act on without calling us back to translate it.
The odds, honestly
If a case is weak or a deal is wrong for you, we say so first and in writing.
The partner does the work
The name on the engagement letter is the person on the phone.
Price before work
No invoice is ever larger than the estimate without your agreement in advance.
The record, in figures
£1.4bnin transactions advised since 201501
86%of disputes settled before a hearing02
28years in practice
9languages spoken in the firm
Offices
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London
14 Fleet Lane, London EC4A 2BE
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Manchester
3 Quay Street, Manchester M3 3JE
In witness whereof, let's talk.
A first meeting is forty-five minutes, costs nothing and ends with a straight answer: whether you need a lawyer, and if you do, what it should cost.
Signed for and on behalf of Ashby & Thorne LLP
Helena Ashby
Helena Ashby, Managing partner
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