Baker McKenzie tops this year’s Global London rankings by headcount. Here we look at the firm’s London rankings in The Legal 500. For further information see ‘Sharks in the fish pond’.
Corporate and commercial
❶ Commercial contracts
❶ Customs and Excise
❶ EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
❶ VAT and indirect tax
❷ Corporate tax
❷ EU and competition
❸ Equity capital markets
❸ Private equity: transactions – high-value deals
❹ M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
Crime, fraud and licensing
❶ Fraud: civil
Dispute resolution
❷ Tax litigation and investigations
❸ Banking litigation: investment and retail
❸ Public international law
❹ Commercial litigation
❹ Competition litigation
❹ International arbitration
❹ Professional discipline
Finance
❶ Emerging markets
❸ Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
❸ Debt capital markets
❸ Derivatives and structured products
❸ High yield
❸ Trade finance
❹ Acquisition finance
❹ Securitisation
Human resources
❷ Employment: employers and senior executives
❷ Employee share schemes
❷ Pensions (non-contentious)
❷ Pensions: dispute resolution
❸ Immigration
Insurance
❶ Product liability: defendant
Investment fund formation and management
❸ Real estate funds
❻ Private funds
Private client
❶ Contentious trusts and probate
❷ Personal tax, trusts and probate
Projects, energy and natural resources
❷ Oil and gas
❷ Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
❷ Water
❸ Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
❸ Mining and minerals
Public sector
❷ Administrative and public law
Real estate
❷ Commercial property: investment
❷ Environment
❸ Construction: contentious
❸ Construction: non-contentious
❸ Property finance
❹ Commercial property: hotels and leisure
❹ Commercial property: retail
Risk advisory
❶ Corporate governance
❶ Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
❷ Data protection, privacy and cyber security
Technology, media and telecoms
❶ IT and telecoms
❷ Brand management
❷ Media and entertainment (including media finance)
❷ Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
❸ Intellectual property
❸ PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
❹ Fintech