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Baker & McKenzie

Company nameBaker & McKenzie
Company typePrivate
IndustryLegal
Founded1949
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Key peopleEduardo Leite (Chairman of the Executive Committee)
RevenueUS$ 2.104 billion (2010)
Employees10000

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Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm, founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker and John McKenzie. It is home to more than 3,750 lawyers spread over 67 offices in 39 different countries.

As a transnational operation, no single nationality dominates the firm, and more than 80 percent of its lawyers practice outside the United States. The lawyers come from 60 countries and speak more than 75 languages, with English in common.

The firm saw US$2.104 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2010. As of 2006, Baker & McKenzie was the second largest law firm in the world by number of attorneys, Among U.S. firms, it was ranked the second largest by number of attorneys as of 2008 and, as of 2010, the largest by revenue. As of 2006 it was also the largest international law firm in Asia, with 14 offices, and in Latin America, with 16 offices.

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TalkingPoint : Transfer Pricing For The Automotive Sector - Financier Worldwide Tweet this news
Financier Worldwide--FW moderates a discussion between Richard L. Slowinski at -Baker- & -McKenzie-, Steven C. Wrappe at Ernst & Young LLP and David N. Bowen at Grant Thornton LLP, ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:02:57 GMT+00:00
In ADA Case, Baker & McKenzie Denied Access to Ex-Associate's Mental Health ... - Law.com Tweet this news
Law.com---Baker- & -McKenzie- has lost a bid to obtain the mental health records of an attorney who sued the law firm for allegedly firing him in violation of the ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:35:45 GMT+00:00
Dallas lawyer, firm lose malpractice case - Dallas Business Journal Tweet this news
Dallas Business Journal--A jury found Joel Held, senior counsel in the Dallas office of -Baker- & -McKenzie- LLP, individually liable for $3 million, and the Chicago-based firm liable ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:05:00 GMT+00:00
Baker and McKenzie advises Dabbagh Holding on global joint venture with US ... - AME Info Tweet this news
AME Info---Baker and McKenzie- has advised Dabbagh Group Holding Company on its global flexible packaging joint venture with US-based Greif Inc. "This was a significant ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:00:14 GMT+00:00
Vanishing Act: Year II - Law.com Tweet this news
Law.com--At the top of the list was -Baker- & -McKenzie-, with 3774 attorneys, 175 fewer than last year. Except for 2007 2008, when DLA Piper took the No. ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:36:52 GMT+00:00
Leite eyes growth at Baker & McKenzie - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--GLOBAL firm -Baker- & -McKenzie- has its first chairman from Latin America after Eduardo Leite took up the position this week. Leite has been the firm's ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:37:08 GMT+00:00
Baker & McKenzie Walloped with Massive Malpractice Verdict - Wall Street Journal (blog) Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal (blog)--A Mississippi jury has returned a $103 million malpractice verdict against -Baker- & -McKenzie-, the nation's largest firm. ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:15:38 GMT+00:00
Tax Issues Surround A-Rod's Home-Run Ball - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--Probably not, unless he sells it, says tax expert Richard Lipton of -Baker- & -McKenzie- in Chicago. Brandon Steiner of Steiner Sports, ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:22:44 GMT+00:00
Trio of firms line up on Rio Tinto's $2bn joint venture with Chinese aluminium ... - Legal Week Tweet this news
Legal Week--Linklaters, -Baker- & -McKenzie- and Allens Arthur Robinson have all advised on the $2bn (£1.3bn) joint venture between Rio Tinto and Chalco to build a new mine ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:06:18 GMT+00:00
Baker McKenzie > ILF Summer School on Banking and Capital Markets Law from ... - Linex Legal (registration) Tweet this news
Linex Legal (registration)--Source: -Baker- & -McKenzie- - ILF Summer School on "Banking and Capital Markets Law" from August 30 to September 10, 2010 The summer school on "Banking and ... - Date : Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:06:04 GMT+00:00

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