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Derek Liu
Work Department
Corporate and Securities
Position
Derek Liu is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s San Francisco office. Derek handles mergers and acquisitions, and other complex corporate transactions, and has signed transactions with an aggregate transaction value of more than USD 110 billion. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Derek practiced at two top-tier firms in San Francisco and New York.
Career
Derek has extensive experience in all forms of mergers and acquisitions, representing clients from strategic acquirers to private equity sponsors to venture-backed start-ups. He has handled a range of transactions from public company sale processes to asset carve-outs to SPAC acquisitions to purchases of distressed companies. He also has experience with minority investments, joint ventures and shareholder activism. His primary focus is in the technology and life sciences sectors.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
Primarily advising large multinational corporations and private equity fund sponsors, the Baker McKenzie LLP team is highly adept at ‘bridging gaps’ in complex multi-jurisdictional M&A proceedings, while also offering clients extesnive experience with divestitures and joint venture transactions. Alan Zoccolillo heads the outfit from New York and specializes in corporate restructurings and investment transactions, while Palo Alto-based Leif King is an expert in spin-offs and recapitalizations. From Chicago, Michael DeFranco focuses on corporate finance and securities matters, David Malliband routinely counsels both domestic and international companies on cross-border transactions, and Olivia Tyrrell is knowledgeable on strategic alliances ad carve-outs. The ‘committed’ Airi Hammalov concentrates on strategic investments from New York, and San Francisco-based Derek Liu advises startups on inbound growth and venture capital investments.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense