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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
Email:

Peter J Knight

Tel:
Work +44 20 7919 1727
Email:
Baker & McKenzie

Work Department

Corporate department

Position

Consultant dealing with corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment, corporate reorganisations and insolvency.

Career

Articled Baker & McKenzie; qualified 1975 England and Wales, 1976 Hong Kong, 1977 NSW; solicitor Baker & McKenzie London 1975-76, Sydney 1976-79, London 1979-82; partner Singapore 1983-90; managing partner 1987-90; London 1990 to date; Governor Tanglin Trust Schools 1987-90; chairman British Association of Singapore 1989-90; committee member Asia Pacific Advisory Group (DTI) 1992-97; past committee member London Chamber of Commerce; past chairman Cambridge in the Capital; International Committee CBI.

Languages

French, German.

Education

The Broxbourne School; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1972 BA; 1975 MA); College of Law, Guildford.

Leisure

Tennis, golf, sailing, theatre, early music.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; M&A; Insolvency and corporate recovery

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  • 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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