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Bakers secures Spanish coup with hire of former Garrigues managing partner
Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of former Garrigues managing partner Jose Maria Alonso Puig, reports The Am Law Daily. Senior arbitrator Alonso, who spent nine years as managing partner of the 2,000-lawyer Spanish ...
08 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Aviva names four firms on catastrophic loss panel as AMP confirms new Asia roster
Herbert Smith has been selected by Aviva as one of four firms to sit on its UK catastrophic loss panel, with the appointment coming as Australian wealth manager AMP has finalised its new Asia legal roster following its merger with AXA Asia-Pacific. ...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Bakers wins Europe adviser role for telecoms company Colt
Baker & McKenzie has been selected as FTSE 250 telecoms company Colt’s preferred legal adviser for commercial work following a three-month tender process involving more than 45 firms. The appointment, which took effect earlier this month (1 Ja...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
A shrinking world for evaders
UK residents with Swiss bank accounts must disclose their UK tax liabilities or pay a witholding tax. Baker & McKenzie’s Ashley Crossley discusses the impact of the high profile move against tax evasion
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
UK law firms sign up to support Government social mobility push
Ten top UK law firms have signed up to a government-led scheme to boost social diversity among big business. The participating organisations - which also include the Bar Council and the Legal Services Board - have committed to participate in initia...
12 Jan 2012 | 00:05 |
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Five-partner Bakers team breaks away to launch Amsterdam firm
Baker & McKenzie is set to see the departure of a team of around 25 lawyers - including five partners - from its Amsterdam office to launch a new independent firm. Private equity partner Marc van Campen is leading the team, with corporate partner M...
05 Jan 2012 | 11:05 |
Bakers & Slaughters at the fore as GSK sells over-the-counter brands
Baker & McKenzie and Slaughter and May have lined up to advise on the $660m (£420m) sale of 17 healthcare brands, including Gaviscon, by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Bakers has advised consumer products group Prestige Brands, which acq...
21 Dec 2011 | 12:26 |
Soc Gen names new panel with dozen firms winning places
Societe Generale has concluded a review of its global panel, with firms including Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith appointed. The roster, which will take effect in the New Year (1 January), also sees UK firms Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Norton Ros...
16 Dec 2011 | 15:36 |
Stephenson Harwood adds two partners in Asia with Bird & Bird and Bakers hires
Stephenson Harwood has made a double corporate partner hire in Greater China, including a partner from UK rival Bird & Bird. Bird & Bird corporate partner Matthew Wong has joined the top 30 City firm in Hong Kong, while Baker & McKenzie special counse...
08 Dec 2011 | 12:23 |
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Rising capital - the evolution of China's private client legal market
At Legal Week’s Private Client Forum Asia earlier this year, KhattarWong’s Gurbachan Singh and Baker & McKenzie’s Michael Olesnicky discussed the evolution of the private client legal market in China
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
The political pay cheque - unrest in the Middle East creates more roles for lawyers
Unrest in the Middle East has prompted a prominent role for lawyers as scrutiny grows over the assets of the region’s key political players, as Bakers’ Paul Stibbard reports
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Bakers hires former A&O finance director as global CFO
Baker & McKenzie has hired Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) former finance director Ian Dinwiddie as its global chief financial officer (CFO). Dinwiddie, who succeeds Robert Spencer in the role at Bakers, will take up the post in the New Year when he will ...
17 Nov 2011 | 15:45 |
SJB, CC and others act as music company EMI split in two and sold
SJ Berwin and Clifford Chance (CC) are among a host of firms to win roles as beleaguered music company EMI is split into two, with Universal Music set to take over the recording unit for £1.2bn and a Sony-led consortium bidding $2.2bn (£1.4bn) for t...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
US firms win spots as Hewlett Packard draws up global panel
Hewlett Packard (HP) has put together a new global legal panel, with US law firms featuring heavily among those selected to advise the company over the next three years. Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Bakers names City partner as new global head of banking
Baker & McKenzie has appointed London partner Bernard Sharp as the new chair of its global banking & finance practice following the law firm’s annual partners’ meeting in Beijing last month. Sharp takes over from Hong Kong-based banking partner...
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
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