Eleanor Whitmore KC
Senior Partner · Disputes
Thirty years of commercial advocacy. Known for settling the unsettleable — and for winning when settlement fails.
Quiet counsel for matters
that cannot afford noise.
Whitmore & Ashe advises founders, families and boards at decisive moments — transactions, disputes and successions where judgment matters more than volume.
37Years of practice
$4.2bnTransactions advised
94%Matters resolved pre-trial
Band 1Chambers ranked
Part the First
Areas of Practice
i.
Corporate & Transactions
M&A · GovernanceAcquisitions, disposals and shareholder arrangements for private companies — structured to survive both the closing dinner and the decade after it.
ii.
Commercial Disputes
Litigation · ArbitrationDiscreet, disciplined advocacy. We prepare every matter for trial, which is precisely why so few of ours require one.
iii.
Private Client & Succession
Estates · TrustsWealth structures, family constitutions and successions planned across generations — kept orderly, kept private.
iv.
Employment & Boardroom
Executive · AdvisorySenior appointments, exits and boardroom disagreements handled with the care their headlines would otherwise attract.
v.
Property & Development
Commercial Real EstateAcquisition, financing and development of significant commercial holdings, from term sheet to title.
Part the Second
The Partners
Jonathan Ashe
Managing Partner · Corporate
Adviser to three generations of founding families. Structures transactions the way engineers build bridges: for load.
Priya Okafor
Partner · Private Client
Counsel to estates and family offices across four jurisdictions. Believes the best succession plan is a boring one.
Part the Third
How we practise: deliberately.
We are deliberately small. Every matter is led by a partner from first call to final signature — no leverage pyramids, no handoffs, no surprises on the invoice.
- Partner-led, always
The person you meet is the person who does the work.
- Candour before comfort
You will hear our honest assessment early, even when it is unwelcome.
- Fees agreed in advance
Scoped engagements and fixed fees wherever the matter allows.
- Discretion as default
Your matters are not our marketing. References available on request.
"They are the first call we make and the only firm we have never had to second-guess. Whitmore & Ashe practise law the way it ought to be practised."
Part the Fourth
Request a Consultation
Initial consultations are held in confidence and without obligation.
Write to us with an outline of the matter. A partner — not an intake team — will respond within one business day to arrange a meeting in chambers or by call.
Chambers
Eleven King's Court, Level 9
By appointment, Monday–Friday
Correspondence