‘Trophy assets’: Bakers and Taylor Wessing lead on Gherkin sale
Baker & McKenzie and Taylor Wessing helped finalise the sale of London’s iconic Gherkin building to the Safra Group for…
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Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper bet on Mexico’s growing legal market
DLA combines with local firm while Baker & McKenzie boosts its Mexican office Mexico’s legal market has seen steady growth…
Baker & McKenzie turns to DLA again to add partner in Johannesburg
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Baker & McKenzie and its Saudi Arabian association Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I Al-Ajlan & Partners, are set to open a…
Bit between the teeth
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
Baker & McKenzie has brought in leading energy lawyer, Weero Koster, who headed Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA energy practice, to…
Bakers’ Leite set for second term leading world’s largest law firm
Eduardo Leite looks set to be re-appointed as chairman of Baker & McKenzie shortly after it regained its position as…
Eduardo Leite set to be re-elected as Baker & McKenzie chairman
Eduardo Leite is set to be re-appointed as chairman of Baker & McKenzie after the law firm regained its title…
Baker & McKenzie to open legal services outpost in Belfast
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
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
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
Baker & McKenzie has opened a third office in Australia, launching in Brisbane as it targets expansion into energy and…