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Firm Friends Alumni Yearbook 2023

Change Makers

Welcome to your Firm Friends yearbook

As alumni, you'll know that Ashurst has long been a place of progressive thinking, with a strong and entrepreneurial culture that champions its people. This year, we launched a bold new visual identity and brand positioning to reflect that forward-thinking spirit.

Outpacing change is about looking to the future and anticipating the needs of our clients and our people. It is a true reflection of our innovative, people-centric firm and in this edition, we are pleased to bring you interviews with a range of talented Ashurst people, past and present, who embody this spirit and who are each 'outpacing change' in their own unique ways. McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri shares his thoughts on why it's important to stay connected with former colleagues, and we visit Ashurst global board member Lynn Dunne at home in London for our new 20 questions feature.

We love to hear about your continued journeys, so please get in touch with our alumni team to let us know what you've been doing, or to nominate other alumni that you would like to see featured in future publications. Your suggestions and feedback are always welcome.

Wishing you all health and happiness for the year to come.

Karen Davies, Global Chair

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Lynn Dunne

We visited Ashurst partner and Global Board member Lynn Dunne at her home in London for a quickfire video interview.

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Felicity Minzlaff

It might seem unusual for someone with a strong disputes background to be leading the regulatory relationships for Group Treasury in Australia’s first bank and oldest company – Westpac. Yet that is exactly what Ashurst alumna Felicity Minzlaff has done in her career. So far…

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Cyrine Abdelmoula

Bagatelle Group is a luxury hospitality brand of high-end Mediterranean restaurants and beach clubs that celebrate southern France’s joie de vivre and epicurean spirit across the world. As the Group Head of Legal, Cyrine Abdelmoula is responsible for all legal issues affecting the Bagatelle Group internationally.

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Brett Mankey

Brett Mankey is a proud Ashurst alumnus, Board Member, investor and the Executive Chair at Syntrillo, a seed-stage company developing the leading AI-driven software platform for stroke management, prevention and treatment as a chronic disease.

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Katie Noonan

Katie Noonan is the Chief of Staff at Forage, a company that provides virtual job simulations with the aim of enabling students, from any background, to gain the ability to upskill and land amazing careers. It seems like the perfect fit for someone who has helped create social change and had an amazing career herself.

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Sagar Sritharan

For a self-confessed cricket tragic and an M&A lawyer by training, Sagar Sritharan has a dream job. He is the VP of Commercial Partnerships and Legal at Major League Cricket, America’s new professional cricket league.

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Etay Katz

From day one as a lawyer, Ashurst Regulatory Partner and Bank Industry Chair Etay Katz has focused on financial regulation. His passion for the sector was originally ignited following a secondment to the UK’s Financial Services Authority. In the 20+ years since then, his career has been characterised by the constant and often significant legal, regulatory and market change in this space – including the seismic GFC events.

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Rebecca Owen

In the UK alone some 15 million people (about a third of the adult population) are currently living with one or more long-term conditions which are managed with drugs and other treatments and for which there is currently no cure. Rebecca Owen, Ashurst Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, founded 'Don't Carry It Alone' in 2021 to support those living with chronic conditions, following her own personal battle with endometriosis.

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Zara Everitt

Elite sport and the legal profession are both demanding environments in their own right. Very few individuals manage to excel in both arenas simultaneously. However, Zara Everitt is seamlessly balancing her international netball career with a Trainee Solicitor role at Ashurst. In this interview, she reflects on how she achieves her goals, on and off the court.

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Oscar Piastri – Why connections matter

Building a strong network of personal and professional relationships helps open doors to new opportunities. We asked McLaren driver Oscar Piastri why he thinks it's important to stay connected.

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Firm Friends is published by Ashurst. The opinions expressed in it are those of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the firm and any information contained in it is not intended to constitute advice. Every effort has been made to ensure the information in the contents of Firm Friends is correct at the time of publication. The next edition of Firm Friends will be published in late 2024.

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