Linklaters has appointed Gideon Moore to succeed incoming senior partner Robert Elliott in his role as global head of banking.

The appointment, which takes effect on 1 September, was made on Friday (22 July) by managing partner Simon Davies and the firm's executive committee.

Moore (pictured), who made partner in 1999, currently co-heads the firm's leveraged finance practice and has particular expertise in acquisition finance and corporate lending.

Recent transactions he has worked on include Arcus Infrastructure Partners' £760m takeover of Scottish ports operator Forth Ports, with Moore advising on the debt financing, as well as Swedish buyout house EQT's SEK12bn (£1.2bn) acquisition of refrigeration products manufacturer Dometic.

He ran for the role alongside banking partner Tom Wells and Hong Kong-based co-head of banking and projects Trevor Clark.

Amsterdam banking chief Martijn Koopal had also put himself forward for the post, but withdrew his candidacy earlier this month.

Moore commented: "Our international banking practice is uniquely well balanced between bank and borrower side work, developed off the back of strong relationships with our banking, private equity and corporate clients."

"We were one of the first law firms to reflect market developments by integrating our US high yield specialists into our banking practice, which we have continued to strengthen with the recent recruitment of US high yield and leveraged finance partner Mark Hageman and leveraged finance and restructuring partner Chris Howard."

Current global banking chief Robert Elliott's tenure is set to come to an end in October, when he will take over as the firm's new senior partner from David Cheyne.

For more, see Candidates emerge to compete for Linklaters global banking head role.