Adam Salter

Adam Salter

Adam Salter Partner-in-Charge, Perth; Head of Labor & Employment Practice, Australia, Jones Day


Adam Salter is the Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Perth Office and also heads up the Labor & Employment Practice in Australia. 


Adam has more than 25 years of cross-border experience advising clients on Australian employment contracts and policies (including equity and non-equity compensation plans) and provides advice regarding executive hiring and dismissal, statutory entitlements, industrial instruments (including Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements), termination of employment, redundancy programs, drafting and enforcing post-employment restraints, secondments, personal data and privacy security, and transfer of business issues. 


Adam also regularly assists clients with statutory and contractual data privacy issues relating to the collection, disclosure, and protection of personal information and cybersecurity issues (including mandatory data breach notification requirements). He has more than a decade of dedicated experience advising clients on Australian and cross-border private treaty mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures, strategic alliances, outsourcing, distribution, supply, licensing, and other general commercial contracts, with a particular focus on the information technology and electronic payment sectors. 


Adam is a regular presenter at local and international labor and employment and cybersecurity conferences.