Lauren Ascroft

Trainee

  • Education: St John's College Oxford
  • Languages spoken: French • German • Italian
  • Year joined: 2006
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Overview

Lauren is currently working in the Wealth Planning group, helping to advise on tax, trusts and estate planning for UK and offshore individuals.

From September 2006 to March 2007, Lauren worked as part of the Property Litigation team and was involved in matters such as restrictive covenant claims, enfranchisement cases at the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and a major construction-related arbitration.

From March 2007 to September 2007, she worked as part of the commercial practice group, where she worked on employee share schemes, asset and share sales, limited liability partnerships and general commercial contracts.

From September 2007 to March 2008 Lauren undertook her third seat in the IP Group, working on a range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters ranging from patent litigation to data protection issues and website terms and conditions.

On a personal note

Lauren is keen on sport generally, in particular football, and enjoys organising the firm's five a side women's football team. She also enjoys skiing and surfing.