Would love to think that the idea of Loven on the wing was that Pards then said to Ashley, "You see this fucking shit I have to work with? Top 10? You're having a laugh. Come on Michael, don't make me come banging on your door..."
Or something like that.
I imagine the setup at SJP a bit like a Kung Fu film, rooms within rooms. Leon Best knocks down the outer door to Pards' office, then he has to knock down the inner door to Llambias's domain, then the ultimate inner room is Ashley's lair.
That sounds more like Inception than a Kung Fu film