Baker & McKenzie turns to DLA again to add partner in Johannesburg Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has lured a partner from rival global behemoth DLA Piper for the second time in a month,…
Selling icons: Bakers and Taylor Wessing lead on Gherkin sale to Safra Group while Magic Circle duo act on Canary Wharf bid Sarah Downey Baker & McKenzie and Taylor Wessing have helped finalise the sale of London’s iconic Gherkin building to the Safra Group…
Baker & McKenzie overhauls pay structure in Europe and Asia Tom Moore Larger regional pools to replace national pay by year end. The world’s largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, is set…
‘We will continue to review and innovate in this area’: Baker & McKenzie overhauls pay structure in Europe and Asia Tom Moore The world’s largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, is set to overhaul its longstanding remuneration system in Europe and Asia,…
Dealwatch: Baker & McKenzie and Norton Rose Fulbright lead on Battersea Power Station £1.4bn real estate financing Sarah Downey In what constitutes one of the biggest UK real estate financings in recent years, Battersea Power Station has raised £1.4bn…
Bakers takes three partners from DLA as it merges in Mexico while Clydes hires three to launch in Brisbane Jaishree Kalia Baker & McKenzie has hired three partners from DLA Piper’s Mexico City office as the latter combines with a local…
Dealwatch: After GSK deal, Linklaters leads for Novartis on $275m sale of influenza vaccines as Bakers acts for CSL Jaishree Kalia Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie have won lead roles advising on Novartis’ definitive agreement to divest its influenza vaccines business…
Asia round-up: Hogan Lovells turns to A&O for first partner based in Vietnam, while Bakers appoints new MP Sarah Downey Hogan Lovells has put its first partner on the ground in Vietnam, recruiting Allen & Overy’s (A&O) senior associate Jeff…
En masse management shakeup at Baker & McKenzie as chairman Eduardo Leite handed a two-year extension Tom Moore Chairman of the world’s largest law firm Baker & McKenzie, Eduardo Leite, has had his term extended by two years…
Baker & McKenzie ups its bet on Saudi Arabia with second office Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie and its Saudi Arabian association Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I Al-Ajlan & Partners, are set to open a…
Bit between the teeth Legal Business MARKET VIEW – ARBITRATION ICSID secretary general Meg Kinnear talks annulment, case administration and the globalisation of treaty arbitration with…
Baker & McKenzie takes Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA head of energy Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has brought in leading energy lawyer, Weero Koster, who headed Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA energy practice, to…
Eduardo Leite set to be re-elected as Baker & McKenzie chairman Tom Moore Eduardo Leite is set to be re-appointed as chairman of Baker & McKenzie after the law firm regained its title…
Bakers’ Leite set for second term leading world’s largest law firm Tom Moore Eduardo Leite looks set to be re-appointed as chairman of Baker & McKenzie shortly after it regained its position as…
Baker & McKenzie to open legal services outpost in Belfast Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has become the latest law firm to open a legal services office in Belfast as greater differentiation…
‘Clients are more confident about the market’: Baker & McKenzie becomes world’s largest law firm Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has overtaken DLA Piper as the world’s largest law firm, with revenues for the year ending 30…
Baker & McKenzie takes lead role on £650m Gherkin receivership Sarah Downey Global 100 firm Baker & McKenzie has secured a heavyweight real estate mandate advising on the receivership of London’s iconic building,…
Asia-Pacific: office number 76 for Baker & McKenzie in Brisbane Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has opened a third office in Australia, launching in Brisbane as it targets expansion into energy and…
Partner promotions: Baker & McKenzie makes up 65, Withers 7 Sarah Downey In the annual eye-watering reminder of just how large Baker & McKenzie really is, the top ten LB100 firm this week…
International expansion: openings for Charles Russell in Saudi; Eversheds in Durban; Osborne Clarke in Amsterdam Sarah Downey A trio of UK firms have this week expanded their international office base as Charles Russell agrees a formal association with…
