Ashurst opens Dublin office to maintain its EU competition law practice 04 March 2021 Ashurst opens Dublin office to maintain its EU competition law practice New Irish rules prevent dual-qualified lawyers practising in Ireland without a physical presence in the country SAKhanPhotography: Shutterstock Ashurst has become the latest UK law firm to open a Dublin office in response to Brexit and restrictions on practising EU law in the 27-nation bloc. While Ashurst already has seven offices across mainland Europe, the new Dublin office will allow the firm to more easily maintain its EU competition law practice that was previously based in London. Partners Euan Burrows, Nigel Parr, Duncan Liddell, Neil Cuninghame and Steven Vaz will now split their time between London and the Irish capital.