Michael Ashdown

What has been the highlight of your practice over the past 12 months?

Working on some complex Channel Islands disputes that have required a degree of creativity to resolve novel problems.

How did you get into private client?

My first job was at the Law Commission. They set me to work on trustee exemption clauses, and it was so fascinating that I never moved away from trusts law

Do you have any outside interests or hobbies?

Mountains - climbing up in summer and skiing down in winter.

When the restaurants reopen, where would you like to go?

The Nut Tree, Oxfordshire.