Legal Week - Baker & McKenzie

'It's a question of when, not if' – Baker McKenzie sets sights on US merger

Rose Walker — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:27:21 EST

Firm targets growth on east and west coasts amid interest from several domestic firms

Baker McKenzie and Bowmans among big winners at 2018 African Legal Awards

Legal Week — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:27:47 EST

South African judge and gay rights campaigner Justice Edwin Cameron receives lifetime achievement award

The Transfer Window: hires for Baker Botts, Latham & Watkins and DLA Piper

Legal Week — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:09:00 EST

Baker Botts has boosted its London base with the hire of partner David Ramm from US rival Morgan Lewis's City office. Ramm specialises in private equity,

Former Sidley Austin London head rejoins Baker McKenzie

Krishnan Nair — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 05:31:07 EST

Capital markets partner Matthew Dening rejoins Bakers amid wider London expansion

Baker McKenzie PEP breaks £1m for first time as revenue hits new heights

Rose Walker — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 04:16:08 EST

Firm hits new PEP heights as global revenue swells by 8%

Baker McKenzie shakes up London management and appoints City partners to global roles

Rose Walker — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:39:16 EST

Three City partners appointed to London management committee while partner duo score global roles

Global law firms' Africa push to be recognised at Legal Week's African Legal Awards

Legal Week — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 07:42:33 EST

Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells, DLA Piper and White & Case in the running to be named International Law Firm of the Year

Six law firms included in Stonewall ranking of top global LGBT-friendly employers

Hannah Roberts — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:29:20 EST

Allen & Overy and HSF among firms included in charity's list of most inclusive employers

Baker McKenzie's new 'Godfather' of legal operations on bringing the client mindset to private practice

Dan Packel — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:02:02 EST

After pioneering legal operations at Aon and Archer Daniels Midland, David Cambria has taken his experience to a law firm for the first time

Dealmaker: Baker McKenzie's Helen Bradley on being a deal junkie, snackable content and cake runs

Legal Week — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:48:59 EST

Baker McKenzie corporate finance head Helen Bradley recently advised on the demerger of the Bank of Georgia parent company BGEO Group, and is currently

BCLP named top law firm for social mobility for second year running

Hannah Roberts — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 05:55:49 EST

Bakers, Links and HSF also feature highly in ranking of top UK employers for social mobility

DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie brush up for £300m dental practice sale

Hannah Roberts — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 04:28:17 EST

Duo advise on sale of jockey Sam Waley-Cohen's chain of dental practices to private equity firm

Former Baker McKenzie London head Gary Senior leaves firm

Rose Walker — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 07:54:06 EST

Senior leaves the firm after 34 years which included several stints in management positions

Baker McKenzie to expand Belfast hub with 150 new roles

Rose Walker — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:09:33 EST

Firm agrees deal to boost Belfast support base by 50%

DLA Piper adds six-strong Bakers financial services team to Antwerp office

Hannah Roberts — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:02:16 EST

Head of Bakers' Belgian and EMEA financial services and insurance practice Pierre Berger takes team to DLA

Barclays puts hourly billing under spotlight as bank completes final formal panel review

Rose Walker — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 07:01:28 EST

Bank pushes advisers to reduce hourly billing to just 15% of all work as firms including Ashurst, Norton Rose Fulbright and magic circle heavyweights win spots on new roster

Baker McKenzie promotes six London partners in 68-strong global round

Rose Walker — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 05:02:05 EST

Almost 40% of new partners are female, including London duo

'Billable hours do not help innovation' the tech conundrums law firms are grappling with

Legal Week — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 08:09:26 EST

Speakers from KPMG, Freshfields and Baker McKenzie discuss top tech issues at the Legal Week Strategic Technology Forum 2018

Linklaters and Bakers on board for 1.2bn private equity sale of airport services company

Krishnan Nair — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:55:23 EST

Magic circle firm leads for Cerberus as Bakers advises longstanding private equity client

Paul Hastings continues London push with hire of Bakers City financial services regulatory head

Rose Walker — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 05:28:55 EST

Arun Srivastava to head up the US firm's City regulatory and fintech and payments practice

African Legal Awards 2018 entries welcomed from continent's top legal teams

Legal Week — Thu, 31 May 2018 10:29:07 EST

Sixth annual awards will take place in Johannesburg on 7 September

Ashurst hires former Baker McKenzie securitisation head

Rose Walker — Thu, 31 May 2018 07:51:52 EST

Jonathan Walsh is the second securitisation partner Ashurst has hired from Bakers in the past 12 months

BCLP sells entire stake in LOD as flexible lawyer spinoff gets new majority shareholder

Joseph Evans — Wed, 30 May 2018 03:09:27 EST

Macfarlanes and Bakers advise as newly merged BCLP parts ways with flexible lawyer spin-off LOD

Hogan Lovells pulls out of Venezuela amid political and economic upheaval

Dan Packel — Tue, 22 May 2018 00:00:35 EST

Hogan Lovells has exited the reeling Latin American nation after 12 years, while other firms, including Baker McKenzie, are staying put

'One of the most terrifying things I've ever been through' - one Bakers partner on post-natal depression

Michelle Blunt — Thu, 17 May 2018 08:31:01 EST

Baker McKenzie IP partner Michelle Blunt on her experience with post-natal depression and how it has shaped her attitude to mental health

EDF Energy cuts back UK legal panel by 40% as two firms win new appointments

Anna Ward — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 04:18:19 EST

Energy company brings in fixed fee 'shopping list' as panel is streamlined to eight firms

The Transfer Window: latest partner hires for Latham, Ashurst and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Legal Week — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:16:36 EST

Latham & Watkins has made its first hire in Spain since it appointed former DLA Piper co-chair Juan Picon to lead its Madrid office.The US

Partners on alert over Russia work as 'new Cold War' tensions turn up scrutiny on client connections

Joseph Evans — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 07:24:56 EST

Lawyers in the Russian market on the 'wake-up call' for firms to check their client list

Bakers and Kirkland aboard for 950m private equity sale of European shipping operator

Rose Walker — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:16:00 EST

Duo win roles as Denmark's DFDS buys Turkish freight shipping operator

Baker McKenzie grows London revenues as pay for top earner more than doubles to £2.6m

Anna Ward — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:10:45 EST

Accounts reveal huge increase in pay for top London earner as City revenues rise to £187m

Q1 M&A rankings see resurgence of UK firms as Freshfields rises up global tables

Joseph Evans — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:34:13 EST

Freshfields tops Europe M&A rankings despite least active quarter for deals for five years