Linklaters has named a new Asia managing partner. Zili Shao, presently the Shanghai-based head of the magic circle law firm's China practice will relocate to Hong Kong to take on the regional role, effective as of 1 May. As Asia managing partner, Shao will join Linklaters' executive committee. Shao is succeeding Giles White, who is leaving the firm at the end of the month to become group general counsel for Jardine Matheson, the Hong Kong conglomerate and longtime Linklaters client.Shao joined Linklaters as a partner in 1998, launching the firm's Shanghai arm the same year. He also spearheaded the firm's opening in Beijing in 2001. Before joining Linklaters, Shao was a partner in Hong Kong and Sydney for Allen Allen & Hemsley, one of the predecessor firms to Allens Arthur Robinson.
April 06, 2009 at 06:33 AM
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Linklaters has named a new Asia managing partner. Zili Shao, presently the Shanghai-based head of the magic circle law firm’s China practice will relocate to Hong Kong to take on the regional role, effective as of 1 May. As Asia managing partner, Shao will join Linklaters’ executive committee.
Shao is succeeding Giles White, who is leaving the firm at the end of the month to become group general counsel for Jardine Matheson, the Hong Kong conglomerate and longtime Linklaters client.
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