Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings picks up White & Case infra team while Bakers makes double hire in London
Paul Hastings led the high-profile partner moves this week, hiring two partners to lead a team across London, Paris, and…
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‘A true win’ – Baker McKenzie on record Ecuador $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and winning Finance Team of the Year
Baker McKenzie won Finance Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards for representing project manager Oceans Finance Company in…
‘I had strong support and people wanted me to continue’: Bakers’ Poulton seals second term as head of London office
Following his initial appointment to lead Baker McKenzie’s London office in 2021, managing partner Ed Poulton has been re-elected for…
Private Client perspectives: Ashley Crossley
What made you decide to become a lawyer and why private client? My parents divorced at an early age, and…
Baker McKenzie: One eye open
‘What defines Baker McKenzie over the last few years is the sheer amount of work that has gone into financial…
Warning signs? Baker McKenzie records stagnant financials in year-end results
In what is perhaps an early bellwether of 2023 financial performance for the market at large, or a hangover from…
Dealwatch: Bakers and Weil cement €5.3bn MBCC deal as advisers see renewed energy in M&A
Amid a continued dearth of big-ticket deals, Sika’s €5.3bn acquisition of Master Builder Construction Chemicals (MBCC) Group has been the…
Baker McKenzie breaks up UAE alliance following homophobic tweets
Baker McKenzie in September announced that it is ‘parting ways’ with Dr Habib Al Mulla, name partner of member firm…
Life During Law: Samantha Mobley
My family story is not one of generations of lawyers. My great grandfather was a coal miner in Wales. I…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Finance Team of the Year
After much back-and-forth between the judges in this keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Private Client Team of the Year
We are delighted to announce the winner of Private Client Team of the Year for the 2020 Legal Business Awards.…
Guest post: Coronavirus tears up competition regimes for foreign investments as Europe struggles to shield reeling economies
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc with the global economy, disrupting all manner of business throughout the world. Stock markets have…
Coronavirus fallout continues as Latham suspends NY partner conference while Bakers re-opens London branch
Fears around the spreading coronavirus have yet again affected the business of law, as the world’s second-highest grossing firm Latham…
Baker McKenzie shuts London office amid Coronavirus fears
Baker McKenzie has shut its London office as a precaution after a member of staff was taken ill with suspected…
Bakers former City head Senior admits to sexually harassing associate but denies abuse of position
Baker McKenzie’s former London managing partner Gary Senior has admitted his behaviour after a firm event in 2012 amounted to…
Bakers accused of ‘failure’ over handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former London head
Baker McKenzie was accused of ‘collective failure’ for the way it handled allegations of sexual misconduct against its former London…
Chadwick gets second term as Bakers’ London head after winning contested election
Baker McKenzie tax partner Alex Chadwick (pictured) will lead the firm’s City office until the end of 2022 after seeing off…
New brooms – Asian coup for Bakers as Clydes, HSF and TLT announce leadership changes
Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest management reshuffles at home and abroad The autumn saw significant c-suite changes announced at…
Bakers makes eleventh City lateral in last year with Ashurst corporate hire
Ashurst’s global head of corporate Jason Radford (pictured) is unfazed by the loss to Baker McKenzie’s prolific City hiring spree…
Asia coup for Bakers as partnership chooses Hong Kong’s Cheng as new chair
The partnership of global giant Baker McKenzie has voted in Milton Cheng to become the firm’s next chair. A Bakers lifer,…