Stuart Salt appointed as Asia Managing Partner at Linklaters
14 January 2010
Linklaters today announces the appointment of Stuart Salt as Asia Managing Partner with effect from 1 February 2010. He succeeds Zili Shao, who is retiring from the partnership at the end of January to take up the position of Chairman and CEO of J.P. Morgan’s China businesses.
Stuart, currently regional managing partner for Emerging Europe, Middle East and North Africa, has been a partner at Linklaters since 1992 and has broad experience across M&A, projects and structured finance. He was head of Banking & Projects for Asia for three years until April 2008, leading the transformation of the practice into one of the most highly ranked in the region as well as overseeing the first full regionalisation of a practice group in Asia.
As Asia Managing Partner, Stuart will join the firm’s Executive Committee, which is responsible for the management of the firm.
Simon Davies
, Linklaters Managing Partner, said:
"Stuart’s broad-based expertise as an international lawyer, combined with his significant regional management experience and success in Asia, make him ideally suited to the role of Asia Managing Partner. I have absolute confidence that in Asia we will go from strength to strength under his leadership."
Stuart Salt
said:
"I have been very fortunate over the past five years to have worked with terrific clients and exceptional Linklaters people in both Asia and Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa, which are among the most dynamic regions in the world. Cross-border activity between Asia and the EEMEA region is now a major area of global investment and our clients are at the forefront of this. I am really excited about my return to Asia and to working with our team there in providing a first-class service to our Asian and global clients."
For further information, please contact:
Amanda Clarke on +852 2901 4162 /
amanda.clarke@linklaters.com or
Rupert Winlaw on +44 (0)20 7456 3219 /
rupert.winlaw@linklaters.com
