Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore will serve a second term at the helm, after standing unopposed for the partners' vote at the firm's annual global partners' meeting in Cannes this week.

Moore has been reappointed for a term of two years and four months, which will expire in April 2022. His current four-year term is set to complete in January 2020.

A Linklaters spokesperson said the term change was implemented to bring Moore's term more in line with senior partner Charlie Jacobs – who is up for re-election in September 2021 – and to provide Moore with sufficient time to see through his 'strategy refresh' programme.

In 2017, Moore announced his project, which included getting rid of performance reviews and individual partner targets in favour of encouraging more collaboration and entrepreneurship in the firm.

Commenting on his reappointment, Moore said in a statement: "I am honoured to have the opportunity and privilege to continue leading Linklaters. The last few years have been immensely rewarding and my job now will be to continue creating the best conditions for the firm to excel."

Prior to becoming managing partner, Moore was global head of the firm's banking practice and co-head of its leveraged finance practice.

In the financial year to April 2018, the firm achieved a 5.9% rise in revenues to £1.5 billion but saw a slight dip in average equity partner profits to £1.5 million. At the time, the firm pointed to investments it had made, such as in IT.