When M&A veteran Karen Davies first started out in law, she was one of only a few women following the corporate route, and had little in the way of female role models. She joined Ashurst as a corporate partner in 2012. She has served as a member of the Ashurst Board since 2017 and was appointed Ashurst global chair in 2021. Prior to the chair role, she also led Ashurst's corporate division in the U.K. and is widely acknowledged as one of the leading M&A lawyers in London.