Ashraf Ali

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Ashraf Ali

Corporate Partner

Ashraf is a Partner in our Corporate team.

A little more

He regularly advises on sales and acquisitions of businesses as well as equity & debt investments across a variety of sectors including manufacturing, engineering, IT, food and retail. Outside of transaction management, Ashraf also has a specialism in share option incentive schemes.

He works closely with all of our service teams across all sectors, and advises clients ranging from SMEs and entrepreneurs to larger corporate outfits. Being an established lawyer with good industry connections, he works closely with accountants, corporate finance, and tax advisors and has good relationships with them all.

Ashraf has been part of the Square One Team for nearly a decade and has developed through his journey as a lawyer with us into a very reputable and skilled corporate partner.

”To achieve our goals we need to partner with a legal firm that understands our business and can resolve issues very quickly, with excellent service delivery and provides value for money solutions. We chose to work with Square One Law because they meet all of these criteria.

Yaqoob Ishaq, Managing Director, Simply Food Solutions
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