People / Managing partner
Helena Ashby
Helena founded the firm in 1998 after ten years in the City. She advises founders, family businesses and investors on investment rounds, acquisitions and the agreements between shareholders, and she is the person clients call when a deal is about to fall over.
Particulars
- Role
- Managing partner, Corporate
- Admitted
- 1996
- Office
- London
- Education
- LLB, University of Bristol Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London
- Languages
- English, French
A good contract is one you never have to read again.
Matters led
- 2026 Sale of a family-owned food manufacturer to a European trade buyer Completed in eleven weeks £48m
- 2025 Series A investment for a medical devices company Closed with two new investors £12m
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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