News About Baker McKenzie
Top legal marketing and BD figures to explore trust building at London summit
Law Firm Marketing Summit will take place at RSA House on 15 October
A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie score roles on Methanex’s $2.05bn OCI deal
Reed Smith also called in for sale of OCI’s methanol business alongside McCarthy Tétrault and Loyens & Loeff
Morrison Foerster loses four Asia partners to Baker McKenzie, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Movers include MoFo’s Singapore managing partner Shirin Tang
Morgan Lewis taps Baker McKenzie, Covington & Burling for life sciences duo
Veteran IP litigator Hiroshi Sheraton and M&A lawyer Luciana Griebel join in London
Baker McKenzie, Linklaters lead on Carlsberg’s £3.3bn Britvic acquisition
Bakers counsels Carlsberg in deal to help Danish brewer expand beyond beer
Baker McKenzie hires O’Melveny’s US M&A leader in New York
Tobias Knapp joins as co-head of global firm’s New York transactional group
Baker McKenzie hires nine Munger Tolles partners in Los Angeles
Global giant targets West Coast deal work with 17-strong transactional team including two counsel joining as partners
Jones Day hires finance partner from Baker McKenzie in Australia
Alastair Gourlay joins in Sydney, while London partner Lewis Grimm is heading to Melbourne in August
Bowmans adds M&A team in Johannesburg from Baker McKenzie
Bakers’ South Africa M&A co-head Angela Simpson moves over alongside three more lawyers
Global organisations brace for growth in ESG-related litigation, study finds
A majority of organisations also expect overall disputes to stay the same or increase this year, according to Baker McKenzie survey
Houston calling: Steptoe opens office as Baker McKenzie hires four-partner disputes team
Lure of energy transition boom sees Steptoe absorb an energy boutique while Bakers has raided Eversheds Sutherland
UK Supreme Court rules Rwanda asylum policy unlawful
Baker McKenzie, Freshfields and Allen & Overy among firms helping to challenge controversial policy
White & Case is fastest-growing law firm in Africa since 2019, study finds
US firm grew African headcount 177% between 2019 and 2022, according to Africa Legal
Baker McKenzie launches Korean joint venture
Bakers to offer Korean law advice through partnership with 20-lawyer KL Partners
Squire Patton Boggs adds senior corporate partner in Dubai from Baker McKenzie
Omar Momany joins having led Bakers’ UAE corporate/M&A practice
K&L Gates hires Baker McKenzie’s US financial regulation co-chairs as partners
Jennifer Klass and Amy Greer join the investment funds and white collar practices respectively in New York
Who won Luxury Law Awards 2023 – and why
The top brands, law firms, legal teams and individuals honoured at Luxury Law Summit London
Baker McKenzie ups London NQ lawyer pay to £118k
Seven percent increase sees Bakers overtake London rivals like Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes but stay behind most of Magic Circle
Baker McKenzie completes 2023 partner promotions with 58-strong international round
Summer tally follows 31 North America appointments in January with the overall proportion of women rising to 46%
Baker McKenzie adds construction and energy partner duo in Sydney from Norton Rose Fulbright
NRF’s Australia construction and engineering team lead Emanuel Confos to move over alongside Harriet Oldmeadow