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Baker & McKenzie LLP

100 NEW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6JA, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7919 1000
Fax:
Fax 020 7919 1999
DX:
233 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.bakermckenzie.com
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For over 60 years, Baker & McKenzie has provided sophisticated advice and legal services to many of the world’s most dynamic and successful organisations. Baker & McKenzie is the instinctively global law firm. What makes the firm special is its uncompromising commitment to excellence, combined with fluency in the way the firm thinks, works and behaves. With a network of 5,200 legal professionals in 39 countries, Baker & McKenzie has the knowledge and resources to deliver the broad scope of quality legal services required to respond effectively to international and local needs – consistently, with confidence and with sensitivity to cultural, social and legal practice differences.

The firm: Baker & McKenzie’s experienced global perspective makes it invaluable to clients in today’s globalised, integrated economy. The firm’s deep local knowledge and understanding means it is skilled at dealing with the subtle nuances in business law and culture that exist everywhere. Baker & McKenzie simplifies legal complexities across practices and borders, bringing the right team and expertise regardless of location.

London is home to the firm’s largest office where Baker & McKenzie has been well established since opening in 1961. With more than 400 legal professionals, the firm has a substantial presence in the legal and business community.

The firm delivers high-quality local expertise across a broad range of practices and global advice in conjunction with its 69 international offices. The client base consists primarily of multinational corporates, based in the UK and elsewhere, and financial institutions.

The corporate and finance teams regularly advise on and co-ordinate complex, cross-border transactions for its clients. As a full-service office, the firm covers all the practices expected of a major law firm in the UK, many of which are acclaimed and market leading.

What others say about Baker & McKenzie LLP:

No 1, Global 50 PLC Which Lawyer? 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Top 10 Transaction Law Firm The BTI Transactions Series: Law Firm Leaders and Contenders 2008

Top Law Firm for Diversity MultiCultural Law 2009

Top 50 Law Firm Vault Top 100 Most Prestigious Firms 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Law Firm of the Year – Latin America; Law Firm of the Year – Asia; Law Firm of the Year – Middle East; Runner up, International Law Firm of the Year PLC Which Lawyer? Law Firm Awards 2009

Best Trainer – Large City Law Firm in London lawcareers.net 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Top 100 Graduate Employer The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers Survey 2010

Other offices: Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Bogotá, Brasilia, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Chicago, Dallas, Doha, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Guadalajara, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, Juarez, Kuala Lumpur, Kyiv, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Monterrey, Moscow, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Porto Alegre, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, Rome, St Petersburg, San Diego, San Francisco, São Paulo, Santiago, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei, Tijuana, Tokyo, Toronto, Valencia, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington DC, Zurich

Number of UK partners 87
Number of other UK fee-earners 342

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Baker & McKenzie

  • New rules due on assessment of workplace working conditions

    Continuing our practice of regularly updating our clients on changes in the Russian legislation, in this legal alert we would like to inform you that as of September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will introduce a new procedure for assessing working conditions in workplaces. 1 [1] Results of workplace assessments with respect to the working conditions conducted before September 1, 2011 (in accordance with the procedure currently in effect 2 [2]) will remain valid up until the next regular assessment.
    - Baker & McKenzie

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