Perkins Coie

Carloandrea Meacci is a partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie and head of the firm's Energy and Infrastructure Team in Italy, serving on the global board. He holds legal qualifications from Italy and New York University and has practiced law in the United States, at Allen & Overy in Milan, and at Ashurst since 2006. His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions and financing work—including project financing and project bonds—across the energy, telecommunications, and infrastructure sectors in Italy and internationally, with clients including banks, infrastructure funds, and utilities.

Hilary Goodier is Partner and Global Chair of NewLaw and Consulting at Ashurst Perkins Coie. She has held senior executive positions across information technology, communications, professional services, government, insurance, and financial services sectors, with experience in strategic program design, business transformation, mergers and acquisitions, digital transformation initiatives, and operational restructuring. She received the Chief Executive Women's Harvard Business School Disruptive Innovation Scholarship and was named Innovator of the Year by Lawyer's Weekly Partner of the Year Awards.

Paul Jenkins is Global Co-Chief Executive Officer of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a position he has held since the firm's merger in June 2026. He previously served as Global CEO of Ashurst for ten years from 2016, during which the firm achieved average annual revenue growth of 9% and profitability growth of 10%. Jenkins has been a partner since 2006 and is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and New South Wales, with finance law experience in London, Tokyo, and Sydney.

William Malley serves as Global Co-CEO and Partner at Ashurst Perkins Coie. He previously held the position of Managing Partner at Perkins Coie prior to its combination with Ashurst, a period during which the firm expanded practice areas including emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, patent litigation, private equity and mergers and acquisitions, and white collar and securities litigation.

Karen Davies is Global Co-Chair of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a position she has held since August 2021, and a senior M&A partner in the firm's Corporate practice based in London. Her practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, and cross-border corporate finance transactions, with a client base including FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies and investment banks. Davies has been recognized by Chambers UK as an Eminent Practitioner for M&A and appears in Legal 500's Hall of Fame, and has been named among the top dealmakers by MergerLinks and Financial News.

Ian Westberg is Director of Venture Intelligence at Ashurst Perkins Coie, where he leads the firm's venture intelligence team supporting emerging companies through fundraising and growth strategies. With over 25 years of experience and an established network in the venture capital community, he advises on business planning, fundraising strategy, and pitch development while identifying investors by stage, sector, and strategic fit. Westberg facilitates investor introductions and synthesizes feedback to support founder-investor relationships.