‘The first phase’: EY launches financial regulatory service with Bakers hire and 11-strong team Jaishree Kalia EY Law is set to launch a financial regulatory practice in the City with the hire of Baker & McKenzie…
Coming off the naughty step: Bakers’ Jonathan Walsh charts the quiet rehabilitation of asset-backed lending Guest Blog Securitisation has taken a battering in recent years. A complex financing technique, little understood by the public, it was an…
Bakers to practise Chinese law through Shanghai joint venture Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie last month gained permission to practise local law in China through a joint operation with FenXun Partners.…
Coming off the naughty step Guest Blog Baker & McKenzie’s Jonathan Walsh charts the quiet rehabilitation of asset-backed lending Securitisation has taken a battering in recent years.…
Financials 2013/14: Baker & McKenzie’s UK outfit sees profits slump despite turnover rise Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie UK arm’s LLP accounts for the year ending 30 June 2014, filed at Companies House this week,…
‘Seizing new market opportunities’: Bakers gets first joint operation licence to practise Chinese law Tom Moore Long held at arm’s length by protectionist regulators, Baker & McKenzie has become the first international law firm to get…
Dealwatch: Bakers and A&O deliver as FedEx looks to buy TNT for €4.4bn Jaishree Kalia Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both won places advising on US delivery service FedEx’s €4.4bn agreement…
In court: Baker & McKenzie prevails and wins costs in Symrise professional negligence case Sarah Downey Baker & McKenzie has succeeded in its £11.7m professional negligence dispute brought by German food flavourings maker Symrise and its…
Revolving doors: Magic Circle loses partners in Europe and Asia while Bakers hires in Africa Legal Business Last week saw both Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) lose partners in Europe while, in Hong Kong, Linklaters lost…
‘Aggressive financial engineering’: Baker & McKenzie sued for £11.7m by company seeking to avoid tax in Mexico Tom Moore German food flavourings maker Symrise and its Mexican subsidiary are suing Baker & McKenzie for £11.7m at the High Court, arguing…
Targeting Amsterdam: Baker & McKenzie bulks up with Linklaters partner and Houthoff Buruma team Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has ramped up its corporate offering in Amsterdam with the hire of seven lawyers including Linklaters‘ corporate…
A €3.5bn arbitration: Shearman, Bakers and White & Case land roles on Finnish nuclear dispute Jaishree Kalia Finnish power producer TVO and construction consortium Areva-Siemens have gone to London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in a bid…
Dealwatch: Baker & McKenzie and Ropes & Gray lead on Merck’s $8.4bn superbug takeover Legal Business One of the world’s biggest pharma groups, New Jersey-based Merck, instructed an all-female partner team from Baker & McKenzie to…
‘Trophy assets’: Bakers and Taylor Wessing lead on Gherkin sale Legal Business Baker & McKenzie and Taylor Wessing helped finalise the sale of London’s iconic Gherkin building to the Safra Group for…
Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper bet on Mexico’s growing legal market Legal Business 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 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…
