Linklaters names HK partner Nathalie Hobbs as Asia managing partner

Linklaters has named Nathalie Hobbs as the firm’s new Asia managing partner. Hobbs is a banking and PE partner in Linklaters’ Hong Kong office, specializing in cross-border acquisition financing and leveraged finance. Hobbs succeeds Marc Harvey, who has served as Asia managing partner since 2013. She has been Linklaters since joining the firm’s London office in 1991. She became a partner in 2001.