Salma Shitia

Salma is an Associate in Linklaters’ U.S. Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Practice. She has experience in commercial litigation, internal and government investigations, and white collar defense.

She is also strongly committed to pro bono service, where she focuses on immigrant, civil and international human rights issues.

Work highlights

• Biomass Production Facility: representing an Owner of a sustainable biomass production facility during multimillion-dollar AAA construction arbitration. 
• Cryptocurrency platform: representing digital currency platform in an SEC investigation.
• Pharmaceutical executive: representing executive in federal criminal trial related to alleged conspiracy to commit securities fraud. 
• Major multinational financial institution: on various ESG topics, including litigation risks arising from private claims and federal and state enforcement relating to climate regulations, “greenwashing,” and human rights issues.
• Health Development Non-Profit: advising non-profit on risk and disclosure requirements over course of United States government agency investigation. 
• Major multinational insurance company: representing an individual in SEC and DOJ insider trading investigation.
• Major multinational financial institutions: on various risks, including litigation risks arising from private claims and federal and state enforcement relating to U.S. sanctions and financial regulatory compliance.

Salma studied Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University where she was a Meinig Family Cornell National Scholar and Merrill Presidential Scholar, and holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law where she was a Global Law Scholar, Human Rights Associate and Institute of International Economic Law Fellow.

Panelist, Fordham Environmental Law Review 2021 Symposium: Cities and Climate Change

Salma Shitia, Climate Change, Competition & Conflict Along the River Nile: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam & Shifting Customary International Water Law, 32 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 537 (2021)