Linklaters former global corporate head Jeremy Parr has retired from the partnership in order to take up the role of general counsel at Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong.

Parr has been senior relationship partner for Jardine for the last five years, after developing ties with the conglomerate – whose interests include HongKong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Motors, and Astra – in the 1990s when he was stationed in Linklaters’ Hong Kong office.