News About Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie completes 2026 partner promotions with 30-strong international round

Summer tally follows 17 Americas promotions in January with the overall number the smallest for the firm in the past decade

24 Jun 2026

Dentons hires Baker McKenzie team to launch Hong Kong IP practice

Incoming group includes veteran IP trio Loke-Khoon Tan, Maria Joannides Smith and Dominic Edmondson

19 May 2026

Baker McKenzie announces global rollout of legal AI platform Legora

Phased introduction of gen AI software planned across gobal giant’s six practice groups

14 May 2026

MoFo builds in London with tech transactions trio from Morgan Lewis, Baker McKenzie

Hires mean MoFo has added 10 lawyers to its partnership in London over the past year

8 May 2026

Greenberg Traurig boosts London corporate bench with Baker McKenzie partner

Robert Gray joins after nearly 18 years at Bakers; adds heft in deals work in the Nordics and CEE

5 May 2026

Kennedys appoints global CIO from Baker McKenzie

Milan Devani will lead the firm’s global legal technology operations

12 Mar 2026

Baker McKenzie cites AI as it prepares to cut business services roles

Hundreds of staff could be affected following review of business professional functions

6 Feb 2026

Bakers hits Ashurst for London ECM duo days after UK firm agrees transatlantic merger

London head of ECM and global head of US securities depart as Ashurst prepares to merge with Perkins Coie

24 Nov 2025

Top executives from A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie, Gibson Dunn and White & Case to speak at Law Firm Marketing Summit

London conference chaired by BCLP’s Alessandra Almeida Jones will address growth in ‘Age of Chaos’

3 Oct 2025

Eversheds Sutherland launches Silicon Valley office

Transtalantic firm hires Baker McKenzie litigation partner to build out newest California office

23 Jul 2025

Ex-Baker McKenzie strategy chief joins Rouse board amid PE-fuelled demand for NEDs

Rouse, one of several IP firms to have struck investment deals, operates a corporate governance structure

4 Jul 2025

Baker McKenzie completes 2025 partner promotions with 41-strong international round

Summer tally follows 18 Americas promotions in January with the overall proportion of women dipping slightly to 47%

25 Jun 2025

Baker McKenzie boosts London private equity team with partner hire from Latham

Funds specialist Nick Benson arrives after 11 years at Latham & Watkins

18 Jun 2025

King & Spalding hits Baker McKenzie for Brussels trade duo

Firm restocks Brussels trade bench with partner Arnoud Willems and newly-minted partner Bregt Natens following exits last November

18 Feb 2025

Morgan Lewis secures quintet of West Coast IP partners from Knobbe Martens

US firm snaps up team with expertise in life sciences and technology space

11 Feb 2025

Morgan Lewis builds in London with partner hires from Baker McKenzie, Akin

Competition lawyer Paul Johnson joins from Baker McKenzie as structured finance lawyer Dasha Sobornova moves over from Akin

27 Jan 2025

Jenner launches London public law practice with senior Baker McKenzie hire

Joanna Ludlam joins having co-led Bakers’ global investigations practice

13 Jan 2025

In-house counsel fret about growing cyber and AI disputes risk, study finds

Baker McKenzie’s annual disputes survey shows global companies are also concerned about employment disputes

7 Jan 2025

Morgan Lewis boosts German bench with Baker McKenzie partner hire

Patent litigator Alexander Ritter marks latest in string of European hires by the US firm

6 Jan 2025

Paul Hastings adds four partner employment group in New York from Baker McKenzie

Team boosts Paul Hastings’ complex workplace litigation offering

21 Oct 2024