Salans has appointed Peter Griffith as its new Global Chief Operating Officer.

Griffith has over twenty years’ experience in senior support roles for law firms, including Ashurst where he worked for thirteen years and Ropes & Gray where he helped to set up the firm’s UK operations.

Dariusz Oleszczuk, Salans’ Global Managing Partner, said: “I am delighted to welcome Peter to Salans and look forward to working with him. He brings with him a wealth of invaluable knowledge and experience and is a worthy successor to Neil Woodcock who retired earlier this year.”

Griffith is based in Salans’ London office and will travel to other offices as and when the role requires it. He will be responsible for all the firm’s global support services, including Finance, IT, Business Development and Marketing.