Salma Shitia

Salma is an Associate in Linklaters’ U.S. Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Practice. She has experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, complex contract disputes, and internal employment and government investigations.

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

Work highlights

Salma's experience includes:

• Biomass Production Facility: representing an Owner of a sustainable bio-mass production facility during multimillion-dollar AAA construction arbitration. 
• Cryptocurrency Platform: representing company in internal employment investigation arising from allegations of C-Suite level executive misconduct. 
• Fortune-100 Technology Company: advising on global anti-bribery policies and regulations. 
• Global News Agency: representing company in connection with ongoing litigation.
• Major Multinational Financial Institutions: on various risks and due diligence assessments, including litigation risks arising from private claims, employment arbitrations, and complex commercial contract disputes.
• Pharmaceutical Executive: representing executive in federal criminal trial related to alleged conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securing the complete dismissal of all charges against client.
• Health Development Non-Profit: advising non-profit on risk and disclosure requirements over course of United States government agency investigation. 
• Cryptocurrency Platform: representing digital currency platform in an SEC investigation.
• Major Multinational Insurance Company: representing an individual in an SEC insider trading investigation. 
• Major Multinational Financial Institutions: 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.
  
   

Salma received a Bachelor of Arts from 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, Institute of International Economic Law Fellow, and edited the Georgetown Environmental Law Review.

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) Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/elr/vol32/iss3/5.