Thursday, May 28, 2009

Morgan Stanley Appoints Gary Lynch

morgan-stanley2.jpgMorgan Stanley announced that Gary Lynch has been named as vice chairman. The company said that Lynch will relocate to London where he will remain in his current position as chief legal officer and continue to work as part of the firm’s senior management on issues of policy and strategy. He will also join the boards of Morgan Stanley’s subsidiaries throughout the region and take on an expanded management role within Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Lynch joined Morgan Stanley in October 2005 as executive vice president and chief legal officer from Credit Suisse where he was executive vice chairman and global general counsel. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Lynch was a partner at Davis Polk from 1989 to 2001 and was the director of enforcement at the SEC from 1985 to 1989.