Ashley is a commercial barrister specialising in court and arbitration proceedings. He is ranked in the 2026 Legal 500 as a leading junior at the London bar. He has most recently been involved in arbitrations concerning the development of a prominent European football club and injunctions concerning shadow fleet vessels.

Ashley has experience in the following sectors: banking, hedge funds, pensions, energy, construction, telecommunications, retail and leisure, shipping, airlines and cryptocurrency exchanges.  Ashley’s instructions arise from clients in jurisdictions such as Dubai, Bahrain, Bahamas, the Balkans, BVI and America. His international work usually consists of jurisdictional issues, sanctions, civil fraud, insolvency and enforcement. Ashley has arbitration experience in ICC, LMMA, AIA and CCRA proceedings.