Dealwatch: Bakers and Weil cement €5.3bn MBCC deal as advisers see renewed energy in M&A Ayesha Ellis 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 Megan Mayers 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 Nathalie Tidman 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 Nathalie Tidman 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 Mark McAteer 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 Guest Blog 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 Marco Cillario 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 Nathalie Tidman 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 Marco Cillario 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 Marco Cillario 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 Marco Cillario 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 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 Nathalie Tidman 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 Thomas Alan The partnership of global giant Baker McKenzie has voted in Milton Cheng to become the firm’s next chair. A Bakers lifer,…
Three in the race to be next Bakers chair as partners prepare to vote Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie EMEA chief executive Fiona Carlin (pictured), Hong Kong managing partner Milton Cheng and North America head Colin Murray…
A&O’s Mansell to appear before SDT in December as #MeToo fallout promises busy winter Marco Cillario Allen & Overy (A&O) employment partner Mark Mansell is to face his first Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing on Wednesday…
‘Satisfied’ Baker McKenzie adds $200m to top line but market volatility slows growth to a crawl Thomas Alan Baker McKenzie grew revenue to $2.92bn while partner profits hit $1.48m as uncertainty made for a more subdued year at…
Allen & Overy loses litigation partner Florent to Baker McKenzie’s City hiring spree Muna Abdi Allen & Overy (A&O) has lost its second London partner in as many weeks with the defection of Marc Florent (pictured),…
Revolving doors: US moves for Baker McKenzie and Linklaters as Morgan Lewis makes City play Muna Abdi US and City firms have extended their reach in key jurisdictions with Baker McKenzie making a move in Silicon Valley and…
Kingsley Napley, Clydes and Howard Kennedy instructed as Bakers and former London head Senior face SDT prosecution Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie and its former London head Gary Senior have instructed partners at law firms Kingsley Napley and RadcliffesLeBrasseur as…
