Revolving doors: Senior hires for Withers, Baker & McKenzie, Brown Rudnick and TLT Jaishree Kalia The past week saw Withers hire Taylor Wessing’s head of contentious trusts and estates as the BBC’s head of litigation returned…
Bakers bolsters City financial services and regulatory capability with hire of RPC team head Steven Francis David Stevenson Boasting an extensive international network to push its financial services credibility, Baker & McKenzie is also extending its links with industry…
South eastern promise: Baker & McKenzie unveils launch in touted Myanmar market David Stevenson As international law firms continue their strategic push into south east Asia, Baker & McKenzie has become the latest global player…
Revolving Doors: Key transactional and antitrust hires for Bakers, Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, Trowers, Reed Smith and Mayer Brown David Stevenson With transactional activity on the rise international firms including Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, Trowers & Hamlins and Reed Smith…
Expansion for Global 100 giants as Bakers plans new offshoring centre and Reed Smith launches in Kazakhstan David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie and Reed Smith will further extend their global footprints, with Bakers looking at another low-cost offshore base…
Baker & McKenzie hires EY tax partner as EY looks at growth David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie has again turned to one of the Big Four accountancy firms to boost its sizeable London tax practice…
With no time off for good behaviour Baker’s outgoing City head joins global giant’s exec body David Stevenson Where do veteran law firm leaders go after a stint at the top? Another stint near the top in the…
Aviation: Further consolidation predicted as Aegean acquisition of Olympic approved David Stevenson Aviation lawyers expect further consolidation within the airline industry as Aegean Airlines was on Wednesday (9 October) given the all…
Financial results 2013: Bakers reveals double-digit profit growth against global turnover increase of 5% Caroline Hill Baker & McKenzie has revealed above average financial performance for 2012/13, with a global revenue increase of 5% to $2.419bn…
Asia round-up: Bakers ushers in new Singapore head as MoFo and Taylor Wessing plot regional growth David Stevenson Aside from the big Asia Pacific news this week of SJ Berwin’s tie-up with King & Wood Mallesons, other major…
European movers: Bakers bolsters Madrid office with team of 20 as Hogan Lovells launches in Luxembourg and Wragges takes on Paris team David Stevenson In many ways it is a curious time to be building up corporate and finance capability in the depressed Spanish…
71 new shareholders and a Madrid chief – today on Baker Mac’s intranet Caroline Hill It says something about the evolution of the legal market when a single global law firm makes up more partners…
Baker & McKenzie secures first UAE merger David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie has become the first global firm to merge with a leading United Arab Emirates law firm after…
Baker & McKenzie becomes first global firm in Peru David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie has extended its increasing strategic focus on Latin America by becoming the first international law firm to…
