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Aaron Goodman is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Litigation & Government Enforcement, Global Compliance & Investigations, and Securities Litigation groups. He has broad experience litigating complex local, national and international matters from inception to trial. Aaron is a thought-leader in identifying and achieving strategic client goals, bringing disputes to resolution quickly and efficiently.

Abdulrahman AlAjlan

Abdulrahman has 17 years of litigation and commercial experience. He represents clients at the Sharia Courts, the Board of Grievance, the SAMA Committee, Labor Committee, Committee for Negotiable Instruments and all other courts and tribunals. He has extensive arbitration experience, both as an arbitrator and also representing clients in arbitration proceedings.

Abeer Jarrar is a partner at Baker McKenzie based in Dubai. Abeer has over 20 years' experience in the Middle East. Having advised in recent years on some of the most high profile regional and international M&A and capital markets transactions, Abeer combines profound understanding of the legal environment and the distinct business culture of the Middle East and their interaction with international market practice. She is recognised for her ability to communicate effectively with the different stakeholders and to deliver cross border transactions of the highest quality and complexity in different sectors, including banking. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2021, Abeer spent the last ten years at two magic circle firms. Abeer is a Fulbright scholar and holds a doctorate degree in law from Georgetown University in Washington DC. She serves as a board member of the MENA Advisory Board of Georgetown University School of Law. Abeer focuses on advising financial institutions, investment banking, local, regional and international corporate, private equity and family offices on cross border private and public mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, public takeovers and equity capital markets transactions in the Middle East.

Adam Farlow is the Global Chair of our Capital Markets Practice Group. He is a New York and English qualified capital markets partner based in London. He has extensive experience in US securities laws and transaction management. He has been elected as a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and serves on the Council of the American Bar Association Section of International Law. Adam focuses on offerings of international debt (primarily high yield), equity and other forms of financing involving companies, investors, major financial institutions and trustees, as well as all forms of restructuring and liability management for debtors, creditors, trustees and dealer managers.

Adam Aft helps global companies navigate the complex issues regarding intellectual property, data, and technology in M&A and technology transactions. He is the lead of the Firm's North America Technology Transactions group and co-leads the group globally. Adam also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Honorable Theresa L. Springmann of the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

Adil Hussain is a partner and the Global Head of Islamic finance at Baker McKenzie. He is based in Dubai and also leads the Firm’s Banking and Finance practice in the Middle East. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked for an international law firm in Dubai. Adil focuses particularly on conventional, Shariah compliant and multi-sourced financing matters and has been involved in a number of leading financing transactions in the Middle East region and internationally. He has also advised on the structuring and development of a number of first-of-their-kind financing products. Adil has built up a wealth of regional experience having previously worked in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for a number of years. Adil is regularly cited in legal directories as being a leading banking lawyer and draws particular praise for his Islamic finance knowledge.

Adolfo Durañona

He has experience in local and international, bilateral and syndicated financing, asset securitization, public and private offerings of securities and structuring of investment funds, advising structurers, lenders, borrowers and issuers. Likewise, he has a solid knowledge of the regulation of the securities market and the financial system, having advised various clients, local and foreign, in these areas.

Adrian Lawrence

Adriana has over twenty years of experience in customs and foreign trade matters. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2001, became National Partner in 2005 and a Principal in 2018. She has prior experience working as legal director of Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Safeguards in the Mexican Ministry of Economy where she participated in the negotiation of several free trade agreements (FTAs) and in the first dispute settlement resolution cases initiated by Mexico against the US under the NAFTA. Adriana has been ranked a leading practitioner by Chambers and Partners at Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America as well as Legal 500 for eleven consecutive years. She was an associate in our Guadalajara and Washington, D.C. offices and currently Heads the Firm’s North America International Commercial Practice Group in Mexico City.

Adriana Gonçalves

Adriana has more than 15 years of experience in comprehensive corporate counseling and international operations. She has been a member of Baker McKenzie since 2014, developing her practice in Corporate Law (M&A/PE), Healthcare & Life Sciences, Compliance, and Competition & Antitrust. Adriana is one of the five lawyers in the country who were shortlisted as “Venezuela Lawyer of the Year” in the Chambers Women in Law Awards: Latin America 2018, and she has been ranked as Associate to watch for two consecutive years by the 2023 and 2024 Chambers Latin America Legal Guide. She is also a member of the Firm’s LA Healthcare & Life Sciences Steering Committee, the LA M&A Steering Committee and the LA Inclusion Diversity & Equity Steering Committee.

Agustín del Río

Airi Hammalov is a partner in the New York office of Baker McKenzie and a member of the Firm's Transactions practice. Prior to joining the Firm, Airi practiced at top international firms in Europe.

Ajanthana Anandarajah

Ajanthana Anandarajah is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Law Practice Group in Toronto. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2019, after completing her summer and articling term with the Ministry of the Attorney General, Ministry of Labour. Ajanthana advises employers in a wide range of labour and employment law matters, providing practical legal and business advice to both domestic and international private and public sector clients. Ajanthana has appeared before administrative tribunals and the Ontario Court of Justice in Ontario.

Ákos Fehérváry

Ákos Fehérváry serves as managing partner of the Firm’s Budapest office, while heading the M&A/Corporate Practice Group and the Employment Practice Group in Budapest. Ákos brings three decades of distinguished experience in complex corporate transactions and employment law. As a trusted advisor on mergers and acquisitions, he has guided both domestic and international clients through sophisticated deals spanning privatizations, private equity investments, and greenfield ventures. His transaction portfolio includes notable work in energy, automotive, banking, technology, and transportation sectors. As Head of Employment, Ákos leads strategic workforce initiatives for multinational corporations, skillfully managing business transfers, restructurings, and sensitive employment matters. His integrated expertise in both M&A and employment law provides clients with comprehensive guidance through complex corporate transformations. Ákos is particularly noted for his work on cross-border transactions and corporate reorganizations, including mergers and spin-offs. His counsel extends beyond traditional deal execution to encompass the critical employment considerations that shape successful business transitions. A respected voice in the legal community, he regularly shares insights at various forums and conferences.

Alain Huyghe is a partner in the Tax Practice Group of the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1986 and became partner in 1994. Alain advises clients on a broad range of domestic corporate tax and international tax issues. He also has extensive experience in tax controversy work (including transfer pricing audits and disputes, mutual agreement procedures, and the representation of clients before the European Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court) and has successfully handled a number of major cases. He also focuses on advisory and tax controversy work for insurance companies on specific tax matters inherent to the insurance sector.

Alain Charles Veloso

Alan Zoccolillo

Alan Zoccolillo is the Chair of the North American Transactional practices, the past Chair of the North American Healthcare group and co-managing partner of the New York office. Mr. Zoccolillo was honored as a 2023 "Dealmaker of the Year" by the New York Law Journal and named by Chambers & Partners, the Legal 500 and Acritas as one of the leading lawyers in the US for mergers and acquisitions.

Alberto González Torres

Alberto Maturana

Alberto Fornari

Banking & Finance

Alejandra Muriel Vizcaino

Alejandra joined the Firm in 2012. She is an associate in the Banking Finance and Major Projects group in Mexico. She has experience in real estate and infrastructure, urban development and environmental matters since 2010.

Alejandra Heredia-Martinez

Alejandra Heredia Martínez has been a member of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group in the Firm’s Ciudad Juarez office since 2012. Her practice covers general corporate law, advising multinational clients in their establishment, development and operation in Mexico, foreign investment, and participation in corporate reorganization projects.

Alejandra Bugna

Alejandro Martínez

Chiel Legal Officer and Head of the Foreign Trade practice area

Alessandra Machado

Alex Chadwick is a tax partner and the Firm's EMEA+ Chief Executive. Alex’s practice focuses on international tax planning with an emphasis on the tax aspects of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, especially those with an international aspect and those involving entrepreneurs. Alex is an experienced global key client manager and is the Firm's global relationship partner for several of our key clients. Alex's clients include large corporates, funds and financial services groups. Alex is currently the Firm's EMEA+ Chief Executive. Since 2016 he served for five years as the London office Managing Partner and prior to that Alex headed and led the growth of Baker McKenzie's London tax practice for 10 years.

Alex Lewis is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Private Equity & Funds group, based in London. Alex advises private equity houses and other financial investors on a wide range of domestic and international private equity transactions, including buyouts, joint ventures, minority investments and exits.

Special Senior Consultant

Alexander Wolff

Alexander Wolff heads the Labor Law Practice Group in the Firm’s Berlin office. He co-authored the German section of Baker McKenzie’s Worldwide Guide to Termination, Employment Discrimination, and Workplace Harassment Laws and Global Employer. He is also a regular contributor to other labor law journals, and is a frequent speaker on employment law issues in seminars and conferences. Dr. Wolff routinely advises clients on employment matters relating to reorganizations and restructurings, transfer of businesses (TUPE), negotiations with works councils and unions, as well as general employment advice. He also advises on executive compensation and employee benefits, mass dismissals and employment litigation. In addition, he provides sound counsel on issues arising from data protection and discrimination, pension funds and harassment issues. He also handles employment litigation, employer-work council relations and the mandatory representation of employees in companies’ supervisory boards.

Alexander is a senior associate in the Corporate Group in the London office of Baker McKenzie. Alexander joined the Firm in March 2010 as a trainee solicitor. Following qualification as a solicitor, Alexander joined the Firm's corporate team in London. Alexander completed a three-month secondment to the Hong Kong office of Baker McKenzie in 2012 and a two-year secondment to Baker McKenzie's Singapore office in 2017. Alexander completed a nine-month client secondment at a UK-based global pharmaceutical group in July 2020. Alexander is recognised by the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom as “One to Watch” for Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Alexander is experienced in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical, medical devices and healthcare industries, as well as general corporate matters including multi-jurisdictional reorganisations, joint ventures, distressed M&A, and corporate governance issues.

Alexander Korobeinikov

Alexander Korobeinikov is a partner at the Kazakhstan office of Baker McKenzie. He specializes in dispute resolution, energy and natural resources, and antitrust and competition issues. Alexander has wide experience participating in litigation in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Central Asia, as well as in international arbitration cases in accordance with the arbitration rules of the ICAC, UNCITRAL, ICC, SCC, LCIA and other arbitration institutions, as both a party counsel and arbitrator. Alexander is ranked as a leading individual in dispute resolution by Chambers and Legal 500 reporting, "He's enriching their team immensely; he has a lot of experience in arbitration." He is also recommended by Who's Who Arbitration 2018 as Expert. Alexander focuses on international arbitration, commercial litigation, power, oil and gas, mining and metals, subsoil use, antitrust and competition advisory, and antitrust and competition litigation. He acts for and against states and state bodies, with particular experience in the energy sector and large infrastructure projects.

Alexander Wyss is a seasoned business lawyer with a special focus on real estate transactions, private equity & venture capital, mergers & acquisitions and fund structuring. He is a member of the Management Committee of Baker McKenzie Zurich, co-heads the Swiss Real Estate Transaction Practice Group and is a former member of the Firm’s European Real Estate Steering Committee. He is ranked among the leading lawyers in his areas of practice by various publications, including Chambers Europe and Legal500. Alexander Wyss acts as trusted advisor for his clients and serves as a member of the board of directors in selected companies. He is a lecturer at the University of Zurich in the CUREM master and executive classes. Alexander advises domestic and international clients in cross-border and national real estate and corporate transactions, private equity & venture capital, mergers & acquisitions as well as fund structuring.

Alexander Fischer

Alexander Fischer co-chairs Baker McKenzie’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice groups in Zurich. Currently based in Zurich, Alexander also has experience working in the Firm’s Chicago office. He routinely represents clients on a wide range of areas of law ancillary to the Firm’s Banking & Finance, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions practices. Alexander is a recommended lawyer in his areas of practice by the Legal 500, Chambers and other publications. He serves as a member of the board of directors of different Swiss companies. Alexander advises listed and non-listed clients in the areas of cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt financing. He also provides sound and insightful counsel on general corporate and commercial matters.

Alexandr César

Alexandr César serves as head of the Competition Practice Group and co-head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group in the Firm’s Prague office. Mr. César has extensive experience handling privatizations and acquisitions in the Czech Republic, particularly in the telecommunications, heavy industry, banking and finance, as well as oil, gas and energy sectors. He regularly counsels clients on legal issues involving takeover regulations, business assets and share transactions. Mr. César is likewise actively engaged in the restructuring of bad asset portfolios of bank loan facilities, acquisition and mezzanine financing, as well as other corporate structures of multinationals. He also counsels on foreign trade-related procedures and international trade agreements, including foreign trade with military materials.

Alexandra Minkovich

Alexandra Minkovich is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North American Tax Practice with more than twenty years of experience handling a variety of tax, tax controversy, and legislative and regulatory matters. She also brings significant experience representing clients with respect to domestic tax issues, particularly in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, retail, and manufacturing industries, and is well versed in administrative law. Immediately prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Minkovich served as Associate Tax Legislative Counsel with the US Department of Treasury, Office of Tax Policy. In that role, Ms. Minkovich advised the Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) and General Counsel regarding tax policy considerations in regulations and Internal Revenue Bulletin guidance, provided advice on tax legislative proposals, and provided litigation advice regarding the validity of Treasury and IRS guidance. She also provided technical comments on tax legislation to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Ways & Means Committee, as well as to individual members’ offices. Ms. Minkovich speaks regularly at seminars and writes on a variety of topics related to legislative and regulatory developments, and administrative law.

Alexandra Glad is an associate and member of Baker McKenzie’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in Stockholm. Her main practice areas are trademark law and copyright law. Prior to joining the Firm in October 2013, Alexandra worked as a lawyer at a branding agency. Before that, she was an associate at another law firm specialized in intellectual property rights and media law. Alexandra practices mainly within the field of intellectual property rights. She assists companies from various industries with IP protection, licensing and infringement situations. She especially advises international and Swedish companies on how to create, build and safeguard strong trademark portfolios. Alexandra also has qualified experience in issues related to marketing and media law.

Alexandra Cavazos de la Rosa

Alexandra Cavazos de la Rosa joined Baker McKenzie in 2016 and it is part of the Transactional Practice Group in the Monterrey office. Her practice includes major projects, corporate and commercial law, real estate and infrastructure law, mergers and acquisitions, liquidations, spin-offs, compliance and general corporate matters.

Alfonso Curiel-Valtierra

Alfonso Curiel Valtierra has more than 10 years of experience in commercial litigation, often representing public entities and private companies. He was granted with specialization diplomas in financial law and civil and commercial procedural law by Universidad Panamericana. Also, Mr. Curiel-Valtierra has written and published several articles regarding relevant legal provisions in commercial and public law and participated in diverse forums in connection with commercial and financial law as well as insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings.

Alfonso Cortez-Fernández

Alfonso Cortez is a member of the Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committee for North America and Chair of that practice at the five Mexican offices. He has over 25 years of experience. Also he is highly regarded in a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters. He has been a professor in the law department of the Universidad Cervantina, and is a member of the international law fraternity Phi Delta Phi. He has been first vice president of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE-NL), was coordinator of the Constitutional Rights Commission of the Mexican Bar Association, Nuevo Leon Section (BMA – NL), as well as counselor in the steering committee of the BMA – NL.

Alfonso García Lozano

Alfonso García Lozano has more than 25 years of experience practicing in the area of labor and employment law. His practice includes corporate employment advice and employment litigation involving complex transactions, as well as individual and collective matters. Mr. García Lozano has a strong knowledge on the tax implications of labor matters, including outsourcing.

Alfonso Martínez Bejarano

Alfonso focuses his practice on financial technology (Fintech), regulatory compliance and real estate finance (including syndicated loan facilities). He regularly advises Fintech companies (local as well as multinationals) on regulatory and transactional matters, including e-wallet platforms, crowdfunding entities, online lending B2B platforms, digital banks, card payment processors (aggregators and acquirers), cryptocurrency exchanges and comparison product and services platforms. He also works on the negotiation of loan facilities, and their security interest documents.

Ali Selim Demirel

Ali Selim Demirel focuses his practice on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and energy and concessions. He drafts and negotiates corporate transaction documents, including share purchase, asset purchase, merger and shareholders’ agreements. In addition, he advises companies on general corporate, business and energy law matters and assists companies in the coordination and implementation of multi-jurisdictional restructuring transactions. He also focuses his practice on the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly regarding post-M&A disputes and particularly through arbitration. He represents clients before arbitral tribunals and before all levels of domestic courts, including the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Alina de la Luz

Alina de la Luz is an associate in the Firm's Antitrust Practice Group in Mexico. Prior to joining the Antitrust Practice Group at the Firm, she was part of the Mexican competition authority (Federal Economic Competition Commission), as part of the investigating authority. With more than 8 years of experience in economic competition, mainly in abuse of dominance and analysis of competition conditions, she has conducted investigations in several markets: financial, energy, ports, digital, telecommunications, and transportation, among others. Likewise, she was head of the economic competition subject at UNAM and has taught about competition in several forums.

Alison Stafford Powell

Alison Stafford Powell chairs the North America Trade Compliance team. She has considerable experience counseling US and non-US companies on managing trade compliance in the areas of export controls, trade and financial sanctions and US anti-boycott laws. As a dual-qualified lawyer, she provides practical advice to help non-US companies reconcile US and foreign trade regulations and on the extra-territorial impact of US trade restrictions. Chambers USA quotes clients' praise for her being "extremely knowledgeable, responsive, commercially strong and understanding complex issues well." Legal 500 describes here as an "outstanding specialist." She has worked in the Firm's London, Washington, DC and Palo Alto offices since 1996.

Alissa Inshakova

Allison Manvell

Special Counsel

Alonso Miranda is a partner in Estudio Echecopar. He is recognized in Chambers and Partners and is described as " an emerging star within the firm.” Alonso is co-founder of ADV Editores, a not-for-profit entity in charge of the publication of the Advocatus Law Review. He has written a number of articles related to the Peruvian securities regulation published in the Official Gazette "El Peruano" journals, legal reviews and books.

Alysha Preston is an associate in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Alysha counsels domestic and multinational companies in navigating complex issues involving intellectual property and technology transactions, including complex license and collaboration agreements, joint ventures, spin outs, commercial contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Alysha has been recognized by Super Lawyers and selected to the 2020-2023 New York Metro Rising Star lists for Intellectual Property.

Amar Hamouche is a Principal within the Tax practice group of Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office. He has over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm's Tax team in 2011, Amar was Senior Tax Manager at Ernst & Young Luxembourg for over seven years and a member of the Financial Services Organization tax group, which focuses on Financial Institutions. Amar has significant knowledge in the field of financial services, within which he solves corporate tax matters on behalf of international clients, such as investment funds and asset managers, as well as holding companies and private equity structures. He has experience in all areas of Luxembourg income tax law, with an emphasis on corporate taxation. In addition, Amar has significant experience in real estate tax and wealth management. Amar's practice focuses mainly on corporate and international taxation (including both inbound and outbound tax planning), as well as on M&A and real estate transactions. He has experience in all areas of Luxembourg income tax law, with an emphasis on corporate taxation. Amar also regularly advises on structured capital market transactions as well as fund, carried interest and management incentive plans structuring. He is also very active within the private wealth sector, notably advising numerous family offices, HNWI and private bankers in the tax structuring of investments and estates, as well as in succession planning.

Amnart Pitakgorn

Amrit MacIntyre

Ana Maria Arrarte

Ana Maria Arrarte leads the dispute resolution and arbitration practice in the Firm's Lima office. She is knowledgeable in law of civil procedure, arbitration, negotiation and conciliation. She has represented during the last 10 years procedures such as civil judicial, related with important public works and energy in the country. Her broadened experience concerning disputes resolutions and prevention of conflicts, in general, is strengthened by her studies in Negotiation at Harvard University.

Ana Sofía Reyna

Ana Sofia has extensive experience in the design and structuring of the processes of private investment, public private partnerships, private initiatives, concessions, and privatizations. She has participated as legal advisor in the procedures of the promotion of transport infrastructure of great scope, as well as the privatization of assets using diverse modalities.

Anahita Thoms heads Baker McKenzie's International Trade Practice in Germany and is a member of our EMEA Steering Committee for Investigations, Compliance & Ethics. Anahita is Global Lead Sustainability Partner for our Industrials, Manufacturing and Transportation Industry Group. She serves as an Advisory Board Member in profit and non-profit organizations, such as Atlantik-Brücke, and is an elected National Committee Member at UNICEF Germany. She has served for three consecutive terms as the ABA Co-chair of the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee and as the ABA Vice-Chair of the International Human Rights Committee. Anahita has also been an Advisory Board Member (Beirätin) of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Council of the German Government. Anahita has won various accolades for her work, including 100 Most Influential Women in German Business (manager magazin), Top Lawyer (Wirtschaftswoche), Winner of the Strive Awards in the category Sustainability, Pioneer in the area of sustainability (Juve), International Trade Lawyer of the Year (Germany) 2020 ILO Client Choice Awards, Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Capital 40 under 40, International Trade Lawyer of the Year (New York) 2016 ILO Client Choice Awards. In 2023, Handelsblatt recognized her as one of Germany’s Dealmaker and “most sought after advisors of the country” in the field of sustainability. Anahita focuses her practice on global investigations and white-collar crime proceedings before German authorities and courts. She has significant experience advising on internal compliance programs, accompanying internal and external investigations and self-disclosures, inter alia in cases of breaches of sanctions, export control, human rights, data protection and foreign investment review, closely collaborating with the competent authorities.

Anders Fast is a member of the Firm's Global Executive Committee and EMEA Regional Council. He is a former Steering Committee member of Baker McKenzie's Global Private Equity Group and of the EMEA region and was Managing Partner at the Firm's office in Sweden for over six years, ending in 2023. Anders is highly regarded for his practice focusing on complex M&A transactions, including private equity, as well as general commercial advice. His wide client base includes prominent companies in the transportation, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, IT and telecommunications industries. He has also frequently served investment banks in connection with mergers & acquisitions.

András Gaál

András Horváth

András has more than ten years of experience advising and representing clients in antitrust and competition law matters. He represents FMCG, banking and travel agency clients in cartel cases, pharmaceutical clients in abuse of dominance cases and technology companies and OTAs in unfair commercial practices and cases. András regularly advises automotive clients in connection with vertical competition law issues. He has experience in advising FMCG clients on significant market power issues. András also represents energy and automotive companies in merger control cases. He frequently advises banking and pharmaceutical clients on compliance matters, preparing competition law compliance manuals and dawn raid manuals, also holding respective trainings for employees. Before joining the Competition practice group of the Budapest office, András was an attorney at the Budapest office of another international law firm, and a trainee attorney before that. Before that András worked as a trainee at DG Competition of the European Commission in Brussels, at the Hungarian Competition Authority, as well as the Hamburg office of German law firm.

Andrea Jiménez

Senior Associate

Andrea Weinraub

Andrea is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer with over ten years of experience. She actively represents the Peruvian State as well as private and public entities in international and domestic arbitrations in highly regulated sectors, especially energy, concessions and construction, with seats in Europe, USA and Latin America, under the most important arbitration rules (ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, CIAC, among others). Andrea completed her master's degree in international arbitration at the University of Miami, having been awarded the White & Case/Carolyn B. Lamm Full Tuition Scholarship and the Baker McKenzie Graduate Legal Study Scholarship. She is committed to the improvement of arbitration, founding a nonprofit organization to promote best practices in the area, coaching young law students who participate in international arbitration competitions (Moots), actively participating as a speaker in events and panels, and publishing books and articles on the subject.

Andrea Haiden is Senior Associate in Vienna and has over eight years of legal experience in Employment Law. She has a strong focus on multinational clients of all industrial levels and advises them on all aspects of employment law in domestic and international context alike. Her fields of expertise concern employment and pension related work in transactional projects, including post-integration work, restructurings, negotiations with employee representative bodies, employment related compliance and litigation matters, cross-border employment and immigration, as well as compensation matters. Andrea Haiden is currently doing her dissertation on transactional aspects of pension schemes at the University of Vienna. Andrea advises national as well as international clients on all questions of labour law as well as social security law.

Andrea Cicala is the head of the Antitrust, Competition & Trade Practice as well as of the International Commercial Practice of Baker McKenzie Italy. Andrea regularly assists clients on competition matters including the assessment of the legitimacy of agreements and commercial practices as well as the detection of anti-competitive conduct (cartels, abuse of dominant position, restraints and evaluation of related risks). He also assists clients in investigations started by competition authorities, in related appeals before Italian administrative courts, and in litigation before the ordinary courts, including in relation to claims for antitrust damages. He also leads competition law compliance training programs and seminars. Andrea has also a relevant experience in assisting clients in pre-merger filings before the Italian Antitrust Authority in connection with acquisitions (both shares and asset transactions) as well as joint ventures, disinvestments, mergers. In addition to the practice relating to the area of competition law, Andrea regularly advises on commercial and company law, in particular commercial contracts focused on the fashion/retail and luxury sector.

Andrea Diéguez-Orozco

Andrea has over fifteen years of experience in international commercial & trade matters. She started her practice working in international business and supply chain management departments of multinational companies in the dietary, electric and energy solutions sectors. She teaches customs & foreign trade law at Universidad Iberoamericana, and has acted as counsel of the International Business Law Master's Degree Program.

Andreas Traugott

Andreas Traugott heads the Firm’s Competition Practice Group in the Vienna office. He practices on EU and Austrian competition law, state aid and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he served as a partner at DLA, Piper Weiss-Tessbach. Andreas has significant experience advising domestic and international clients on all aspects of competition law. He focuses on merger control, licensing and distribution, IP law, restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, cartel investigations and state aid. Andreas regularly represents clients before the Austrian and European competition authorities.

Dr. Andreas Schulz, a counsel, has several years of experience in the areas of public procurement and administrative law, particularly in the healthcare, defense and utilities sectors. He wrote a number of publications related to his field and regularly delivers presentations on current aspects of public procurement law. Andreas is a member of Forum Vergabe e.V. and the Humboldt Forum Wirtschaft. Andreas focuses his practice on national, European and international public procurement law, as well as public and European law aspects of privatizations. He advises and represents local and international companies and public authorities in tender and review procedures, particularly in pharmaceuticals and medical devices, public infrastructure and transportation systems, and military procurement. In addition, he assists bidders and state institutions in public-private partnerships and tender procedures outside the scope of public procurement law, including the sale of public assets.

Andrés Valdés

Andrew Lockhart

Andrew Hedges is a climate change and clean energy lawyer based in London. He works on a range of transactions driven by the ongoing transition to a low carbon economy. His expertise spans the development of renewable energy projects, energy efficiency, sustainable energy procurement (including long term corporate PPAs) and carbon finance. Andrew also provides regulatory advice impacting on the design of a range of energy transactions.

Andrew Shaw is a partner in the Firm's Employment & Compensation Law Group. Prior to attending law school, Andrew held labour relations/human resources positions at both private and public sector companies. In these roles, he managed workplace disputes and grievances to an appropriate resolution, assisted internal clients with the interpretation of employment-related legislation, and provided counsel to senior management as required. Andrew assists clients with all aspects of the employment relationship, both unionized and non-unionized, in the province of Ontario and throughout Canada. He advises and represents employers in matters regarding employment standards, wrongful dismissals, human rights, labour relations/arbitration, union organizing, collective bargaining, occupational health and safety, pay equity, and workplace investigations.

L Andrew S. Riccio is a partner in the New York office and co-chair of Baker McKenzie's North American International Arbitration Group. Andrew represents clients in international and domestic disputes in federal and state courts throughout the U.S., as well as arbitrations before institutional (ICC, ICDR, LCIA, JAMS, AAA, ICSID, HKIAC) and ad hoc tribunals. Andrew also has experience litigating contested matters arising in the restructuring and insolvency context in bankruptcy courts. Andrew serves on the New York-Miami Pro Bono Committee, organizing pro bono representation for the two offices and actively represents individuals and organizations on a pro bono basis in an array of areas.

Andrew Morreale

Andrew Morreale is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Toronto. Prior to joining the Firm, Andrew clerked for the judges of the Tax Court of Canada, was a corporate tax instructor at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law and practiced in the international tax services group at a major accounting firm.

Andrii Moskalyk

Andrii Moskalyk is a partner at the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie with the M&A and corporate practice group, primarily focusing on oil & gas, energy, mining and infrastructure projects (EMI), including public-private partnerships (PPPs) and other cooperation agreements between investors and the government, complex M&A and carve-out transactions in the EMI area. Andrii has more than 10 years of experience advising foreign and domestic clients on structuring, negotiating and implementing complex EMI deals in both Ukraine and abroad. Andrii joined Baker McKenzie in 2016 from Clifford Chance, where he had worked in the corporate department since 2009, both in the Kyiv and London offices. Andrii has vast experience working on complex multi-jurisdictional transactions, in particular, those involving European countries and North Africa, in such industry sectors as oil & gas, electricity generation and transmission and infrastructure. Andrii has worked extensively on structuring and institutionalizing new corporate governance models for national energy strategic companies, privatizations in the energy sector, energy M&A and PPP deals.

Andy is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. He advises clients on international, commercial and investment treaty arbitration as well as in complex, often multijurisdictional litigation, mediations and expert determinations. He also advises clients on issues pertaining to private and public international law. The majority of Andy's work is cross-border and for clients in the energy, financial services, aviation, diversified industrials, and telecommunications sectors. Andy has advised on many disputes in Eastern and Western Europe, the CIS, the Middle East and Asia. He has acted as advisor and advocate in many international arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC, CAS, ICSID and LMAA arbitration rules, and in ad hoc arbitrations. Andy also sits as arbitrator and serves as vice chair of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)'s Committee on Energy, Oil and Gas. Andy has written numerous articles on arbitration, private international law and public international law in a number of leading journals and texts. He is also the co-author of the book "International Arbitration: A Practical Guide" (January 2013). He speaks and teaches regularly on international arbitration, including at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London and also at SOAS University of London, and has led training days on international arbitration in Mumbai, Mexico City and Istanbul.

Ángela Cámara

Angela is a senior associate and has a solid background in civil law, civil procedures and arbitration.

Angélica Navarro

Angélique Poret-Kahn

Angélique Poret-Kahn is a Global Equity Services associate in the Firm's Chicago office. Before transferring to the Chicago office, Mrs. Poret-Kahn practiced in the New York office and was a member of the Banking, Finance & Major Projects Practice Group and advised US- and European-based issuers, private equity firms, hedge funds, broker-dealers and asset managers on purchases and sales of securities, regulatory issues and disclosure obligations under the various EU Directives and Regulations. She also advised foreign and US banks and investment advisers on product offerings and equity investments in the US. Mrs. Poret-Kahn has significant knowledge in the global custody areas as she has advised major banks acting as global custodians in implementing and developing regulatory compliance programs. Angélique is recognized by Legal 500 USA as being “active across employee reward grants and stock option grants for international employees.”

Angelo Tzarevski

Angelo Tzarevski is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Johannesburg.

Anika Schürmann

Dr. Anika Schürmann is a Partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dusseldorf office and a bar-certified professional in criminal law (Fachanwältin für Strafrecht). Anika has extensive experience in advising clients in antitrust and white collar crime matters, with a particular focus on complex investigations and regulatory and judicial proceedings. Anika co-heads Baker McKenzie's German Investigations, Compliance & Ethics Group as well as the German Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Group. She is also chairing the North Rhine-Westphalia chapter of the prestigious German Association of Antitrust Lawyers. Her expertise has repeatedly been recognized by The Legal 500 ("Next Generation Partner"), Juve ("frequently recommended") and the renowned German business magazines Handelsblatt (Best-Lawyers-Ranking) and Wirtschaftswoche. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2013, Anika was a member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s antitrust team in Brussels (2007-2011), and practiced at Wessing & Partner, a leading German law firm for high-profile white collar crime matters (2012-2013). Anika advises on all aspects of antitrust and white collar crime matters, including anti-competitive agreements, bid rigging, corruption, fraud, tax evasion and export control violations. She has long-standing experience in handling complex internal investigations as well as proceedings before German and European authorities and courts – in self-disclosure / leniency cases as well as on the defense side. Anika is also an expert in designing and implementing global compliance programs and in advising clients on the admissibility of business models and contractual relationships with business partners.

Anita Lukaschek

Dr. Anita Lukaschek, a Counsel, joined Baker McKenzie in 2015. She previously worked for the Austrian Federal Competition Authority, handling major cartel cases and being responsible for the leniency program. Anita has been on secondment to the European Commission (DG Competition) and the Federal Ministry of Economy (Trade Law Division). She regularly writes articles and book contributions, particularly on competition matters. Anita has been lecturing on EU competition law at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna (where Anita started her professional career as a university assistant) and the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz. Anita advises on all aspects of Austrian and EU competition law. She focuses her practice on compliance issues, competition litigation, restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, cartel investigation and leniency filings.

Anjuli is a senior associate in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Anjuli has over ten years' experience representing clients in high-value, complex commercial disputes in international arbitration and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on energy and infrastructure disputes and/or disputes with a geopolitical or sanctions risk element. She frequently advises on issues of contractual interpretation, risk mitigation and settlement strategy. Anjuli has acted on arbitrations under a variety of institutional rules including ICC, LCIA, AFSA, HKIAC and ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Anjuli is recognised by the Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA) as one of Africa's 50 Most Promising Young Arbitration Practitioners. She is also recognised by Legal 500 as a "litigation star in the making" and a "key lawyer" for international arbitration, and by Best Lawyers as "One to Watch in the United Kingdom for International Arbitration".

Special Counsel

Executive Partner

Employment & Compensation

Anna Marina De Vivo

Anna Marina De Vivo is a partner in the Corporate M&A department of Baker McKenzie Milan office. She mainly practices in the area of M&A and Corporate law. Anna Marina has developed strong experiences in national and multijurisdictional transactions, including acquisition of companies (for industrial clients or private equity) and reorganizations of multinational groups, including mergers, de-mergers and transfer of businesses. In connection with said transactions, Anna Marina activities focus on the drafting and negotiation of the transaction agreements and the coordination of the teams involved in the due diligence. She graduated in Law cum laude from Federico II University of Naples in 2006. She attended the Master in Company Law at the Business School of Il Sole 24 Ore (2007) and attended as speakers at the same Master. Admitted to the Bar in 2009.

Annabel Mackay has extensive experience of advising employers and employees on a range of complex employment issues. She has been ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners since 2015. Chambers & Partners 2024 report that Annabel "draws praise for her work on behalf of financial sector clients and large corporates." An employer client notes that "she navigates her way through complex legislation and case law to give us new perspectives and initiatives." Annabel advises clients on the full range of employment issues, with a focus on compliance-related work in regulated sectors and complex global projects (M&A, outsourcing and carve-outs). She spent 18 months on secondment to the legal teams of two leading investment banks where she advised on a range of cross-border employment matters. Annabel has also provided on-site support to clients in relation to significant integration and harmonisation projects.

Anne-Marie Allgrove

Annick Van Hoorebeke

Annick Van Hoorebeke is a counsel in the Tax Practice Group in the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 1990. Annick advises on employee compensation and benefits (including equity-based compensation), with a focus on the tax, social security and labour aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits for resident and non-resident (expatriate) individuals. Annick also advises on the structuring of cross-border transfers of employees and directors.

Annie Elfassi is the Partner in charge of the Litigation and Employment departments of Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office. She has over 19 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, Annie Elfassi was a member of the Litigation and Risk Management practice and headed the Employment department of a leading law firm in Luxembourg. Annie is a renowned expert in Dispute resolution and Employment matters. She advises and assists clients on dispute resolution, employment law, contract Law, corporate Law, and intellectual property rights. She manages all aspects of shareholder disputes, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and/or fraud. Annie has a strong experience in employment disputes, commercial litigation, insolvency procedure, debt collection. She has also been involved in transactional and arbitration work. She is experienced in employment law issues in an international context, particularly in the complex areas of cross-border employment, pension benefits, social security and corporate restructuring effects on employment.

Anthony Poulton

Anthony is a partner with Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team and chair of the market-leading Trusts Disputes group in London. Anthony specialises in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession, trusts and private banking. In such disputes, he acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is very familiar with all the major offshore jurisdictions. Anthony is a founding member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association and a member of ACTAPS. He was elected to the ACTAPS Committee in 2018. Anthony has extensive experience advising clients in relation to managing risks associated with exposure to wealth-related controversy, including dealing with corporate governance and family governance and resolving "private" family disputes. More generally, Anthony also has considerable expertise in handling general commercial litigation, including cases affected by fraud, asset tracing and financial recovery as well as situations involving applications for freezing or proprietary injunctions. He also assists trustees in handling disputes, managing formal litigation, carrying out risk audits and mitigating exposure to risks.

Antonio Morales

Antonio heads the Public Law, Infrastructure and Energy department at Baker McKenzie in Madrid since March 2019. Antonio is a State Attorney, on leave of absence, a recognised market leader in energy and natural resources and he has deep industry knowledge, creating trusted counsel relationships with global EMI players, having advised clients in the sector over the last 15 years. He is not only an expert in energy and infrastructure matters, but also one of the most recognised lawyers in the field of arbitration. During his time in the Spanish Administration, he served, among other senior positions, as the Secretary General of the Nuclear Safety Council. Antonio has extensive experience in legal advice and management of complex arbitrations in international, national and regional courts, where he has advised and represented important national and international companies, especially in the areas of energy, banking, aerospace, mining and infrastructures.

Antonio A. Weffer is a tax principal in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group and the head of the Firm's transfer pricing practice in Luxembourg. He has over 20 years of experience handling complex financial and non-financial multinational enterprises, cross-border transactions, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions across a range of industry sectors. Antonio is an active member of several international professional tax organizations, and regularly publishes articles on international tax issues and speaks at worldwide seminars and conferences. He is recognized as a highly regarded practitioner in the World Transfer Pricing 2023 guide and named once again as Leading Individual by Legal 500 EMEA in 2023. Other professional honours of this year include: Antonio's practice focuses on transfer pricing and valuation documentation, benchmarks, and other economic analysis services to the business community worldwide. He has over 22 years of experience handling complex financial and non-financial multinational enterprises, cross-border transactions, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions across a range of industry sectors.

Antonio Ortuzar Jr.

Antonio Ortuzar Jr. is head of the Mining Practice Group for the Santiago-Chile office and Joint Coordinator of the Latin America Energy, Mining, Chemicals and Infrastructure Group, for which he contributes his significant experience in the infrastructure sector. He has been consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners as a Tier 1 attorney for Energy and Natural Resources.

Antonio Ortúzar

Antonio Ortuzar Jr. is head of the Mining Practice Group for the Santiago-Chile office and Joint Coordinator of the Latin America Energy, Mining, Chemicals and Infrastructure Group.

Arlan Gates practices commercial and regulatory law as a member of Baker McKenzie's Global International Commercial & Trade and Antitrust & Competition groups. He leads the Canadian Antitrust, Competition and Foreign Investment Practice, which has been ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers Canada. He is also ranked by Chambers Canada and by Best Lawyers in the area of advertising, marketing and data protection law and leads the Canadian Advertising, Marketing and Regulatory Practice, providing support to domestic and international businesses on regulatory aspects of market entry and ongoing commercial operations in Canada and abroad. Arlan joined Baker McKenzie as a summer associate in 1999 and has also worked in the Firm's Sydney office.

Armando De Lille-Calatayud

Trade & Commerce

Arron leads our London Pensions practice, having specialised in complex pensions work and major projects for global corporate clients and UK trustees for over 20 years. Arron advises on a broad range of pensions work including pension buyouts and liability management, regulatory clearance work, scheme mergers, benefit and corporate restructurings with particular focus on managing statutory debts, investment issues including climate change, risk hedging arrangements including longevity, and pensions litigation.

Dr. Artúr Tamási has 18 years of experience in the field of dispute resolution and general commercial law gained at other prestigious international law firms. Artúr has focused his practice on dispute resolution and has experience in all major areas of dispute resolution, including Hungarian domestic litigations, co-ordination of foreign court litigations and enforcement procedures, Hungarian domestic and international arbitration procedures, enforcement procedures, Hungarian domestic insolvency procedures and administrative and public law proceedings. He also has experience in corporate investigations and victim representation in white collar criminal proceedings. Artúr has extensive experience in commercial law, and drafted and negotiated a vast array of contracts ranging from sale and purchase, distribution, contract manufacturing, contract of work to logistics or marketing co-operation agreements.

Artur M. Swierczok

Prof. Dr. Artur M. Swierczok joined Baker McKenzie as Counsel in 2021 and works in the area of Restructuring and Insolvency. Prior to that, he worked for two international law firms in Frankfurt. Artur studied law at the University of Tuebingen, where he also earned his doctor's degree in law. He further received an LL.M. in Corporate Law from University College London (UCL) and a MSt. in Legal Research from the University of Oxford. Artur was admitted to the German bar in 2015. Artur is a Professor for Law at the University of Applied Science IU Internationale Hochschule and has authored numerous publications on restructuring and insolvency law. Artur's practice focuses on international restructuring and insolvency law. He advises German and international corporations, shareholders, creditors and other stakeholders on all aspects of international restructuring and insolvency law. He also advises on distressed M&A transactions.

Arturo Carrillo

Arturo represents private and state-owned foreign companies, investment banks, bank groups and sovereign states in cross-border capital markets and liability management transactions, structured financings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on Latin America matters. Arturo also has significant experience with European corporate and capital markets transactions.

Ashley Crossley

Ashley Crossley is head of the Wealth Management Department in the London office. He has been chair of the Firm’s Europe and Middle East Wealth Management Practice Group as well as serving as a member of Baker McKenzie’s Global Wealth Management Steering Committee and coordinating partner for the Firm’s global banking relationships. He also heads the Firm's Middle East practice. Ashley frequently speaks at external conferences and seminars, and is the editor of STEP's Russia/CIS directory. Ashley is qualified as a barrister and solicitor. Ashley specialises advising clients — particularly those from the Middle East — on cross-border trust and tax-related issues. He also advises governments and global financial institutions on compliance and regulatory issues, including disclosure and exchange of information. Ashley advises high net worth individuals, families and global financial institutions on cross-border tax and trust structuring, asset protection, multijurisdictional investment structures, as well as contentious and non-contentious trust work. He has extensive experience in establishing private trust companies and tax-efficient venture capital, as well as pre-IPO tax structures and other private equity structures.

Ashley Eickhof is a partner in the Firm's North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. She has a proven track record of successfully representing multinational corporations and their executives in high-stakes criminal and civil investigations by federal and state agencies, including the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. In 2024, Ashley was honored as a "Rising Star" by Legal 500 in both antitrust cartel and antitrust civil litigations/class action defense. Drawing upon her background as a federal prosecutor for the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, Ashley brings invaluable insight to her clients, ensuring effective representation in the most complex legal matters. Ashley serves as Co-Chair of BakerWomen DC and is on the Steering Committee for the Firm’s Cartel Task Force.

Ashlin Perumall

Ashlin Perumall is a partner in Baker McKenzie's corporate M&A and IPTech practice groups in Johannesburg. Ashlin is experienced in technology-focused matters, including M&A and venture capital transactions, and the commercial aspects of intellectual property (IP), including licensing, commercialisation, technology/IP transfer and development. Ashlin is routinely called to advise on matters involving corporate structuring and transactions in the technology, media and telecommunications sector. He is also experienced in the commercial, consumer protection and regulatory issues encountered by IP clients and service providers as well as venture and start-up companies. His practice extends to advising on emerging technology business models and establishing legal, compliance or diligence assessment frameworks for novel targets in various industries, where a high degree of technical prowess is required. These include acting as key advisor to clients entering the fintech (including paytech, open banking, digital banking and financial APIs), blockchain and distributed ledger tech, AI/Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) in the auditing industry and digital asset sector. He has over a decade’s experience is assessing emerging technology and novel IP acquisition targets. Ashlin has also worked in the Firm's London office and served as a Fellow to the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in San Francisco as part of Baker McKenzie's partnership with the forum to address global, regional and industry policy issues in respect of 4IR technologies, conducting regulatory and policy research, and paper writing as part of the Digital Currency Governance Consortium (DCGC).

Provides advisory services to national and foreign companies. Advises on contentious processes before the National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT) and the Tax Court. Additionally, assists in consulting and procedures related to free trade agreements (FTA), regional and plurilateral agreements (Andean Community, Pacific Alliance, World Trade Organization, among others). Their practice includes representing companies in non-tariff trade barrier procedures, safeguards, and dumping before the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI).

Azamat Kuatbekov

Azamat Kuatbekov is a managing partner in Baker McKenzie's Almaty office. He has been recommended by legal directories such as Chambers Global and Legal 500 for his litigation and transaction work. Mr. Kuatbekov has solid experience in the natural resources sector, advising clients on dispute resolution, acquisitions and financing. Before joining the Firm, he had worked with the legal department of the national oil company Kazakoil. He has authored numerous articles on oil and gas, corporate law, bankruptcy and litigation in Kazakhstan and has acted for many of the country's major power companies. Mr. Kuatbekov mainly advises large multinational clients in the natural resources sector. He has represented several Kazakhstani subsidiaries of a major US power company in civil and administrative proceedings against Kazakhstani antimonopoly authorities. He has also acted for investors in connection with bankruptcy acquisitions.

Barbara Klementz

Barbara Klementz is the chair of Baker McKenzie’s North American Compensation Practice. She has practiced in the area of global equity and executive compensation for over 20 years. Barbara has authored several articles on global equity issues for the BNA Executive Compensation Journal, Journal of Corporate Taxation and San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal, among others, and she is a contributor to a blog on global equity related topics called the Compensation Connection. She is also a frequent speaker on a variety of global equity topics. Barbara is a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer for 2024 and recognized as a ranked practitioner by Legal 500 for Employee Benefits: Transactional and by Chambers USA. Client feedback in Chambers states that "Barbara is absolutely phenomenal" and "Barbara is incredibly impressive in terms of expertise and the ability to be pragmatic and practical. She knows the laws and rules in a staggering number of countries." Barbara is admitted to private practice in California and Düsseldorf, Germany.

Barbara Faini is a tax litigator and a member of Baker McKenzie’s Tax Dispute Resolution Group. She has extensive experience in the major areas of tax law, including cross-border and domestic transactions, application of tax treaties and partnerships’ tax issues, VAT and customs duties issues. She has particular experience in private banking and employees benefits. She was admitted to the Supreme Court in 2012. Barbara Faini’s practice focuses on tax controversies. She has been involved in major domestic, EU and international tax litigation proceedings. She regularly assists clients during fiscal audits and in complex alternative tax disputes resolution procedures through settlements, arbitration and mutual assistance procedures.

Bartosz Ordon's practice covers banking law regulations and capital markets. He advises on debt instrument offerings, as well as M&A transactions and other commercial and civil law issues. He also has experience in commercial disputes and assists clients in all stages of the dispute resolution process.

Senior Consultant

Ben Turner is Of Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Los Angeles office and is a member of the Firm's North American Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. Ben is a trial and appellate litigator handling an array of complex disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants, including class actions, regulatory investigations, insurance, and securities litigation. He also frequently works with trial teams to write dispositive motions, develop trial strategies, and handle post-trial proceedings.

Ben Wilkinson is a Principal of Baker McKenzie based in the Firm's Stockholm office as part of the global Banking and Finance Practice, working on English law deals in the London and Scandinavian markets as well as other cross-border matters. Ben regularly advises lenders, borrowers and financial advisors in connection with the debt financing of acquisitions of public companies. Ben also acts for a variety of lender syndicates, steering committees, sponsors and companies in relation to various restructuring matters. Ben has spent extended periods on secondment at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs in their leveraged finance teams, as well as a secondment to the legal team at Goldman Sachs and a period at an international law firm's New York office. Ben is recognised as a key individual for acquisition finance and bank lending in Legal 500 UK, 2021.

Ben is a partner in Baker McKenzie's IP, Data and Technology team based in London. He is a much sought-after industry specialist, with a particular emphasis on digital media and intermediary platforms. Ben is also Baker McKenzie's Chief Innovation Officer, in charge of the Firm's Reinvent innovation arm. Ben's practice includes product counselling for market-leading technology companies, advising on cutting edge technology regulation issues, content and digital commerce, and acting in major digital and consumer disputes and regulatory investigations. Ben has a particular focus on advising providers of platform business models on topics including copyright, intermediary liability, artificial intelligence, content issues, data protection and emerging technology regulation.

Ben Farnell is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Real Estate Practice Group in London. He focuses his practice on commercial property law, planning and development, and real estate sustainability. Ben advises tenants on occupational and real estate management requirements, and property development companies, investors, banks and corporate occupiers on real estate, planning and development requirements. He has advised individuals, domestic and multinational corporates, and foreign governments on all aspects of commercial property law, including a broad range of real estate development and investment opportunities, real estate financing transactions, renewable energy developments and leasing. Ben also advises hotel owners, port operators and offshore investors in relation to their planning and development requirements as well as sustainability issues.

Ben Levitt is a senior associate in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution Department based in London. Ben has substantial experience in multijurisdictional insolvency and commercial litigation, particularly those involving fraud and white-collar crime, and complex banking and finance disputes. Ben was a Judicial Assistant for The Honourable Mr Justice Snowden (as he then was) in the Chancery Division in 2015, and seconded to Standard Chartered Bank's distressed debt department in 2018-2019. Ben advises multinational companies on multijurisdictional insolvency and commercial litigation, principally across the banking, technology, energy, and construction sectors. Ben has experience of all forms of alternative dispute resolution and frequently advises on issues of contractual interpretation, risk mitigation and settlement strategy.

Ben Smith is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s London office and a member of the Firm's Compliance & Investigations Group and International Trade Practice, ranked Tier 1 by the Legal 500 UK. Ben joined the London office of Baker McKenzie in September 2007. He has also worked in Baker McKenzie's San Francisco and Brussels offices, and was on secondment to the legal and compliance teams at three FTSE 100 UK plcs. The Legal 500 UK ranked Ben as a “Next Generation Partner,” noting “Ben Smith is a pleasure to work with. Professional, knowledgeable and always ready to assist with practical solutions.” Ben advises clients on EU and UK sanctions, export controls, anti-bribery and corruption, competition and broader corporate compliance laws. Ben has significant experience in advising clients in a number of sectors, including energy and energy services, technology and telecommunications, consumer goods and retail, financial services, healthcare, defence, and transport. Ben assists in managing risk assessments and the design and implementation of compliance programmes; conducting due diligence and managing compliance risks in the context of M&A transactions; handling external and internal compliance investigations; and engaging with government authorities on disclosures, licence applications and export classification.

Benedek Kovács

Dr. Benedek Kovács is a partner in the Commercial Corporate, Real Estate & Tax Practice Group of the Firm’s Budapest office. Dr. Kovács also advises on corporate, commercial and real estate issues and has previous experience in advising financial institutions and brokerage houses on issues related to his field. Dr. Kovács' practice focuses on real estate acquisitions —including the negotiation, preparation and review of real estate sale and purchase — as well as lease agreements. He advises Hungarian and multinational clients active in the retail and real estate sector on their general corporate and commercial matters and real estate projects in Hungary. Dr. Kovács also has extensive experience in court proceedings and litigation matters, and regularly represents clients in real estate litigation matters.

Benja Supannakul

Benjamin Bierwirth

Benjamin is a New York qualified partner in the Firm’s Corporate Finance group in London, focusing on leveraged finance transactions and high yield bonds. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, he worked in a leading US law firm in London. With a focus on high yield bonds, Ben has experience advising clients on a wide range of leveraged finance transactions, including high yield debt offerings, related debt and equity products, syndicated credit facilities, US securities law matters, restructuring and liability management. His clients comprise sponsors, top-tier investment banks and some of the largest international companies in their industries. Ben has also worked on secondment at a leading global investment bank its leveraged finance legal team. Benjamin's practice focuses on leveraged finance transactions with a particular emphasis on high yield debt offerings. Ben regularly acts for corporations, private equity funds, investment banks and underwriters on leveraged finance transactions involving high yield debt offerings and committed financing processes. Ben also regularly works on the syndicated loan and liability management transactions, including restructuring, debt exchange and tender offers. He is a US Securities laws practitioner focusing on complex cross-border Rule 144A and Regulation S debt offerings and restructurings.

Benjamin Pirlet

Dr. Benjamin Pirlet is a counsel in the Real Estate and Construction Practice Group in the Brussels office. Benjamin primarily advises Belgian and foreign clients on real estate and related tax matters. He has experience in all aspects of real estate matters, including corporate, tax and public law, and primarily focuses on real estate transactions and development projects, as well as tax structuring. His experience encompasses all types of real estate structures, including share deals, asset deals, split sales, in rem rights, building rights, financial leasing and sale-and-lease-back transactions, integrating both transactional and tax aspects. He is a regular speaker at real estate conferences, and he teaches and publishes regularly in the fields of real estate and tax law. He has completed a PhD at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on the transfer of real estate contracts.

Ben Ho advises clients on domestic and cross-border employment matters arising throughout the employment relationship. Mr. Ho also frequently counsels clients on employment law matters arising from domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and global corporate reorganizations.

Benjamín Torres-Barrón

Benjamín Torres is the leader for Baker McKenzie's Energy, Mining & Infrastructure (EMI) and Projects Practice Group in Latin America and Mexico. He is recognized as "Highly Regarded Lawyer" by IFLR, and is also listed as a recommended lawyer by Who's Who Legal for oil, gas, and project finance in Mexico. He is recognized as one of the country's leading lawyers in the energy and natural resources area (Band 1) by Chambers and LEGAL 500. Benjamin has been named "Lawyer of the Year" for Energy and Natural Resources by The Legal 500 at the 2023 Mexico Awards. This award recognizes the leading legal players from private practice and in-house who have contributed to the Mexican and global market. For several years, he has been acknowledged by the magazine Petróleo & Energía as one of the top 100 leaders in Mexico's energy industry and he currently serves in its Editorial Board. Additionally, in 2021, Benjamin was awarded the recognition of "Stand Lawyer" during the Stellar Performance Stand Out Talent Survey of Acritas and Chambers Latin America. Benjamin chairs the Membership Committee of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (formerly AIPN) and serves in its Executive Committee. He also was President of the Energy Committee in AmCham Mexico during 2018 through 2021. In addition, he has lectured for the Energy and Sustainability Law Master's Degree at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and taught Energy Law classes at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez, Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco and Business Law at ITESM Campus Ciudad Juarez. He has served at the Energy Editorial Boards of Reforma and Norte newspapers.

Berfu Öztoprak

Bernardo Trueba

Bernhard Trappehl

Bernhard Trappehl, former Chair of the EMEA Employment Practice Group, manages relationships with several of the Firm’s largest clients. He served as managing partner of the Firm’s German/Austrian offices between 2007 and 2012. He frequently speaks at seminars and provides in-house trainings on a wide range of employment matters, and regularly contributes to publications, books, newspapers and law journals. Bernhard Trappehl provides strategic corporate and comprehensive employment law advice to domestic and multinational clients. His focus is on pre- and post-merger corporate restructurings, collective dismissals as well as negotiations with works councils — national and European — and unions. He also counsels on outsourcing projects, service and work contracts for and separation from senior management employees. Bernhard Trappehl also advises on pension and benefit schemes, email monitoring, data privacy and compliance investigations.

Berthold Hummel

Berthold A. Hummel is the co-head of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Germany. Berthold has more than 20 years in-depth industry knowledge in private equity from private practice and as a senior legal counsel of a leading international private equity firm. He advises on local and international M&A, private equity, growth capital, venture capital and equity capital markets transactions. Berthold has a particular experience working with biotech and life science companies and their financial sponsors. Berthold focuses on M&A, private equity, growth capital, venture capital and equity capital markets transactions in advising multinational strategic clients, institutional investors, financial sponsors, large family offices, management teams and companies backed by financial sponsors and institutional investors. He handles all types of complex corporate and commercial transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, financing rounds, takeovers and capital market matters, as well as corporate restructurings, compliance and corporate commercial matters. Berthold also advises European technology and biotech companies on their successful US-IPOs at NASDAQ and NYSE.

Betsy Stelle Morgan

Betsy Stelle Morgan is the head of the Firm's Global Immigration and Mobility Practice. Her work has been published extensively in US and international publications. She is ranked in the Hall of Fame, Legal 500, and has been listed in Chambers Global. Ms. Morgan has been a member of the Chicago Management Committee and has held positions on several global Firm committees.

Bienvenido Marquez

Blaire Cahn is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Global Restructuring & Insolvency Group based in the Firm's New York office.

Bohdan Diakovych

Bram Hoorelbeke

Bram Hoorelbeke is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's European Competition & Regulatory Affairs group in Brussels. He started his career in 2007 as a lawyer in the EU, competition and regulatory department of a highly regarded Benelux law firm. Bram joined Baker McKenzie in 2017 and is the assistant editor of Competition, the leading review on Belgian Competition law. In relation to EU competition law, Bram advises clients on a wide variety of competition law issues including merger notifications and Article 101 and 102 TFEU cases. Bram also advises on State aid cases and the application of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation. Bram also has extensive experience in government procurement procedures launched by European Union institutions. In addition, Bram deals with follow-on damage actions and competition-law-related claims before Belgian courts of law. Besides these competition-law-related matters, Bram advises clients on general EU law, such as free movement, customs, etc. With regard to Belgian competition law, Bram assists clients in the notification and follow-up of concentrations, and in complaints and procedures before the Mededingingscollege/Collège de la concurrence (Belgian Competition Council) and the Belgian courts of law. His sector experience includes fast-moving consumer goods, sports, the automotive industry, telecoms, platform economy, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor, chemicals and financial technologies.

Brendan D. Cook is a member of the Firm's Global Dispute Resolution and the North America Litigation practice groups. He is a former Chair of the North America Arbitration Group and former head of the Houston Litigation Practice Group. Brendan has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in alternative dispute resolution, and is recommended for commercial litigation by the Best Lawyers in America in addition to being an AV Preeminent Top Rated Lawyer in Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources by Martindale-Hubbell. Brendan is also recognized by Chambers USA, which states he "is recognized for his work on energy matters and that clients praise him as a hard headed litigator; he knows what he wants and he'll never stop until he gets it." He has extensive experience handling international arbitration and litigation cases for oil and gas companies, real estate developers, insurers, industrial utilities, as well as companies involved in the construction, manufacturing, and the energy area. He has tried cases in numerous Texas courts and has arbitrated before the LCIA, ICC, SCC, ICDR, AAA and many other well recognized arbitral institutions.

Registered Foreign Lawyer

Brian Hengesbaugh

Brian Hengesbaugh is chair of Baker McKenzie's Global Data Privacy and Security Business Unit, chair of the North America IPTech Practice Group, and a member of the Firm's Global IP Tech Steering Committee. Formerly special counsel to the general counsel of the US Department of Commerce, Brian played a key role in the development and implementation of the US Government’s domestic and international policy in the area of privacy and electronic commerce. In particular, he served on the core team that negotiated the US-EU Safe Harbor Privacy Arrangement (Safe Harbor), and earned a Medal Award from the US Department of Commerce for this service. In addition, Brian participated on behalf of the United States in the development of a draft Council of Europe Treaty on Cyber Crime, and in the negotiation of a draft Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition of Foreign Judgments. Brian has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, CNET, Slate Magazine, Compliance Weekly, BNA Bloomberg, PCWorld and other news publications on global privacy and security issues.

Brian Whisler is a senior leader in the Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice, and has previously served as Chair of the DC Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. He is a member of the Global Compliance and Investigations, Dispute Resolution and Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Groups. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Brian served for fifteen years as a federal prosecutor with the US Department of Justice. During that time, he was the Criminal Chief Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond, overseeing and prosecuting cases ranging from white collar crime, violent crime, public corruption, and terrorism. His trial practice focused predominantly on white collar cases, including health care fraud, securities fraud, public corruption, money laundering and tax fraud. He previously served as an Assistant US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for ten years, where he focused on white collar prosecutions and received the Attorney General’s Award for his prosecutions in a money laundering investigation resulting in convictions of more than 25 defendants after three jury trials and multiple guilty pleas. He also served as Chief of Appeals and Health Care Fraud Coordinator for the same jurisdiction. Brian has also served as adjunct professor at the University of Richmond, TC Williams School of Law and an instructor at the National Advocacy Center for the US Justice Department in Columbia, South Carolina.

Brian Burke is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Washington, DC office. He draws on over 20 years of experience to counsel clients on all federal antitrust issues. He assists clients in successfully navigating the merger clearance process before the US as well as international antitrust authorities. Brian also has extensive experience advising clients on civil and criminal governmental antitrust investigations, commercial antitrust litigation, antitrust compliance programs, risk assessments, and pricing and distribution policies. Brian holds multiple leadership positions in the Firm. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Firm's North American Antitrust Practice Group, as well of the Global Antitrust and Competition Taskforces for Healthcare, Energy Mining and Infrastructure, and Consumer Goods Industries. He also serves as the co-head of the Firm's Merger-Control Task Force.

Bruno Domínguez

Bruno Dominguez is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office and head of the Tax practice in Barcelona. He is also a member and has chaired our Wealth Management Practice Steering Committee in the EMEA region. Bruno has been coordinator of the Master of Laws in Taxation at the University of Barcelona, and associate professor at ESADE Business School. He has written several articles and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars on business restructuring, transfer pricing, wealth management and taxation of family businesses. Bruno has extensive experience in tax planning and consultancy. He represents clients faced with tax inspections and court procedures in Spain, and advises family-owned businesses and multinationals with regard to business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing, and cross-border transactions. He has extensive experience in tax planning for high net worth individuals and families, including the structure and ownership of assets, wealth transfer, succession and gift planning, expatriation issues, voluntary disclosure procedures and general estate planning matters, as well as restructuring companies with family capital.

Caitlin McErlane

Caitlin is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Financial Services Regulatory practice group in the London office. Caitlin's practice focuses on advising a range of global financial institutions on complex and high value regulatory matters. She advises banks, major corporates, payment institutions and asset managers on navigating UK and EU financial services regulation. She has particular experience in advising clients on regulatory implementation projects, day-to-day compliance issues, and regulatory issues arising in the context of large-scale transactions. She also expertise in the areas of banking and wholesale financial markets regulation, in particular in the FX and fixed income space, alongside experience advising market infrastructure providers, including major international exchanges, trading platforms, clearing systems and payment services providers, on a variety of compliance issues. Caitlin is also a member of the Baker McKenzie's ESG and sustainability taskforce, and advises a range of clients on the drafting and implementation of ESG policies and the implications of becoming a signatory to the UNPRI and the Stewardship Code. Caitlin is an authority on regulatory reforms in the sustainability space and sits on a number of trade association working groups.

Can Sozer focuses his practice on domestic and international trade and commerce. He advises companies on Turkish laws applicable to the launch and operation of companies’ activities, goods and services in Turkey, both physical and online. He also advises companies on intellectual property and information technologies and communications. His industrial focus is on media, online business, consumer goods and luxury and fashion.

Carinne is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution Group based in London. She is a member of the Firm's TMT, International Arbitration, Business Crime and Regulatory, Public and Media Law Groups. Carinne's practice covers a broad spectrum of advisory and contentious work. In addition to experience in general commercial litigation, Carinne practices in a number of specialist areas, including IT disputes, oil and gas disputes and international arbitration.

Carl Svernlöv — listed as a highly recommended lawyer in several law publications — practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance. He is an adjunct professor of the law of business associations at the Department of Law at Stockholm University and a member of the Scientific Counsel of non-profit Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law. In 2009 he presented an official report commissioned by the Swedish Government (SOU 2009:34) proposing simplifications to the Swedish Companies Act for small and medium-sized companies, many of now have been enacted into law. Prof. Svernlöv is the author of 12 books and over 150 articles on Swedish and international business and commercial law. Carl represents clients in the aerospace, airline services, defense, industrial electronics, IT, manufacturing, private equity and telecommunications industries.

Carl is a partner in the Employment Group at Baker McKenzie. He focuses on advising organisations on the employment aspects of financial transactions together with more general employment and litigation advice. Carl focuses on employment advice linked to financial transactions including Carve Outs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Transactions and Corporate deals. Carl also has significant experience in international project management. It is for this work his team won Commercial Team of the Year 2015 at the British Legal Awards and was shortlisted for the Transatlantic Innovators award at the Transatlantic Legal Awards 2016.

Carla Calderón

Carla is a senior associate in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group in Mexico. She is an experienced attorney in the regulation of life sciences, pharmaceutical law and biotechnology matters.

Senior Associate

Carlo Pérez-Arizti

Carlo Pérez-Arizti is a transactional partner in Baker McKenzie's Mexico City office, and previously worked in the Firm's New York City office. Carlo mainly advises on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate and contractual law, foreign investment and brand expansion matters. Carlo is also a member of Baker McKenzie's North America Innovation Committee. He has more than 18 years of experience with the Firm and has been recognized as a leading attorney by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, Best Lawyers, among others. He is also a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and has represented Baker McKenzie in Davos. Recent media collaborations with national and international media include articles and interviews with Periódico Reforma, Bloomberg, ADN40, Entrepreneur Magazine, El Financiero, El Heraldo de Mexico, Revista Industrial Legal, etc.

Carlos is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North America Intellectual Property Practice Group. He provides strategic consulting on copyright, distinctive signs, domain names, trade secrets protection, unfair competition prevention, branding, advertising and protection in the digital environment, and privacy issues litigation. Carlos also implements and develops anti-piracy actions, handling undercover investigations and operations against intellectual property rights counterfeiting matters.

Carlos is a partner in the Firm's Corporate and M&A practice group in Madrid. His main fields of practice are capital markets, M&A and general Corporate law. Carlos has over 15 years of experience advising national and international clients on corporate law matters. In particular, he regularly advises on domestic and international capital markets transactions, including IPOs, capital increases and debt offerings, having been recognized as Next Generation Partner in Capital Markets: ECM by Legal 500. He also has extensive experience in private and public M&A transactions.

Carlos Maass-Porras

Carlos Maass-Porras is an associate in the Real Estate & Infrastructure Industry Group of Baker McKenzie’s Juarez office. He joined the Firm in 2007. His pro bono work includes legal assistance in real estate transactions to non-profit associations such as Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense and Patronato Amigos del Museo Hacia una Nueva Imagen.

Carlos A. Felce sits on the Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie's Latin America Employment and Labor Practice Group, and is one of the coordinators of the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group in Venezuela. He is ranked among the leading labor and employment lawyers in Venezuela by Chambers Latin America. Mr. Felce is also a professor of labor law at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Universidad Metropolitana.

Carlos Vela-Treviño

Carmen is a partner in the Madrid office. She joined Baker McKenzie as an associate for the Dispute Resolution Department in 2009, where she mainly practices in commercial and civil litigation. Before Carmen joined the Firm, she was a member of the litigation team at another renowned law firm in Spain. She has undertaken the legal counselling and procedural defense of both national and foreign companies in both litigation, arbitration (both domestic and international), out-of-Court claims and settlement agreements. She has a vast experience in the main areas of civil and commercial law, including, amongst others: contractual law, tort, insurance contracts, corporate disputes, agency and distribution agreements, insolvency matters and cross-border disputes, amongst others.

Carolina Hagemann

Caroline Serbanescu

Caroline Serbanescu is a junior associate in the IP & Tech Practice Group in the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in March 2022. Prior to that, she worked as a Blue Book trainee at the European Commission and as a trainee at the Belgian Data Protection Authority as well as at several international business law firms. Caroline advises clients on various aspects in the field of Tech Law. Her practice focusses on assisting clients on complex legal questions in the areas of data law, data protection law, whistleblowing law, e-commerce law, marketing law, consumer law as well as cybersecurity law.

Caroline Silberztein

Caroline Heinickel

Caroline Heinickel, a counsel, was admitted to the German bar in 2006. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2005 and has, since then, worked mainly in the field of public law with a focus on regulated industries, particularly in the telecommunications and energy sectors, energy law and environmental law. Caroline is a member of the German offices public law practice group as well as the European telecommunications and environmental law practice groups. She advises companies and public authorities on a broad range of administrative law matters, focusing in particular on regulated industries, particularly in the telecommunications and energy sectors and energy law.

Catherine Martougin

Catherine Martougin is a partner in the Funds & Asset Management team of the Baker McKenzie Luxembourg office. She has more than 20 years' experience in business law. Prior to joining the Firm, she practiced in elite international law firms in Paris and Luxembourg. Catherine represents asset managers of private equity funds, real estate funds, debt and infrastructure funds and other financial institutions. She works on a range of corporate and commercial transactions, including organizational structuring and related regulatory matters (notably AIFs and AIFMs), as well as initial fund formation, complex restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, asset dispositions, secondary trades, capital raisings, real estate investments, venture capital investments, and joint venture arrangements.

Cecilia Pastor is highly knowledgeable in the areas of mergers, acquisitions and pharmaceutical law. She is a lecturer at ICADE on international agreements for the university’s Masters in Law degree program. Ms. Pastor is a regular contributor to the Spanish chapters of Promoting Medical Products in Europe & North America, Pharmaceutical Advertising, and other publications. She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association. Ms. Pastor focuses her practice on commercial contracting and corporate restructuring. She also provides skillful advice on international corporate restructuring and all aspects of international commercial agreements. She regularly works on matters related to the healthcare sector.

Chandri Navarro

Chandri Navarro is senior counsel in the Firm's International Commercial & Trade Practice Group, based in Washington DC. Chandri has extensive experience advising companies, multinationals, trade associations and governments on customs and trade law and policy, trade compliance matters, free trade negotiations, litigation and legislation. Chandri helps clients resolve trade issues before US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of the US Trade Representative, Department of Commerce (DOC), US Congress and the Court of International Trade. Chandri joined Baker McKenzie after leading the US Customs practice as a partner in another global law firm.

Charles Gschwind

Charles Gschwind is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Real Estate practice in Geneva and Zurich. Charles graduated from the University of Fribourg Law School with a bilingual degree and earned his MBA at London Business School. He is a recommended lawyer in real estate by both Chambers and Legal 500. Charles regularly publishes in his areas of expertise and has taught namely at the MBA Program of ZHAW and at SVIT School. He is also a member of the Committee of SVIT Romandie. Before joining the Firm in 2020, Charles spent most of his professional career at another major law firm in Zurich. Charles has broad experience in M&A with a particular focus on real estate transactions. He regularly advises domestic and international clients on asset deals, large-scale portfolio transactions, development projects, hotel transactions, acquisitions of real estate companies as well as on the financing of real estate portfolios. Related administrative law matters (e.g., Lex Koller and environmental law), general corporate, commercial and contract law as well as tenancy matters also belong to his areas of expertise. Together with the dispute resolution team, he further regularly advises on (pre-)litigation matters in the real estate sector.

Charles Farnsworth

Charles Farnsworth is a New York and Illinois qualified capital markets lawyer based in London. He has extensive experience in US securities laws and transaction management. Charles advises on New York law, US securities law and transaction management in connection with SEC-registered offerings and private placements of international debt and equity, restructuring and liability management, and SEC reporting and other compliance matters, for companies, investors, major financial institutions and trustees across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the United States.

Charles Thomson

Charles is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Charles has substantial experience of managing a broad range of high-value, multijurisdictional commercial disputes and investigations, particularly those involving fraud and white-collar crime, contentious trusts and complex banking and finance disputes. He leads the Business Crime Unit, and he is particularly well known for his experience of advising on criminal law issues, and the interaction between criminal and civil law processes

Charles Whitefoord

Charles Whitefoord is a partner in Firm's Corporate Group in London with over 25 years’ experience in advising clients on private equity and M&A transactions. He joined the Firm in 1989 and became a partner in 1997. From 2003 to 2008, he was head of Baker McKenzie's Global Private Equity Practice. Charles is primarily focused on leveraged buyouts, investments, acquisitions and disposals for UK and international clients. A large proportion of Charles' work is in relation to cross-border or multi-country transactions with a particular focus on the German market. He has significant experience in the technology

Charlotte Nolan

Charlotte is a partner in Baker McKenzie's corporate group based in London. Charlotte advises clients in relation to Corporate Reorganisations and general English company law matters. Having completed her training contract at Baker McKenzie, Charlotte qualified into the corporate group in 2013. Charlotte has completed two client secondments during her time at Baker McKenzie, spending six months at a multinational pharmaceuticals company in 2014 and ten months at a global financial institution overseeing corporate law matters across EMEA and APAC in 2018 and 2019. As a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Reorganisations Practice, Charlotte focuses on designing, planning, implementing and delivering cross-border and domestic business transformations for our multinational clients. Charlotte advises clients across a range of industries, with a particular focus on Financial Institutions and Healthcare.

Charlotte Ruegg

Charlotte Rüegg is an avid transaction lawyer at Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance and Capital Markets teams in Zurich. Her practice is dedicated to finance transactions, banking and capital markets law. In addition to her role at Baker McKenzie, Charlotte serves as an editor for a well-known law journal specialising in banking and capital markets law. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Charlotte honed her expertise in finance transactions while working with another major Swiss law. Charlotte holds an LL.M. degree in international financial law from King's College London and has experience as a research assistant at the University of St. Gallen. Charlotte is admitted to practice in Switzerland. Charlotte provides expert advice to clients on debt finance transactions, including syndicated financings, acquisition finance, project finance, bond offerings and other securities transactions. She also offers comprehensive corporate legal support.

Chavapol Akkaravoranun

Chaveewan Likhitwattanachai

Chaya is a senior associate in the Dubai office with experience advising on conventional and Islamic banking and finance transactions across the Middle East and in the United Kingdom. Chaya advises both borrowers and lenders on conventional and Islamic finance transactions across a variety of sectors, with clients based in both the MEA region and the United Kingdom, and has background experience in construction, corporate and M&A matters. Chaya takes a keen interest in pro bono work and is a strong supporter of diversity and inclusion in the Firm. She also sits on the management board of BVL (formerly, Big Voice London), a London-based legal youth and social mobility charity, which seeks to give young people from non-fee paying schools a voice in law and legal policy.

Senior Associate

Christian Blomet

Christian Koops

Christian Koops joined the Munich office of Baker McKenzie in 2015. He is a member of the Firm’s European and Global Labor Law practice groups. Christian advises domestic and multinational companies on employment law matters, including outsourcing and other transactions. He frequently speaks at in-house and external seminars, and conducts training on a wide range of employment matters. He also practiced in the Firm’s Berlin office. Christian Koops advises on domestic and multijurisdictional projects, with a focus on cross-border transactions and reorganizations. He is also specialized in employee data protection and employment-related compliance, encompassing anti-discrimination law and the engagement of external personnel. Christian's client base extends from Germany- and EMEA-headquartered clients with global operations to local subsidiaries of multinationals.

Christian Atzler

Christian Atzler is a member of the Firm's Global M&A Steering Committee. He is also the co-head of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Germany. Christian regularly advises German and international clients on cross-border M&A transactions, corporate matters and joint venture projects. Prior to joining the Frankfurt office of Baker McKenzie in 2009, Christian worked in the Shanghai and Hong Kong offices of Baker McKenzie from 2005 to 2008, and mainly advised international clients on M&A projects, joint ventures, and China foreign direct investment projects.

Christian Reichel

Dr. Christian Reichel joined Baker McKenzie Frankfurt in 1998 after serving Allianz Lebensversicherungs AG as assistant to the board since 1996. He graduated from the University of Munich in 1992 and passed his second state exam in 1996. He completed his Doctorate studies at the law faculty of the University of Goettingen in 1995. Christian is admitted as an attorney specialized in employment law. Christian is active in the area of pension and employment law. He advises companies in all contentious and non-contentious pension, employment law related matters, in particular in conjunction with complex reorganizations and M&A activities, negotiations with works councils and unions, negotiations of European Works Council agreements, outsourcing projects and the hiring of, and separation from, managerial employees. Christian advises on the introduction, change, transfer and closure of pension and other benefit schemes, pension funds and Contractual Trust Arrangements.

Christian Vocke

Dr. Christian Vocke is a partner of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. He has numerous years of experience in virtually all areas of corporate law. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Dr. Vocke worked for one of the leading German law firms. In 2011/2012, he was seconded to Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) in Toronto. Christian Vocke is ranked by JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien, Legal 500 and by The Best Lawyers in Germany for corporate law. Christian focuses his practice on corporate law matters, including stock corporation law, corporate group law, corporate reorganizations, corporate governance structures and securities trading law. He advises on joint ventures as well as public and private M&A transactions.

Christine Streatfeild

Christine Streatfeild is a Partner in the Washington DC Office and on the Steering Committee for the North America Trade Secrets Practice. She focuses on trade remedies and unfair competition cases, including forced labor investigations, antidumping and countervailing duty cases, safeguard measures, duties imposed for national security purposes (Section 232 duties), and Section 337 intellectual property and trade secrets disputes. She appears before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), US Department of Commerce (DOC), and in state and federal courts. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Christine served as the acting deputy director of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and in the Environment and Natural Resources division of the Office of the United States Trade Representative. She has also served as an adjunct professor at the Krieger School, Johns Hopkins University, where she taught Global Trade, Policy and Competition. She is also on the 2021 USMCA Dispute Settlement Panels Roster (on behalf of the United States), a position she has held since 2019 (under the NAFTA). Christine focuses her practice on matters related to trade regulatory and intellectual property matters, including economic injury and damages, import duty compliance, and unfair competition allegations.

Christoph Kurth

Christoph Kurth heads the Investigations, Compliance & Ethics practice of the Swiss offices and co-leads the EMEA Financial Institutions Industry Group. He has been recognized by Legal 500 as a leading individual for compliance, regulatory and investigation matters. Before joining the Firm, Christoph was global head of Litigation & Investigations and general counsel in Asia for a large Swiss bank. For over 15 years, he has led complex regulatory and criminal investigations as well as high stakes litigation across the US, Europe and Asia, and has advised on transformational regulatory developments and wealth management products and services across Switzerland and Asia. In his roles, Christoph has worked closely with business leaders, government authorities and the media, navigating businesses through regulatory and other challenges. Prior to this, Christoph was a litigator in leading practices in Switzerland and the US. Christoph also teaches post-graduate courses in 'Crisis Management' and 'Risk Governance' at the Europa Institute at the University of Zurich. Christoph helps clients in the financial services and other industries establish effective legal and compliance risk management programs, investigate instances of non-compliance and their root causes, defend clients’ interests vis-à-vis authorities and in court, and develop responses to transgressions that limit financial and reputational consequences. In this context, he regularly advises Boards and senior executives in relation to their responsibilities and risk governance requirements. Drawing from his experience as general counsel and his substantial exposure to businesses, legal systems and cultures in the US, Europe and Asia, Christoph often offers more than legal advice.He also supports in overall crisis management, including responses to dawn raids, cyber-attacks and data leaks, serious compliance and other incidents, adjustment of business conduct and strategies, cultural transformation and sustainable legal and compliance risk management solutions. Furthermore, he advises financial institutions and clients in other industry in relation to financial crime matters, including bribery and money laundering related risks and over the last few years his practice has expanded to include compliance advisory work in relation to environmental, societal and governance risks (ESG).

Christoph Stutz

Christoph Stutz is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office and serves as head of the Firm's Employment Law Practice Group in Switzerland. For more than 10 years, Christoph has been advising numerous companies in complex labor issues and has successfully represented clients in court. He also advises and represents pension funds and companies in pension-related matters. Christoph regularly publishes work in relation to all aspects of Swiss employment law and is a speaker at internal and external seminars. Christoph is admitted as attorney specialized in labor law (Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law) and holds a certificate as Social Security Specialist. Christoph provides strategic and comprehensive employment law advice to domestic and multinational clients in various sectors, particularly healthcare, MEM, financial, insurance, transport & logistics and IT & technology industry. He focuses his practice on Swiss labor law, social security as well as pension matters, with an emphasis on corporate and other forms of restructurings such as business transfers, outsourcing projects and collective redundancies, executive compensation, pension and benefit schemes, data privacy, compliance investigations, contingent work force solution and management transfers.

Christoph Becker

Christoph Becker joined Baker McKenzie in 2006. Christoph co-heads the German Tax Practice Group of Baker McKenzie. He has ten years of experience in advising clients in the field of international and domestic German tax law. Mr. Becker's work is focused on international tax planning and tax advice in connection with M&A transactions and corporate restructurings. He routinely assists German and international clients in inbound and outbound tax planning strategies. In addition, Mr. Becker advises clients on tax matters in all phases of a transaction process, from designing tax optimized acquisition and joint venture structures, carrying out tax due diligence reviews to the drafting and negotiation of tax related aspects of the transaction documentation and the implantation of tax efficient post-merger integrations. Moreover, he represents clients in tax audits and tax court litigations. He is the author of several articles and publications and regularly speaks at seminars on topics related to international tax planning and transactional tax advice.

Claire Dietz-Polte

Claire Dietz-Polte is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional practice group. Claire is co-head of the German Energy & Infrastructure practice and EMEA Sustainability Lead of the Industrials, Manufacturing & Transportation Industry Group. Claire started her career in 2011 in the Energy M&A team of a leading international law firm and worked in the M&A / Energy & Infrastructure practice group of another international law firm from 2013 to 2016. Claire advises domestic and foreign companies, sponsors, banks and financial investors on M&A transactions, joint ventures, projects and related financing in the energy and infrastructure sector. She has extensive expertise and experience in generation assets (renewable energy, gas, coal, nuclear), storage (battery, gas, oil) and grids (fiber, transmission, long-distance and distribution). Claire also advises in all phases of project development (especially for renewable energy systems, battery storage and data centers), from project structuring and financing to share or asset deal transactions and (corporate) PPAs. In addition, Claire focuses on the implementation of projects and service agreements in the future mobility sector (electromobility, micro mobility). She is a member of Baker McKenzie's Future Mobility Group. Claire's practice also includes advising on energy and media supply contracts as well as infrastructure (usage) contracts. Furthermore, she advises comprehensively on regulatory issues (e.g. unbundling, access regulations for third parties) in the energy and infrastructure sector.

Clare Montgomery

Clarissa Lehmen

Clarissa Giannetti Machado

An Associate in Baker McKenzie's Geneva office, Claude Chase is an international trade lawyer with over a decade of experience in WTO law and dispute settlement. Claude has extensive experience advising sovereign and private sector clients on how to leverage WTO rules and dispute settlement procedures to achieve their international trade objectives. Claude previously served as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, where he provided legal advice and assistance to adjudicators of the Appellate Body in the context of appeals before the WTO dispute settlement system. Claude's practice focuses on WTO law and litigation. He advises clients on the full spectrum of matters regulated under WTO treaties, and appears before WTO adjudicators in disputes between WTO member States.

Senior Associate

Claudia Aguilar

Claudia Aguilar Rangel is a senior associate of the North America Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group of the Firm. Her professional experience focuses on criminal litigation and corporate compliance matters, so she offers our clients comprehensive services for both the prevention and legal defense of criminal matters related to individuals and companies. She is certified for the implementation of Anti-bribery management systems under the international standard ISO 37001.

Claudio Moretti

Clyde E. Rankin, III is a member of the Firm's North America Transactional Practice Group based in the New York office and is Immediate Past Chair of the North America Projects Practice. Mr. Rankin is fluent in French. He has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America from 2006 - 2023 and is highlighted in Legal 500 US 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2017-2022 for his work as an advisor to sponsors in project finance and renewable energy. He has also been named a New York Metro Super Lawyer from 2014-2021. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2005, Mr. Rankin served as the ninth chairman of Coudert Brothers LLP.

Clyde (Skip) Rankin III

Clyde E. Rankin, III is a member of the Firm's North America Transactional Practice Group based in the New York office and is Immediate Past Chair of the North America Projects Practice. Mr. Rankin is fluent in French. He has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America from 2006 - 2023 and is highlighted in Legal 500 US 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2017-2022 for his work as an advisor to sponsors in project finance and renewable energy. He has also been named a New York Metro Super Lawyer from 2014-2021. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2005, Mr. Rankin served as the ninth chairman of Coudert Brothers LLP.

Colleen Baime is a partner in the Chicago office and a highly regarded litigator licensed in both Illinois and California. She focuses her practice on complex litigation matters defending clients against a broad array of liabilities, including contract disputes, product liability, product recall, civil conspiracy, fraud, misrepresentation, securities litigation, environmental claims, and general commercial litigation.

Conrad is an IP/Tech Transactions and Privacy lawyer. He works closely with engineers and in-house legal teams to commercialize, protect, and ensure that the most cutting edge ideas and technologies are rolled out lawfully and efficiently. He attended law school at McGill University, where he graduated with a medal and was an editor on the Law Review. He has advised clients in the transportation, retail, government, and emerging technology sectors, and has previously worked at two leading corporate law firms. He has authored thought leadership pieces in peer reviewed journals, including the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology and Defense Counsel Journal. He also has experience as a tech entrepreneur and founder, including with North America’s most reputable start-up accelerators.

Costin Mihailescu

Costin Mihailescu is the Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie's Stockholm office. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, with particular emphasis on financial sponsor work. Prior to joining the Firm in 2015, Costin was a senior associate in another international law firm. Costin advises private equity houses and their portfolio companies on M&A transactions. He also has significant experience in advising private equity houses and their portfolio companies on leveraged and acquisition finance and restructurings.

Creighton Macy is the Chair of Baker McKenzie's award-winning North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Creighton is recognized as a leading global antitrust practitioner. He is lauded by clients for, among other things, his "first-rate" practices and always being "laser focused on figuring out the pathway for success." Creighton has extensive experience representing clients in a wide variety of antitrust matters, including mergers & acquisitions, investigations by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, private litigation, and counseling on issues such as antitrust compliance. Before joining the Firm, Creighton served as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel in the DOJ Antitrust Division, working as a senior advisor to the Assistant Attorney General on civil and criminal antitrust enforcement and policy matters, as well as budget and personnel issues. During Creighton's time at the DOJ, the Antitrust Division undertook an unprecedented volume of high-profile civil and criminal matters. Creighton began his career as a Trial Attorney in the Litigation III and Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture sections of the Antitrust Division, working on a number of notable merger and civil non-merger investigations and cases. Before rejoining the Antitrust Division as its Chief of Staff, he was a member of another global law firm's antitrust practice, where he advised clients on a wide range of US and international antitrust issues. Creighton is consistently and globally recognized for his market-leading antitrust practice with respect to high-stakes transactions, investigations, and compliance and counseling work. For example, clients have noted that Creighton 'shines above the rest' due to his first-rate cartel and merger control-related practice and "is among the hardest working antitrust lawyers out there - he is laser focused on figuring out the pathway for success." Creighton also frequently speaks and publishes articles relating to a variety of antitrust issues, and has been recognized many times for his contributions and thought-leadership on these issues. Creighton is a long-standing leader in the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section. He currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board on Section Reserves. In previous roles, he served as Reporter of the Presidential Transition Task Force, Chair of the Trade, Sports, and Professional Associations Committee, and Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Task Force. He is highly involved in mentoring programs, including with the Antitrust Law Section, as well as Marquette University Law School, where he previously served as the DC Representative of the Alumni Board. Creighton graduated from Marquette University, where he was an NCAA Division I Academic All-American tennis player. During his time at Marquette, he was awarded the Athletic Department's Cura Personalis award by his peers, as well as several leadership awards. Creighton is a long-time mentor to current and former Marquette University athletes and more recently, he was named the Athletic Department's Young Alumnus of the Year Award.

Cristian Bonacic

Cristina De La Piedra

Principal Associate

Cristina de Freitas Bueno

Cristóbal Larraín

Partner in the Firm's Santiago office.

Crosbby Buleje Diaz

Principal Associate

Csaba Vári is the head of the IPTech Practice Group in Budapest. With more than 20 years of experience Csaba represents Hungarian and multinational companies in many business sectors (e.g., automotive, manufacturing, bank, insurance, trade, pharma, real estate, IT) on a broad range of business law, including data privacy and cybersecurity issues, compliance investigations, whistleblowing, and different areas of digitization related matters, such as online marketplaces, connected cars, electronic signatures, social media and applications, as well as online payment services and crypto assets, NFTs. Csaba has particularly broad experience in the field of data protection; he provides legal advice to our clients in connection with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and relevant Hungarian laws and provides complex assessments of companies' data processing activities and assists our clients in introduction of GDPR compliant data processes and policies. Csaba also assists clients in connection with Data Subject Access Rights related matters, Intra Group Data Transfer Agreements, transfers of personal data to third countries, and assessments of legal basis for data processes (e.g., legitimate interest balancing tests, data privacy impact assessments). Csaba assists his clients in addressing legal issues in connection with processing of consumer and employee data, and data privacy aspects of online applications. His area of expertise includes advising on operation of surveillance systems, and preparation and operation of whistleblowing schemes. Csaba advises clients in connection with the transposition of the Whistleblowing Directive into Hungarian law. Csaba has particular experience in the area of cyber investigations and cyber incident management. He represents clients before the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Hungarian DPA) in connection with data breach reporting and registering Data Protection Officers. Csaba regularly publishes articles and holds presentations and continued legal education courses in connection with legal aspects of data protection and digitization, as well as the Whistleblowing Directive and its Hungarian transposition laws. Csaba is a member of the Budapest Bar since 2003 and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Cynthia J. Cole is Chair of Baker McKenzie’s Global Commercial, Tech and Transactions Business Unit, a member of the Firm’s global Commercial, Data, IP and Trade (CDIT) practice group steering Committee and Co-chair of Baker Women California. A former CEO and General Counsel, just before joining the Firm, Cynthia was Deputy Department Chair of the Corporate Section in the California offices of Baker Botts where she built the technology transactions and data privacy practice. An intellectual property transactions attorney, Cynthia also has expertise in AI, digital transformation, data privacy, and cybersecurity strategy. She advises clients across a wide range of industries including Technology, Media & Telecoms, Energy, Mining & Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Industrials, Manufacturing & Transportation. Cynthia has deep experience in complex cross-border, IP, data-driven and digital transactions, creating bespoke agreements in novel technology fields. She acts as outside general counsel to a number of executive teams and boards of directors.

Cyrus Vance Jr. has earned a well-deserved international reputation as a trial attorney with a proven track record in high-stake litigation and global investigations. As the Co-Chair of Baker McKenzie's North America Government Enforcement Practice, Cyrus is well-known for his expertise in white collar criminal investigations, complex civil and criminal litigation, sanctions enforcement, compliance and cybersecurity. With over three decades of experience in both public and private sector, Cyrus provides invaluable guidance to clients navigating cross-border investigations, enforcement matters, and cybersecurity incidents. Prior to joining the Firm, Cyrus served three consecutive four-year terms as Manhattan District Attorney, overseeing a team of over 600 prosecutors. He handled landmark criminal prosecutions, including the successful litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Vance and the conviction of Harvey Weinstein on two felony sex crimes. He also managed more than 100,000 cases annually, including complex white collar and business crimes both domestically and internationally. Cyrus regularly collaborated with regulatory and crime-fighting partners such as the City of London Police, Paris Prosecutors' Office, Singapore Attorney General, Europol and Interpol, and is known for his ability to build and manage teams collaboratively across borders and agencies.

Daichi Kiriyama

Daniel Sánchez Morales

Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia

Daniel Villanueva Plasencia is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Guadalajara. With over 15 years of experience, he specializes in data privacy, information security, and cybersecurity matters. His expertise extends to regulatory issues related to information technologies and consumer protection, as well as intellectual and industrial property – with a particular focus on digital environments, including the use and licensing of trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Daniel holds the Certified Information Privacy Administrator (CIPM) recognition from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In 2022, Daniel was honored with the Innovation and Best Practices in Data Protection award by the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI). Additionally, Daniel, obtained a certification as an Artificial Intelligence Compliance Officer from NYCE. Prior to joining the Firm, Daniel was a founding partner at a local firm in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Over the last eight years, Daniel has also been an instructor for the intellectual property class at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, one of Mexico's most prestigious universities.

Daniel A. Rosen is a senior counsel in the North America Tax Practice Group in New York. He is a seasoned tax lawyer with over 16 years of experience with the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Rosen was a key participant in the drafting of published guidance and administrative directives involving judicial doctrines for the IRS Large Business and International Division (LB&I). He served as IRS counsel in many cases that resulted in published opinions and is a frequent speaker for George Washington University School of Law, the Practising Law Institute, Tax Executives Institute and the ABA. Additionally, Mr. Rosen served during law school as business editor of the Hofstra Law Review. He is an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School.

Dr. Daniel Bork is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Real Estate Practice Group in Dusseldorf. Prior to joining the Firm in 2014, Daniel served his legal traineeship at the District Court of Cologne. During this time, he also worked at the German Embassy in Switzerland and in the Firm's New York office. In 2018, Daniel was seconded to the Real Estate Practice Group of our Chicago office. Dr. Bork advises domestic and international clients in all real estate matters, with particular focus on real estate transactions, commercial leases, project development, and construction matters.

Daniel Fragiel has been an attorney at the Firm since 2015 and is a senior associate in the Employment & Compensation Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Venezuela. He has over 17 years of professional experience in the area.

Daniel Orlansky

Local Principal

Daniel De Miranda Facó

Daniel Sánchez

Daniel joined Baker McKenzie in 2001, and is currently a partner in the International Commercial and Trade practice group in the Firm's Guadalajara office. Daniel has extensive experience in foreign trade and customs matters. He is a member of the Mexican Bar Association, Asociación de Industrias Maquiladoras y Manufactureras de Occidente (Index de Occidente), Consejo Nacional de la Industria Maquiladora y Manufacturera (Index Nacional), the American Chamber of Commerce. He is Director of the International Trade Commission of the American Chamber of Commerce (Guadalajara Chapter) and he is also Director of the Foreign Trade and Customs Committee of Index de Occidente, and regularly participates as panelist and speaker at seminars on foreign trade, customs and foreign investment.

Daniel is a seasoned Corporate/M&A attorney located in our Budapest office. He specializes in assisting clients with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring. Daniel has provided expert advice on numerous acquisition transactions and regulatory matters, particularly within the energy and gas sectors. Dániel’s practice is centered on both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), FDI, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring. He has a particular emphasis on energy and renewable energy transactions. Dániel has advised on numerous acquisition transactions and regulatory matters within the energy and gas sectors. With substantial experience in various forms of financing transactions, Dániel has also expertise in various financing arrangements including corporate, project, public-private partnership (PPP), acquisition financing, syndicated, sub-participated, and cross-border financing across the CEE region. He is also well-versed in state-subsidized export financing and factoring transactions. Dániel has assisted many clients with workout and restructuring transactions. He has provided comprehensive advice and support to a wide range of Hungarian and international financial institutions and corporate borrowers. His services include the preparation of transaction documents (including Loan Market Association (LMA) standard documentation and the establishment of collateral packages), management of negotiations, support for business considerations, and coordination and management of due diligence processes. Additionally, Dániel has expertise in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) requirements related to transactions, ensuring compliance and integrating sustainable practices into his clients’ business strategies.

Daniela Liévano

Daniela Maurate

Daniela Fonseca Puggina

Daniela serves as a trusted legal advisor to public and private multinational corporations, supporting their entry into new markets with emphasis in the Americas, assessment and mitigation of risks, cross border internal investigations, resolution of multijurisdictional regulatory enforcement matters and complex cross-border disputes, regulatory registrations, acquisition and surrender of licenses, joint ventures, business acquisitions, antitrust filings, spin off, and restructure of global operations. Daniela offers notable expertise and is a speaker on matters of relevance to the highly regulated financial services sector. She also provides support to companies in diverse industries including aviation, entertainment, technology, energy, and retail. She serves as the Chair of Baker McKenzie’s BakerWomen initiative for the Miami office, which is tasked with driving forward the Firm’s inclusion and diversity strategy. Daniela was named among the Top 50 Women Leaders in Law of 2022 by Women We Admire which recognizes the trailblazers who are being celebrated for their excellence in and commitment to the legal sector. "As minorities in their field, this group of women work relentlessly to make strides and are inspiring the next generation of women lawyers." Daniela has been recognized by Chambers where clients noted that: "She is very quick in analyzing problems and providing answers." "She is an excellent litigator who is determined, creative and always has time for her clients." She was also the exclusive recipient of the 2022 Client Choice Banking Award for USA by Lexology, where clients expressed that: "Daniela has a great level of expertise in the banking areas of the law and was detailed-oriented", "experienced and clever practitioner" and "has a business-minded approach and has a wide-ranging experience to provide great solutions". Further, "provides very fast feedback that is practical, raises questions but focuses quickly on the key issue", "has the ability of making things move forward through the good solutions/compromises she provides", and "[i]f you need sensible advice, then Daniela is always there to provide it."

Danielle Pinedo

Danielle Valois

Danielle Valois is Trench Rossi Watanabe's partner and heads the firm's Oil & Gas e practice group. For the past two decades, she has focused on high-end transactional work, international disputes involving oil and gas development projects and compliance matters involving energy companies. Her transactional experience includes acquisitions and divestitures (both negotiated and auction sales), joint ventures, financing and structuring and implementation of development projects. She has also been quite active in the policy making and advocacy of the emerging energy transition legislation and regulation. On the dispute side, she has been acting as co-counsel in leading arbitration cases of the Brazilian E&P and shipbuilding industries, including ICC and UNCITRAL procedures. On the compliance side, Danielle has acted in complex internal investigations, elaboration of risk management policies, structuring and implementation of compliance programs for energy companies.

Intellectual Property & Technology Law

David joined the Firm in 2018 and has more than 8 years of experience as a tax attorney in Venezuela. He graduated at the top of his class from the Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas) and is attending tax postgraduate studies at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. David also has advanced postgraduate courses in oil and gas at the Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas) and in international taxation at the University of Leiden (the Netherlands).

David Gadsden represents global clients in complex commercial disputes. He is the Chair of Baker McKenzie's Canadian Class Actions Group and is known for his sound advice on commercial class actions, competition and antitrust matters, arbitration, fraud cases and product liability matters. Clients value David's pragmatic and determined approach to disputes and have described him as "absolutely terrific at bringing across the finish line the most complex and multidimensional issues". David has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Best Lawyers Canada, and Lexpert’s annual Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers. He has previously been recognized by Lexpert as a Rising Star.

David Díaz is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s since 2004 and heads both the Employment & Compensation and Sports Law practice in Baker McKenzie Madrid. He has significant experience litigating in labor courts and negotiations with unions. He is recognized in the field of employment law by Chambers Europe and Legal 500. In addition to his practice, Mr. Díaz regularly collaborates with economic newspapers, has co-authored several leading reference books on employment and is a regular speaker in industrial relations courses. As head of the Sports Law practice in Baker McKenzie Madrid, holds extensive experience this area particularly in the football industry. Specifically he regularly advice professional athletes and clubs in all the matters related to negotiation of contracts and transfers and its compensation schemes. David also has wide experience in assisting foreign investors with interest in the European football industry. Mr. Díaz advises domestic and multinational companies on a broad range of labor and employment matters, with particular emphasis on union-related negotiations on a variety of issues including layoffs and relocations, collective bargaining agreements and equality plans. He is seasoned in major reorganization and restructuring processes, and has extensive experience advising on and litigating occupational and health safety issues and social security and pension liability matters, focusing on areas such as labour and employment benefit specialties, collective agreement negotiations, collective dismissals, major reorganizations and negotiations with works councils, trade unions, and public authorities, employment litigation, employment contracts, compliance, human resources, labour reorganizations and industrial disputes. He also has great experience on social security, local, national and European works councils, trade union recognition procedures and elections, employee's compensation, executive compensation, executive terminations, employment taxation, pensions, executive transfers, discrimination and privacy issues. Mr.Diaz has extensive experience in sports law and in particular in the soccer industry. In particular, he regularly advises Spanish and foreign clubs on the legal aspects of their operations, both in sports matters and in the day-to-day management of such organizations. Likewise, David regularly advises agents and intermediaries, both national and international, in all matters related to contracting, modification and termination of contractual relationships, providing advice on all legal aspects related to the transfer of sports players, agents and intermediaries, both national and international. He also has extensive experience in advising foreign investors with a potential interest in the European soccer industry on M&A transactions. He regularly participates in the Sports Law Forum organized by Fundación LaLiga, in the permanent seminar organized by the Association of Football Players organized by the Spanish Footballers Association (AFE) and ISDE and in other forums of debate and legal analysis such as FIDE. He is also a professor in the Master in Law applied to Football at LaLiga Business School, in the Master in Sports Law at UNIR and in the Master in Sports Law at UNIR.

David is a highly experienced Corporate partner based in our London office. He leads our London M&A practice, and is co-head of our London Consumer Goods & Retail group. David is described in The Legal 500, 2023 as "excellent". David's practice concentrates mainly on cross-border M&A and joint ventures, primarily for clients active in the Consumer, Healthcare or Tech sectors.

David trained at Baker McKenzie and became a Partner in 2010. David became Head of Corporate in 2020, having previously been Head of Private Equity in London since 2015 and Global Head of Private Equity since 2017. David's team has won a number of awards, including "M&A Team of the Year (Large Deals)" in the 2019 British Legal Awards and "Private Equity Team of the Year" in the 2016 British Legal Awards. David is primarily focused on mergers & acquisitions and restructurings for private equity funds, infrastructure funds, pension funds and other clients. David also has significant experience in representing management teams in respect of their equity incentive structures. In addition, David has extensive experience in advising Japanese investors and is a regular visitor to Japan.

David Duncan is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate Department in London. He is also a member of the Global Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Industry Group. David specialises in strategic international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and equity capital markets, with a particular focus on the energy, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals sectors.

David is a partner and has represented clients in VAT disputes for over 15 years at all stages of the litigation process. He specialises in resolving high-value VAT disputes working primarily with clients in financial services and telecommunications and e-commerce sectors. David is a Solicitor Advocate specialising in VAT and tax litigation. He has appeared as advocate at both the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal and has represented clients at all stages of the litigation process. David is ranked as a leading expert by the International Tax Review in its "Tax Controversy Leaders Guide" and “Indirect Tax Leaders Guide” 2019.

David Márquez-Lechuga

David joined Baker McKenzie in 2001. He is the head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in the Guadalajara office. His main areas of practice include civil, commercial, and administrative litigation (including amparo actions), restructuring and insolvency, as well as international procedural cooperation.

David Davis handles a wide range of matters relating to various aspects of intellectual property law, including prosecution before the US Patent and Trademark Office, international intellectual property coordination, counseling and prosecution, managing the intellectual property aspects of mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions, drafting of intellectual property license agreements and resolving domain name, social media and other internet-related conflicts. Mr. Davis has also worked on numerous IP matters in several federal, district and appellate courts. He has written and spoken extensively on issues relating to various aspects of intellectual property law and has been quoted on a number of occasions in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and co-authored an article in the Trademark Reporter.

David Hackett advises senior management, legal departments and boards of major corporations and nonprofits on compliance, risk, environmental and sustainability matters. He has exceptional experience managing US and international compliance and environmental projects, including the evaluation and development of effective compliance and sustainability programs. He also has extensive experience litigating major civil and criminal environmental matters. David sits on multiple nonprofit boards and additionally advises many civic and nonprofit organizations across the globe. Following his tenure with the Environmental Enforcement Division of the US Department of Justice, David joined the Firm where he has played a formative role in the establishment of the Firm's compliance, environmental, climate and ESG practices. At Baker McKenzie, David has served as the managing partner of North America, a member of the Global Executive Committee, and Chicago office managing partner. He has also been the North America Chair of both the Compliance Practice Group and the Banking, Finance and Major Projects Practice Group.

David Malliband

David Malliband currently serves as managing partner of Baker McKenzie's Chicago Office and was formerly chair of its Corporate & Securities Practice Group in Chicago. He has over 25 years' experience advising multinational corporations on cross-border transactions. David has practiced in each of Baker McKenzie's Sydney, London and Chicago Offices, and has closed transactions for companies around the world in a wide variety of industries. He has been recognized as a "Star Lawyer" by Acritas, "Stand-out Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters, and for delivering superior client service in The BTI Client Service "All-Star Team" for Corporate Transactions report, based on interviews with Fortune 500 companies.

David Becker is a partner in the Firm's Capital Markets, High Yield & Leveraged Finance Group. David joined the Firm in 2019 after having spent a total of 20 years in the Wall Street and London offices of two other leading international law firms. David is a highly regarded high yield and leveraged finance specialist, advising banks, private credit and alternative capital providers, borrowers and issuers on a broad range of high yield, leveraged finance, liability management and restructuring transactions across the debt capital structure and over the full credit life cycle.

David Palumbo is a partner and Chair of the Corporate Transactions Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. David is a member of the Firm's North American Capital Markets Steering Committee and Global Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee. He serves as Chair of the Board of the You Can Play Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the inclusion of all in sports. In 2023, David was named as one of Canada's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.

Davide Chiesa is a counsel in the Tax Practice Group. He focuses on tax structuring, corporate reorganizations and M&A transactions. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Davide worked in the boutique tax firm founded by Giulio Tremonti, former Italian Minister of Finance, and in PwC, working as auditor in the audit department specialized in financial institutions. He is a tax specialist with an extensive experience in national and international tax. He has regularly lectured on tax matters and audit or compliance issues at seminars, and has authored several articles on tax and compliance matters. Davide provides strategic tax planning for multi-jurisdictional corporate reorganizations and M&A transaction. He also has a background as an auditor focusing on issues of corporate governance and compliance issues. Davide regularly assists clients during fiscal audits and in complex alternative tax disputes resolution procedures through settlements, arbitration and mutual assistance procedures. He is an experienced professional in the major areas of tax law, including cross-border and domestic transactions, application of tax treaties, and real estate taxes. His main areas of practice encompass assistance in tax planning activities, including review for tax purposes of the SPA/BTA and analysis of the tax implications connected to the extraordinary transactions; assistance in tax due diligence activities; support in the implementation of the tax planning projects; review of international business restructurings under corporate income tax perspective; support in day-by-day operations in national and international tax issues; assistance in tax audit, tax settlement and tax litigation in relation to national and international tax issues; assistance in Patent Box procedures, Advance Pricing Agreements (APA) procedures and Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) vis-à-vis tax authorities.

Davinia Martens

Davinia Martens is a partner in the Corporate Finance Practice Group in the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2004. Davinia's practice focuses on reorganisations, M&A, private equity, and corporate compliance and governance. She is also a member of the Global Reorganisations Practice Group. Davinia advises both domestic and international clients on corporate finance matters, covering Belgian and cross-border M&A transactions and corporate reorganisations and restructurings, buy-outs, private equity, and venture capital transactions. She also advises clients on corporate compliance and governance matters and has played a prominent role in many of the reorganisations that our Belgian practice has been involved in.

Debra Dandeneau

Debra A. Dandeneau is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Global Restructuring & Insolvency Group based in the Firm's New York office. Her practice focuses on distressed situations, including debtor and creditors' rights. Debra served as Chair of the Global Restructuring & Insolvency Group from 2016 through 2022. Debra has been ranked by Chambers & Partners in their 2024 guide in the area of Bankruptcy and Restructuring and was awarded “Highly Commended” in the Chambers 2024 awards for US Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. Debra also has received a number of other recognitions in the field of Restructuring & Insolvency, including Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year from the Women in Business Law Awards 2023/Americas (short-listed in 2024); Lawdragon’s 2024 list of the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers; one of the 2023 “Notable Women in Law” in Crain’s New York; "Lawyer of the Year" in “Litigation – Bankruptcy” in Best Lawyers in America, New York City in 2022; and the Top Women in Dealmaking award (Restructuring) from The Deal in 2021 and 2022. Debra regularly speaks on restructuring issues and is frequently quoted in, and interviewed by, the media, including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and BBC Radio.

Delwar Hossain is a partner in the Firm's Global Banking & Finance Practice Group currently based in Baker McKenzie’s Riyadh office. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Delwar was a manager (documentation) in Dubai Islamic Bank and an in-house legal counsel in Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank. Delwar’s main areas of practice include Islamic finance, debt capital markets, project finance, loans & credit facilities and restructuring & insolvency.

Demet Kaşarcıoğlu

Demet Kasarcioglu focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international trade and commerce. She advises companies on structuring, drafting and the negotiations of M&A transactions. She represents strategic buyers and sellers as well as private equity funds in the acquisition and sale of private targets. In addition, she also focuses her practice on the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly through arbitration. She represents clients before arbitral tribunals and before all levels of domestic courts, including the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Denise Glagau is the Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie's California offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Los Angeles and a member of the North America Employment and Compensation practice. Denise is a ranked practitioner by Chambers USA 2024 in the area of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, with clients commenting "Denise is an excellent partner and we can always count on her to provide deep insight" and "she understands our risk tolerance and provides alternative solutions to problems." She has authored several articles and frequently speaks on topics of interest for legal and other professionals dealing with share plan issues. Denise is a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) and the Global Equity Organization (GEO).

Dennis Quintero

Denny Da Silva is a senior tax advisor and director designate in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Johannesburg. He has more than 18 years' experience in both domestic and international corporate tax, as well as in the application of exchange control regulations. He also has experience in tax due diligence, corporate restructurings, mining transactions, private equity fund structures, management carry structures, black economic empowerment, transfer pricing and employee's tax. Denny also guest lectures at the University of Johannesburg's MCom Tax programme.

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.

Désirée Prantl

Désirée is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her practice encompasses international commercial arbitration and state court litigation. Désirée is experienced with disputes in the construction, energy, telecommunications and post-M&A sector. Our global, international and domestic clients entrust Désirée with the most delicate disputes and value her smooth and prudent conduct of proceedings and high-level work products. Désirée is a member of the National Advisory Board of the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC). She lectures at the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Arbitration Academy and regularly publishes and speaks on contemporary topics in the field of dispute resolution. Désirée also engages in pro bono work, spreads the Firm's Diversity Inclusion & Equality policy and supports women in law initiatives. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Désirée worked at an internationally renowned law firm and gained working experience in New York, London, Paris, Kiev and Brussels. With over 10 years of practice, Désirée has represented a broad range of clients across various industries in domestic and international arbitrations administered under major institutional arbitration rules, and in court proceedings. Désirée has been practicing in civil law jurisdictions, predominantly under Austrian, German and Swiss law. She has, amongst others, represented global and national energy and construction companies, leaders in the software and technology sector, the Austrian branch of a market leader in the metal industry, the Romanian branch of an Austrian headquartered global industrial service provider, affiliates of a leading corporate and investment bank, a conglomerate on technology and electrical engineering as well as a leading biotech technology manufacturer in high stake and complex arbitration proceedings and state court litigations. She has been increasingly involved in disputes related to the CEE region.

Principal Associate

Diego Bongiovanni

Partner of the Santiago office.

Dimitri Van Uytvanck

Dimitri heads the employment & compensation department for Belgium. He is based at the Brussels office. Dimitri is a recognized professional in labour law and social security law. He has a particular focus on the employment law aspects of corporate restructurings, transfer of undertakings, flexible working arrangements and privacy. Dimitri also advises clients in connection with remuneration packages for executives, employee benefits schemes, employment contracts, labour union relations within companies and other business-critical issues. Dimitri advises national and international clients on all legal aspects of individual and collective labour law. Dimitri is known in the market as a pragmatic and to-the-point lawyer who always focuses on the legal and economic interests of the company. He and his team also assist in sensitive investigations related to HR and discrimination matters.

Dino Wilkinson leads Baker McKenzie’s IP, technology and data practice in the Middle East. He is recognised as one of the leading technology lawyers in the region with top-tier team and individual rankings in Chambers Global Guide and the Legal 500. Dino Wilkinson is a partner based in the Abu Dhabi office. He has been operating in the Middle East for nearly 20 years and heads Baker McKenzie’s regional IP, technology and data practice. Dino is a trusted adviser to corporate clients throughout the Middle East on IT and outsourcing transactions, digital transformation, emerging technology regulation and data privacy laws. He has also been involved in the development of laws and regulation in this field, including the drafting of e-commerce, data sharing and privacy legislation. Dino’s expertise spans all types of technology-related contractual and compliance issues, including data protection, artificial intelligence, digital media and content. Dino is named in the Legal 500’s Hall of Fame for his longstanding involvement in market-leading work and described as a ‘real business partner’ who understands the industries he operates in.

Diogo Duarte de Oliveira

Diogo Duarte de Oliveira is a tax lawyer and partner in the tax department of Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office. Before joining the Firm, Diogo was tax partner and head of tax at a BeNeLux leading law firm. He was also an international tax manager with a Big Four audit firm in Luxembourg (and in Mexico City as a secondee). Diogo focuses on advising asset managers and a wide range of private and institutional investors on fundraising, management incentive strategies and transactions structuring. Diogo contributes to renowned international tax journals and is a regular speaker at international conferences, In 2018, Diogo was invited to the IBA Congress in Rome to address EC’s approach to Illegal (Tax) State Aid. In 2019, he presented at the IBA Congress in London the mandatory disclosures under the so-called DAC 6. Recently, Diogo has co-authored technical articles on the European Court of Justice decision on the 2019 Danish Beneficial Ownership cases; on the mandatory disclosures in the context of private equity structures; and on the Significant People Functions concept in Luxembourg CFC rules. He is a member of Luxembourg Bar, Portuguese Bar, American Bar Association and International Bar Association and he participates in several Luxembourg tax work groups at the AmCham and the Luxembourg Banker’s Association.

Divina Pastora Ilas-Panganiban

Dominic Edmondson

Special Counsel

Dominique Maes is co-managing partner of the Belgian offices. He also co-heads Baker McKenzie's Corporate Practice for the EMEA region and is a member of the Firm's Global M&A Steering Committee. Dominique is a Corporate/M&A partner in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1999 and has been a partner since 2009. Dominique advises clients on M&A, private equity, reorganisations, and corporate compliance and governance. His practice focuses on private equity and M&A transactions, buy-outs, corporate restructurings and corporate governance issues.

Donemark Calimon

Dranyl Jared Amoroso

Duane Webber is a member of the Firm's Global Executive Committee and chair of the North America region. He is principally involved in tax dispute resolution with the IRS and tax authorities in other jurisdictions, including a wide variety of alternative dispute resolution techniques and all administrative phases of a controversy through litigation in the US Tax Court, various US Courts of Appeal, the US Court of Federal Claims, and the US Supreme Court. The vast majority of his matters have been resolved without litigation, through appeals, competent authority, APAs, or other administrative dispute resolution processes. He has participated in cases involving a wide variety of domestic and international tax issues, including issues relating to Subpart F income, foreign tax credits, Administrative Procedure Act matters, transfer pricing, various excise tax matters, economic substance matters, insurance tax, consolidated returns, inventory and tax accounting, research tax credits, amortization of intangible assets, characterization of assets, and other matters.

Duangkamon Amkaew

Dušan Hlavatý

Dušan Hlavatý heads the IPTech practice in Baker McKenzie Prague and is a member of the Prague core M&A team. Dušan has been involved in numerous cross-border transactions and projects. He has been recognized by Legal 500 as a Rising Star in both IP and TMT. Dušan joined Baker McKenzie in 2014. He is admitted to the Czech Bar Association and the Slovak Bar Association. Dušan regularly advises on transactions involving private and public companies, particularly focusing on TMT and energy sectors. He also has considerable experience advising on technology and outsourcing projects. Dušan is also experienced in the management of trademark portfolios, copyright, product piracy and customs seizures, as well as unfair competition. Furthermore, he deals with privacy issues as well as matters relating to telecommunication, cyber security, digital media, gaming, e-commerce and automotive. Additionally, he provides complex legal advice to private equity funds and venture capital clients with respect to various matters of their investments as well as matters relating to joint ventures and shareholder agreements.

Ean Mac Pherson

Ed Poulton is the Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie’s London office. A key name in the arbitration community, Ed's practice focuses on international arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. He sits as an arbitrator in ICC and LCIA arbitrations, and is the consulting editor of a seminal text on the arbitration of M&A disputes. He also has extensive experience managing cross-border litigation. Ed focuses on advising clients on managing risk and resolving disputes relating to investment treaties, financial services and M&A. He is highly experienced in resolving disputes through international arbitration (in which respect he has experience of all of the major arbitral institutions and of ad hoc arbitration) and by other methods including litigation and mediation. In addition to commercial dispute resolution, Ed regularly advises clients in relation to investment treaties and public international law issues. Ed is experienced and knowledgeable in a wide range of sectors, including financial services, energy, infrastructure and manufacturing.

Eduardo Herszkowicz

Ed's practice focuses on class actions, complex commercial litigation and securities litigation. He represents a broad spectrum of clients including financial institutions, fintech companies, manufacturers, retailers, and hospitality businesses. In recent years, Ed has been lead trial counsel in two trials in the Delaware Chancery Court and defended numerous class actions brought under the federal securities laws, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and the federal Truth in Lending Act.

Registered Foreign Lawyer

Eileen Infantas

Elif Nur Çakır's activities focus on the field of labor law. From November 2013 to May 2014, he was assigned to work at Citibank A.Ş. on a temporary basis (secondment). Elif Nur Çakır advises national and multinational clients on labor law issues (individual/collective labor relations), migration law and legal disputes (litigation). Elif Nur Çakır represents national and multinational companies before courts at all levels in Turkey.

Elisabeth Dehareng

Elisabeth Dehareng heads the Information Technology & Communications and Intellectual Property practice groups at Baker McKenzie Belgium. She is based in the Brussels office. Elisabeth advises clients across all areas of IT, IP and new technology law, with a special focus on privacy, cybersecurity and AI. Her practice focuses on European and worldwide data protection compliance projects, in which field she advises on GDPR-readiness programmes, cross-border data transfer strategies, cybersecurity and data breach management. She provides strategic advice on internal compliance issues, whistleblower protection legislation, investigations and privacy/data litigation. She also helps clients navigating the new regulatory developments and enforcement in relation to the growing body of legislation governing the European Data & Digital Economy (DMA, DSA, Data Governance Act, Data Act, AI Act, NIS 2, Cybersecurity Act, Cyber-Resilience Act, among others), advertising and marketing practices, including adtech, and consumer protection. She represents clients in all sectors, with strong industry focus on tech, healthcare and financial services. Elisabeth's practice also covers data protection and cybersecurity aspects of corporate transactions and reorganisations.

Elisabeth White

Eliseo Zuñiga, Jr.

Eliška Komínková

Eliška Komínková has more than seven years experience as a tax consultant, focusing mainly in the areas of value added tax and customs. Ms. Komínková’s practice focus is Czech and European regulations relating to customs, value added tax, comprising preparation of value added tax returns, tax and customs audits and consultancy. Ms. Komínková advised on tax issues in several M&A projects between international leading companies, assisted in the implementation of VAT-efficient (supply chain) structures for various types of companies, provided support to local companies during litigation.

Elizabeth Roper

Elizabeth (Liz) Roper is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North America Litigation and Global Dispute Resolution Practice, specializing in investigations, data security, and white collar defense. Liz advises clients on cybersecurity compliance, incident response, government investigations, internal investigations, and criminal defense matters. With over 15 years of experience in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, including over four years as Bureau Chief of the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau (CITB), Liz pairs deep investigative experience with expertise in new technologies and electronic evidence, including digital forensics, mobile device data, network forensics, and blockchain analysis. Liz has obtained the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) certification.

Elizabeth Zamudio

Principal Associate

Elmaz Abkhairova

Elodie Duchêne

Elodie Duchêne is a partner in the M&A and Corporate practice groups of Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office and has more than 17 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm in 2015, she worked for an independent law firm in Luxembourg for nine years. Elodie focuses on domestic and international M&A and practices mainly in the area of corporate law. She advises local and international clients on the structuring of international transactions, corporate finance, and on complex issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, group reorganizations and the setup of company structures in Luxembourg. She routinely works with private equity funds on the structuring of their investments, and has significant experience in advising international clients, including Luxembourg banks and insurance firms, on acquisitions, joint ventures and management incentive plans. In addition, Elodie has experience in structuring private wealth for high net worth individuals.

Els Janssens is a counsel in commercial law, litigation and healthcare regulatory issues in the Brussels office. Els worked as a senior regulatory legal counsel for Johnson & Johnson, supporting the company's global safety operations and advising on regulatory issues in relation to specific medicinal products. Els also worked as legal advisor for the European Medicines Agency, where she advised management, scientific committees, CMD(h) and the European Commission on a wide variety of issues in connection with authorisation procedures, submission requirements, pharmacovigilance obligations and procedures, as well as inspections. Based in Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2019, she advised both multinational medical devices and pharmaceutical clients on healthcare regulations in the EU and UAE. Els advises multinational pharmaceutical clients and investors on healthcare regulations in the EU and UAE. She equally supports the Firm's global healthcare group with knowledge management for the healthcare sector.

Emelie Ageby Svensson

Emelie Ageby Svensson is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Intellectual Property and Data & Technology practice groups in Stockholm. Emelie joined Baker McKenzie as an associate in 2021. Prior to joining the Firm, she worked at a Stockholm based startup as legal counsel. Emelie focuses her practice mainly on intellectual property, IT and privacy law.

Emily Carlisle is a member of the London office's Corporate Department. She advises clients on a wide range of corporate matters with a focus on reorganising the corporate group structures of multinational companies. Emily joined Baker McKenzie in 2000 and was seconded to the Firm's New York office in 2006. She was admitted to the Law Society of England and Wales in September 2002. Emily helps clients — mostly multinational companies — structure, implement and manage cross-border reorganizations efficiently while ensuring compliance with local and international legal requirements. She is part of a dedicated team in London focused on international reorganizations and business transformation projects.

Emma Smith is a counsel and member of the London office's Corporate Department. She advises clients on a wide range of corporate matters with a focus on business transformations. Emma joined Baker McKenzie in 2008 and was seconded to the Firm's Frankfurt office in 2011. Emma practises corporate law and advises clients in relation to business transformations. Her primary focus is structuring and implementing complex cross-border reorganisations and she is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Global Reorganisations Practice Group. Emma has broad experience across a range of industries including: consumer goods & retail; hotels, resorts & tourism; industrials; pharma; and technology, media & telecoms.

Emmanuel Sala is a partner in North America's Tax Practice Group in Toronto. He has broad experience advising Canadian and foreign companies on complex domestic and international tax matters with respect to mergers, tax reorganizations, financing transactions and acquisitions. He also represents taxpayers at all stages of tax disputes with the Canadian tax authorities. Since 2012, Emmanuel has been teaching at the Master of Laws (taxation) program jointly sponsored by HEC Montréal and the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal. He has also written and presented papers on a number of income tax subjects at various conferences and seminars across Canada. As Emmanuel is a lawyer as well as a chartered professional accountant (CPA), his clients have the benefit of leveraging his ability to provide thorough legal tax analyses and to discuss financial, accounting and economic principles on any tax-related matter.

Erdal Ekinci leads the tax practice in the Istanbul office. He focuses his practice on taxation matters across various sectors, and has led restructuring, international taxation, tax planning, transfer pricing and indirect tax projects. He offers tailor-made advice for his clients and combines his technical capabilities with his teaching experience. Before joining the firm, he worked for several years at a tax consulting firm based in Istanbul. Dr. Ekinci lectures on “Tax Legislation and the Turkish Tax System” and “Financial Management and Accounting” in various universities. He also lectured on financial accounting and cost accounting through the Executive Development Unit (EDU) of Sabanci University.

Eren Kurşun's activities focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. Eren currently specializes in structuring complex M&A transactions, drafting and negotiating transactional contracts. Eren has worked on some of the most groundbreaking transactions in Turkey and has experience in public company acquisitions. His experience in the field of capital markets includes sales through auctions, delistings and agreements with publicly traded companies, as well as transactions for the issuance of securities and licenses. Eren Kurşun teaches Mergers & Acquisitions at Boğaziçi University, the Turkish Capital Markets Association (TSKB) and the European Law Students' Association (ELSA).

Erik Forsin is a partner and heads Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Stockholm. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2020. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked at the Stockholm office of another global law firm. He graduated from Stockholm University (LL.M., jur.kand.) in 2008. He also has experience from working in Swedish Courts and the Swedish Enforcement Agency. In addition to acting in commercial disputes Erik serves as an arbitrator and has completed the SCC Institute and Swedish Arbitration Association Arbitrator Training Program (Class of 2021/2022). Erik is recognized as leading practitioner in the Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Nordics 2024. Erik focuses primarily on international and domestic arbitration and litigation for Swedish and foreign companies with a particular emphasis on disputes within the fields of contentious M&A, company law, banking & finance and contractual disputes. He has been lead counsel in numerous arbitrations, mainly under the SCC Rules and ad hoc as well as co-counsel in several Sweden seated arbitrations under foreign laws. Erik has tried cases in all major courts in Sweden, including four cases before the Swedish Supreme Court. Erik writes and speaks regularly on topics related to international arbitration in Sweden as well as other Swedish law issues.

Esteban Rópolo

Ester Navas has been a partner at Baker McKenzie since 2011. She joined the Madrid office in 2006 as an associate in the Commercial & Corporate department, where she focused her practice on commercial law, corporate restructuring and pharmaceutical matters. Ms. Navas wrote the Spanish chapters of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Pharmaceutical Advertising. Ms. Navas' practice focuses on corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial law.

Ethan Kroll is a partner in the Los Angeles office and the Chair of the Firm’s West Coast Tax Practice. He contributes regularly to Bloomberg's Tax Management International Journal and speaks frequently on international tax issues. Previously, he was a principal at a Big Four accounting firm.

Eugenio Hernández-Bretón

Dr. Eugenio Hernández-Bretón has been an attorney in the firm since 1981 and became partner in 1993. Eugenio is an elected member of the Venezuelan Academy of Political and Social Sciences, the Instituto Hispano Luso Americano de Derecho Internacional and the International Academy of Comparative Law. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer in energy and natural resources, international and domestic arbitration, and litigation by top legal directories including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. He is a tenured law professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad Monteávila and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. He holds a PhD from the University of Heidelberg and has authored of four books and more than three hundred articles.

Eugenio Muschio

Eugenio Muschio handles the regulatory and debt capital market work in Italy. He has extensive experience in the financial, banking and insurance sectors, as well as in capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on the debt sector (EMTN, standalone bonds, liability management, both domestic and Euro market). Eugenio's practice covers European financial and insurance regulations, such as UCITS, AIMFD, MiFID II, Prospectus Directive, Solvency II Directive, Basel III, Payment Services Directive, Electronic Money Directive, as well as domestic regulations issued by the Bank of Italy, the CONSOB, and the IVASS. He regularly assists financial players in relation to the provision of regulated services and the offer of financial products, and is often involved in cross-border reorganization of regulated entities. Eugenio also assists major financial institutions in the context of debt capital market transactions (EMTN, standalone bonds, liability management), acting both on the part of the issuers and the dealers, and has recently advised on some of the most significant debt issuances in the Italian market.

Eunkyung Kim Shin

Eunkyung Kim Shin regularly advises multinational companies on complex international trade, regulatory compliance, customs and import law, and supply chain-related matters. She also counsels on cross-border compliance and commercial issues. Eunkyung has written on these topics for a number of publications, including WorldECR and Law360, and frequently speaks on these areas. She is a frequent contributor to Baker McKenzie's Sanctions & Export Controls Update, Global Supply Chain Compliance, and Import and Trade Remedies blogs. Eunkyung has been recognized as a "Next Generation Partner" member of Baker McKenzie's international trade team by Legal 500. Legal 500 reported a client as stating that, Eunkyung is "outstanding in giving practical and effective advice." She began her legal career as an associate with Baker McKenzie and has been with the firm since 2013.

Eva-Maria Ségur-Cabanac

Eva-Maria is a partner in our Austrian corporate / M&A group and a member of our global sustainability practice. She acts as global lead sustainability partner for our financial institutions industry group, heads Baker McKenzie's capital markets practice in Austria and is a member of our EMEA steering committee for capital markets. Eva-Maria is a dual-qualified lawyer, admitted to practice in Austria and New York. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie's Vienna office in 2008, Eva-Maria worked in the New York, Paris and Frankfurt offices of a well-known US law firm. Eva-Maria focuses her practice on cross-border transactional work, with a focus on energy and sustainable industries. She also provides ongoing advice to Austrian, EU and non-EU clients on the evolving EU regulatory agenda around ESG. She is a regular speaker and author of articles relating to sustainable finance and the EU regulatory framework regarding ESG.

Eva-Maria Strobel

Eva-Maria Strobel is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office. She co-Chairs the Firm's global IP, Technology and Data Practice Group and heads the Swiss IP, Technology and Data team. Eva-Maria is admitted to the bars in Switzerland and Germany and worked in the Firm's Frankfurt office prior to relocating to Zurich. Legal 500, Chambers, WIPR, Managing IP and WTR 1000 praise Eva-Maria as one of the leading trademark lawyers in Switzerland. Eva-Maria focuses on the development of intellectual property strategies to procure, protect and commercialize her domestic and multinational client's intangible assets and to grow the return on investment. She conducts IP portfolio audits, tailors trademark and design clearances, manages large global trademark and design portfolios and represents clients in IP related enforcement, litigation and in relation to governmental administrations. Eva-Maria also supports her clients on the implementation of business decisions, licensing, and contracting to maximize economic returns. She advises clients in luxury goods, cosmetics and foods and beverages industries as well as in the healthcare sector on a whole host of regulatory issues relevant to the industry, with a particular focus on marketing and advertising. She has been complimented by clients who have said that she "walks the extra mile and thinks outside the box to achieve the best results for her clients." Eva-Maria is an active member of INTA's Unreal Campaign Committee, Marques' Regulatory Team and ECTA's Law Committee.

Evangeline Wang

Ezequiel Artola

Fabián Monsalve

Fabián joined the Firm in 2000 as founder of the Guadalajara office of which he is the Managing Partner since July 2018. He is Principal in the Transactional Practice Group with a focus on Real Estate & Infrastructure and Hotel Resorts and Tourism (HRT). He is the Head of Real Estate Practice in North America Region and Head of Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Sector in Mexico. Best Lawyers in Mexico 2021 and Lawyer of the Year in Mexico 2022.

Fabián Navares Aguilera

Fabián Navares is a member of the Firm's Foreign Trade practice in the Guadalajara office. He regularly advises on commercial law, litigation procedures as well as foreign trade and customs matters. He has co-authored articles on topics related to his area of practice. Mr. Navares has also served as guest speaker at seminars and lectures organized by various institutions, including the Consejo Empresarial Mexicano de Comercio Exterior (COMCE) and the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico.

Faez Abdul Razak

Fatima is a partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group of Baker McKenzie (focusing on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain) and a member of Baker McKenzie's Global R&I Steering Committee. She is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital. She is experienced in a broad range of conventional and Islamic banking and finance matters, focusing on financial restructuring and insolvency, project finance, corporate finance and trade finance. Fatima also has experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including international trade and commerce, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture partnerships and investment funds. Fatima is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, Legal 500 and IFLR.

Fatima is a partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group of Baker McKenzie (focusing on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain) and a member of Baker McKenzie's Global R&I Steering Committee. She is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital. She is experienced in a broad range of conventional and Islamic banking and finance matters, focusing on financial restructuring and insolvency, project finance, corporate finance and trade finance. Fatima also has experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including international trade and commerce, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture partnerships and investment funds. Fatima is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, Legal 500 and IFLR.

Federico Ruanova

Federico has been practicing law since 1988, and currently chairs the environmental and climate law practice in Mexico. He specializes in providing advice to clients to comply with legal requirements in the area of environmental impact, air emissions, water and wastewater, hazardous and non-hazardous waste and occupational health and safety. His practice also includes emissions trading, REDD+ projects and administrative and civil litigation. Chambers and Partners as well as The Legal 500 consider Federico one of the top environmental attorneys in Mexico.

Federico Cuadra Del Carmen

Federico Cuadra Del Carmen is a Partner based in the Miami Office of Baker McKenzie and is a member of the Firm's Transactional Group. Federico serves as the Co-Hiring Partner for the New York and Miami Offices. He is also Co-Chair of the New York and Miami Diversity Committee and serves on the Firm's North America Talent Committee. Federico's dedication to his clients and his practice has garnered a variety of accolades, including being named as a "40 Under 40" honoree by Bloomberg Law and a "Next Generation Partner, Corporate and M&A" by Legal 500. Federico maintains an active presence in the communities he works in and is a proud contributor to the Firm's Homeless Youth Handbook, working hand-in-hand with client teams and NGO partners to draft chapters in the Florida and New York editions.

Felipe Ferenzini

Dr. Felix Diehl is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Frankfurt office and joined the Firm in 2017. In 2022 he also practiced in the Firm's Chicago office. Felix was recognized as "Next Generation Partner" by Legal500 in 2025. He was recognized as "Best Lawyers: One to Watch" for labor and employment law by Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt from 2021 to 2024. Felix advises domestic and international clients on all labor and employment law-related matters, particularly in conjunction with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and works council issues. He represents his clients in and out of court, with respect to termination of employment and contract disputes. Felix has significant experience in employment and pension law aspects of global transactions and multijurisdictional restructuring projects. Felix regularly deals with European Works Council matters and is experienced in leading employment work streams for cross-border projects.

Ferenc Dávid

Fermín Guardiola

Fermín Guardiola has been a partner at Baker McKenzie since 1995. He heads the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group in Madrid and has over 20 years of experience in his area of practice. He is consistently recognized by Chambers Europe and Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in his field. In addition to his practice, Mr. Guardiola regularly collaborates with economic newspapers and has co-authored several reference monographs on labor and employment matters. He is a co-founder and director of Forelab, the prominent Spanish Labor Lawyers Association and also an arbitrator of the Madrid Bar Association Court of Arbitration. Mr. Guardiola advises domestic and multinational companies on a broad range of labor and employment matters. His practice is particularly focused on collective labor negotiations and litigation, especially in restructurings and layoffs resulting from mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Guardiola also has extensive experience in negotiating collective bargaining agreements, equality plans and executive terminations.

Fernanda Haddad

Principal Associate

Fernando Goldaracena

Fernando Treviño Martínez

Fernando has 27 years of experience as a litigator and has been a partner in the Firm since 1996. A member of Baker McKenzie’s Litigation Practice Group in Monterrey, he has spoken at various seminars relating to judicial procedure in commercial and civil matters, respect to damages, moral damage, punitive damages and conventional penalties and has also delivered lectures on commercial law at the Universidad Cervantina A.C. in Monterrey. Is an active member of the Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa.

Fernando Castro

Local Partner in the Santiago, Chile office.

Fernando Torrente

Fernando Torrente has over 35 years of experience and is a leading practitioner of corporate and equity capital markets law in Spain. He has extensive experience in advising corporate clients, investment banks and private equity funds in M&A, including public take-overs and private acquisitions of shares and business, and equity capital markets, including IPOs, primary and secondary equity offerings, as well as reorganizations, joint ventures and general corporate work. Expert also in corporate governance, Fernando formed part of the group of lawyers that advised the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) in preparing the Code of Good Governance of Listed Companies approved in February 2015. Fernando's practice focuses on M&A, public and private, and equity capital markets. His broad ECM practice includes IPOs, primary and secondary offerings and block trades.

Filip Uziębło

Filip Uziębło is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland, a partner and the co-head of Baker McKenzie’s Private Equity Group in Warsaw. He has experience in private equity and M&A deals as well as restructuring transactions. The prestigious legal ranking publication Chambers & Partners has multiple times ranked Filip as one of the best lawyers in Poland for private equity, and since 2015 it has ranked him as one of the best lawyers for corporate/M&A. According to recent reports, Filip Uziębło is frequently engaged by a diverse range of clients, including real estate groups, private equity houses and venture capital funds on various transactions. Another prestigious legal ranking, The Legal 500, has since 2018 ranked Filip in the “Next Generation Lawyers” category for private equity. In the most recent report a source stated that “Filip Uziębło demonstrated unique expertise in terms of the critical analysis of real estate and organising the exercise in an efficient and innovative manner. His combined knowledge in corporate law, restructuring and real estate has clearly given him a keen eye to quickly and easily identify material issues and important information.” Filip has advised major private equity funds, vendors, targets, industry investors, listed companies and institutional financial investors with regard to a wide range of transactions. Filip has provided assistance on a number of cross-border multijurisdictional acquisitions.

Filip Boras heads the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in the Baker McKenzie Vienna office and is member of Baker McKenzie’s global International Arbitration Steering Committee. He is double qualified as an attorney in Austria and New York and represents clients in international arbitration proceedings before all major institutions and ad hoc tribunals. Filip is widely recognized as a leading lawyer for dispute resolution in Central and Eastern Europe. Filip's experience covers a wide variety of disputes related to Central & Eastern Europe, including international commercial and investment arbitration. He helps global clients when investing in countries of the former Yugoslavia, where his clients benefit from his region-specific experience and his being a native Serbo-Croatian. His experience from representing clients in post-merger and acquisition disputes and corporate disputes, including issues arising from restructuring and insolvency, gives him a good commercial understanding. Filip understands the energy markets from his cases that include price-revisions and regulatory issues, as well as plant construction and infrastructure projects. He has acted on investor-state disputes based on bilateral investment treaties and the Energy Charter Treaty, under the ICSID Convention and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

Fiona Carlin heads the EU Competition & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Baker McKenzie Belgium. She is based in the Brussels office. She is the former chief executive of Baker McKenzie's EMEA region and the former chair of the Firm's Global Competition and Antitrust Law Practice comprising more than 320 lawyers in over 40 countries. She has remained an active practitioner throughout her various leadership roles with a particular focus on regulated industries. Fiona was a founding and long-standing member of Baker McKenzie's Global Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is dedicated to creating an inclusive high-performance culture where the talent of our lawyers and business professionals can flourish. Fiona advises clients on a wide range of competition law issues, including merger control, the structuring of distribution networks, state aid grants, compliance programmes and the defence of clients involved in competition investigations up to the appeal stage before the European courts in Luxembourg. Her focus is predominantly on the life sciences, consumer goods and industrials segments. Fiona has a stellar success rate before the European courts in competition and state aid cases. She has served as key adviser to the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations ever since the European Commission's pharmaceutical sector inquiry was launched in 2007.

Florian Tannen is a partner in the Munich office of Baker McKenzie with more than 14 years of experience. He advises on all areas of contentious and non-contentious digital, data, AI, cyber and general information technology law. Before joining the Firm, Florian worked for two major law firms and a large US-based technology company. Florian focuses this practice on digitalization, cybersecurity, data economy, data protection and digital law and has a strong focus on the automotive, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors as well as industry, manufacturing and transport and advises several large companies on the market launch of (digital) products and services that process data. He also advises on matters relating to intellectual property, unfair competition, compliance and general contract law in this area. Florian also leads several major, complex proceedings before German Data Protection Authorities.

Florian Käestle

Dr. Florian Kästle practices in the area of M&A, private equity, restructuring, corporate law and post-M&A disputes. He joined Baker McKenzie as a partner in 2000. He is regularly cited by top legal directories in Germany as one of Germany’s leading M&A lawyers. In addition to regularly giving presentations on M&A topics, Dr. Kästle authored the first legal commentary in German language on an English-language share purchase agreement. Dr. Kästle has broad experience in all kinds of M&A transactions, including acquisitions, sales, public takeovers, joint ventures, post-merger integrations and post-M&A disputes. Throughout his 20 years of practice, he has represented numerous strategic and financial investors, corporate sellers and other corporations in various industries.

Dr. Florian Thamm is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Frankfurt office. He is the head of the German Real Estate Practice and former chair of the EMEA Real Estate Practice Group of Baker McKenzie. Before joining the Firm in 2007, he worked in the Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and London offices of Hengeler Mueller since 2000. In 2004, he was seconded to Slaughter and May in London. Dr. Thamm was admitted to the Frankfurt bar in 2002. Dr. Thamm has extensive professional experience advising clients on real estate transactions, with particular focus on sales and acquisitions, construction and corporate real estate services.

Francesca Gaudino

Francesca Gaudino is the Head of Baker McKenzie's Information Technology & Communications Group in Milan. She’s member of the EMEA Steering Committee of the IPTech practice of Baker McKenzie. Francesca works in the IT/C practice group since she joined the firm, specializing in the area of data protection and security, with specific attention to legal issues emerging in use of cutting-edge technologies. Francesca assists clients in a full range of data protection and security related matters, including: data protection compliance programs, education and training, adoption of devoted e-tools for HR management and reporting, pharmaceutical related privacy and security issues, compliance and regulatory filings (e.g. notifications, requests of authorization with the Italian data Protection Authority, prior checking procedures), critical processing of personal data, transfer of data out of the European Union, multi-jurisdictional platforms, behavioural advertising, social networks, cloud based and IT outsourcing deals. Francesca is a regular contributor on international reviews such as World Data Protection Review, DataGuidance, Wired Italy, IAPP publications, Privacy Laws & Business, Bloomerg BNA and World Communications Regulation Report. She routinely holds lectures on data privacy and security at post-graduate courses of SDA – Manager Direction School of the Milan Bocconi University and Almaweb – University of Bologna; she regularly participates as speaker in national and international conferences and workshops on the same areas

Francesca Richmond

Francesca Richmond is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Francesca graduated from Kings College London with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and subsequently attained a Master of Law from the University of London specialising in Administrative Law and Human Rights. Francesca joined Baker McKenzie in 2004 and was admitted as a solicitor in September 2006. She attained higher rights of audience to act as a solicitor-advocate in 2009. Francesca has been seconded to Baker McKenzie's offices in Chicago, Washington and Sydney as well as to clients Barclays Bank PLC, the BBC Trust and O2. Francesca was a marshall at the Royal Courts of Justice in 1998 and in 2000 sitting with a High Court judge. Francesca specializes in the litigation and investigation of high value commercial and regulatory enforcement matters with a focus on class actions and mass torts litigation. Her practice spans antitrust, consumer and human rights law. She is recognised by Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in Commercial Litigation and practice lead of a Firm to Watch in Competition Litigation - identifying Francesca as a recommended lawyer who is "Adept at handling regulatory investigations and group litigations".

Francesco Goisis

Francesco Goisis is a member of the Firm’s Environmental Law, Public Law, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Law and Real Estate practice groups. A member of the Milan Bar Association, he was admitted to represent clients before ordinary courts and Supreme Courts in 2001 and 2008, respectively. He is a tenured full professor of administrative law at the State University of Milan, where he lectures on environmental law and public law and has been visiting scholar at the Universities of Cardiff and Nottingham (Public Procurement Research Group). Mr. Goisis has authored and co-authored several scientific and practical publications on public, European, environmental and administrative law. Mr. Goisis regularly advises on administrative, environmental and energy, pharmaceutical and real estate law, with specific regard to public law issues. He frequently works on public contracts and public concessions, authorizations and permits, public utilities, energy, environmental law, planning law, as well as proceedings before Italian regulatory authorities, especially in relation to antitrust cases.

Francesco Maruffi

Francesco Maruffi is a partner in the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice in Italy. Francesco is recognized as a leading Individual by Legal 500 (2018) for dispute resolution in Italy. Francesco is a litigator advising clients on a broad range of litigation and arbitration matters relating to commercial, corporate, financial and insurance disputes with a strong international focus. Francesco has extensive experience in assisting major companies on commercial and corporate disputes (e.g., post-acquisition, R&W claims, directors’ and shareholders’ disputes, unfair competition claims) including with respect to construction and real estate matters, before Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. He regularly acts for financial institutions on wide range of disputes including asset management, investors’ claims, class actions and investigations brought by the Italian Regulation Authorities. He also acts for major insurance companies and brokers with respect to financial lines, product liability, life insurance, property damage and casualty claims. He has been assisting aircraft lessors in a variety of disputes including with reference to aircraft repossession, airport charges and disputes with airport management companies.

Francesco Pisciotta

Francesco Pisciotta co-heads the tax practice of Baker McKenzie Italy. Francesco is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Europe and Global Tax Practice Group. He has been a member of the International Tax Commission of the Milan Association of Certified Accountants. Mr. Pisciotta is a certified auditor and a member of the Milan Tax Bar. He is regularly invited to speak on tax issues in various seminars and conferences. Francesco Pisciotta focuses his practice on domestic and international taxation. He counsels multinational clients on international tax planning, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, corporate restructurings, real estate transactions and indirect tax matters.

Francisca Castro

Francisco Fernández Rostello

Francisco Niclós Negrão

Gabriel Gomez-Giglio

Gabriel Gomez-Giglio is partner at Baker McKenzie’s Buenos Aires office, chair of the Latin America Banking & Finance Practice of Baker McKenzie and a member of the Global Steering Committee of the Firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Group. He advises clients on a variety of general commercial issues. His practice focuses on the areas of transactional and regulatory matters, including but not limited to multinational financial transactions, commercial agreements and mergers and acquisitions. Gabriel is a member of the Board and Adjunct Professor of Law at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a visiting professor with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London.

Gabriel De Jesús

Gabriel de Jesús has been with the Firm since 1997 and became a partner in 2011. He focuses on dispute resolution and commercial litigation and is recognized by Chambers Latin America as a leading lawyer in the field. He is an associate litigation professor at the Universidad Monteávila and Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas.

Gabriel Ortiz-Aguilar

Gabriel Gomez Giglio

Gabriela Salas Zuñiga

Senior Associate

Gabriela Saucedo-Garza

Gabriela Bezerra Fischer

Gavin has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating engineering, construction and consultancy contracts, including on major infrastructure, mining and processing projects. He has acted for government departments, owners, financiers, consultants and contractors. Gavin also has extensive experience in advising on construction disputes and dispute resolution proceedings.

Geert Bovy heads the International Commercial & Trade Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Belgium and in the EMEA region. He is based in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2001. Geert was a teaching assistant in procedural law at KULeuven from 2006 to 2009 Geert advises clients on all aspects of commercial and consumer protection law. He often works on global or pan-European projects, assisting clients in navigating the differences between various local laws in a centralized and coordinated manner. Geert has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements (e.g., sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, agency, franchising, selective distribution, sales. etc.) both in business-to-business and business-to-consumer contexts. He also advises clients on regulatory issues, marketing, promotion, labelling and advertising of consumer products, particularly food products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Geert's practice also comprises commercial litigation, including pre-litigation assistance, litigation and settlement negotiations.

Gemma Willingham

Gemma is a partner and solicitor advocate with Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team and our market-leading Private Wealth litigation group in London. Gemma has experience in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession and trusts. In such disputes, she acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is very familiar with all the major offshore jurisdictions. Gemma is a full member of STEP and ACTAPS, and a regular speaker at international conferences about wealth litigation. Gemma has extensive experience advising clients in relation to managing risks associated with exposure to wealth-related controversy, including dealing with corporate governance and family governance and resolving private family disputes. More generally, Gemma also has considerable experience in handling specialist pensions litigation and general commercial litigation.

Senior Associate

Georg Diwok heads the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwälte LLP & Co KG in Vienna. He previously worked as a law clerk at Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber and was a partner at Lattenmayer, Luks & Partner. He started his career as an assistant at Vienna law school. Georg focuses his practice on direct national and cross-border lending and restructuring. Georg's particular focus is on real estate finance. He further advises banks and business enterprises on licensing issues and represents clients in banking regulatory matters.

George Marshall

George is a partner in the Corporate Finance practice group in London. George's practice is focused on equity securities offerings of all types, as well as mergers and acquisitions, corporate advisory and general corporate work across a number of industry sectors in both mature and emerging markets. He regularly advises a range of corporate and investment bank clients and his industry sector focus is financial institutions. George is ranked in the UK’s Legal 500 2023 as a “Next Generation Partner” (Mid-Large Cap, Equity Capital Markets) and noted for his experience on transactions in the GCC and “detailed knowledge of the Middle East”. He is recommended in particular as “excellent on Saudi deals” (UK Legal 500 2021). George has experience of working in both London and Hong Kong for a variety of clients across EMEA (particularly in the Middle East) and Asia Pacific. He also has broad capital markets experience across a range of listing venues, including London, Riyadh and Hong Kong.

George Clarke is a partner in the Firm's Washington, DC office and chair of the Firm's North American Tax Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on governmental litigation and he is nationally-known for his work in civil and criminal tax litigation matters. George is consistently recognized by Legal 500 as a leading adviser in tax controversy. George also lends his talent to pro bono matters and has successfully represented non-enemy combatants unlawfully detained by the US in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was lead counsel in a case to force former President Trump to retain materials under the Presidential Records Act, and is defending the rights of young children with educational challenges to be compensated for lack of in-person schooling during COVID. He is a certified public accountant (inactive). Before becoming a lawyer, he served in the US Marine Corps.

Georgie Farrant

Georgina Foster

Gergely Riszter

Dr. Gergely Riszter heads the Tax Group of the Firm’s Budapest office. He has been recognized as a Highly Recommended Tax Practitioner by PLC Yearbook 2008. Dr. Riszter regularly lectures at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law on financial and tax law matters. He serves as editor of the Budapest office’s Tax Newsletter and regularly contributes to other tax-related publications. Dr. Riszter focuses on corporate tax, transfer pricing and VAT matters. He routinely advises multinationals on the tax structuring of their investments in Hungary and the tax implications of establishing financing and licensing structures through Hungarian vehicles. He also helps clients manage cross-border taxation matters. Dr. Riszter advises on tax and related legal issues arising from M&A transactions, and on VAT issues of various transactions and structures implemented in Hungary. He also represents clients before the Hungarian courts, Ministry of Finance and the tax authority.

Gerhard Hermann

Gerhard Hermann heads the M&A Department in the Firm’s Vienna office. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he served as partner in a leading law firm in Europe and lecturer at the University of Vienna. In addition to his practice, Dr. Hermann likewise writes articles on corporate law matters for various publications. Dr. Hermann practices mainly on (public and private) mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, as well as other general corporate law matters.

Géry Bombeke heads the Tax Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Belgium. He is based in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2004, after several years of experience in a Big 4 company and its related law firm. He became partner in 2010 Géry advises our clients on a broad range of corporate income tax issues, both international and domestic. Géry's practice focuses on transfer pricing, where he assists clients with strategy, design, implementation and documentation. He also regularly negotiates unilateral and bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), and assists in transfer pricing audits and disputes, including mutual agreement procedures. In addition to transfer pricing, Géry is also a tax specialist in corporate restructurings such as mergers and de-mergers, etc. where he assists our clients on pre- and post-acquisition restructurings, corporate simplifications, etc. Being based in the centre of the EU, Géry centralizes and coordinates for most of his international clients the firm's tax assistance in the region.

Ghada El Ehwany

Ghada El Ehwany is a partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo, where she heads the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group.

Ghada El Gharib

Ghada El Gharib is a Counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. She practice focuses on banking and finance, major projects, and energy. With over 13 years of experience, advising clients on high-value financing transactions, her work track-record has earned her well-deserved recognition IFLR1000 lauding her as a "Rising Star" in 2023 and 2024. She was seconded with the legal regional team of International Finance Corporation.

Giacinto Zampetti

Giacinto Zampetti is a counsel of the Antitrust & Trade Practice Group of Baker McKenzie Milan office. Giacinto advises on competition law, in particular, on horizontal and vertical restrictive agreements and abusive conduct as well as unfair business practices to the detriment of consumers. He regularly assists national and international clients in setting up and implementing selective distribution, franchising and subcontracting contracts in the fashion, automotive and food sectors. Giacinto has also significant experience in consumer law matters by assisting the Firm's clients, in particular, in drafting e-commerce terms and conditions of sale as well as reviewing advertising and promotional initiatives. He has represented several clients in proceedings before the Antitrust Authority (including the dawn raid phase) in cartel and abuse of economic dependence proceedings. He has also defended several operators in the digital world before the Italian Competition Authority in proceedings concerning unfair commercial practices and unfair terms against consumers.

Gil Roberto Zerrudo

Gillian Parnell

Gill Parnell is an of counsel in the Employee Benefits Group, part of the Employment Department of the London office of Baker McKenzie. She is a member of the Firm’s Global Employment and Compensation Practice Group that provides advice upon related corporate, tax and labour law issues. Gill advises on a wide variety of matters relating to employee share incentives and employment taxation, including executive remuneration. Gill assists companies with the tax and social security consequences of employees working remotely abroad or coming to work in the UK. Gill has a focus on the tax aspects of the modern workforce and, in particular, is helping clients to prepare for the changes in IR35. Gill assists UK and multinational companies with the design, implementation and administration of their UK and international share plans. She also advises on employee share incentives and executive remuneration in the context of corporate transactions. Gill has been named by Legal 500 as a "Next Generation Lawyer" in 2017 and a "Rising Star" in 2019 and 2020.

Ginger Partee advises companies on matters related to US and global immigration, internal audits and worksite inspections, mobility program management and corporate immigration compliance. Recommended by Legal 500, Ginger has extensive experience counseling manufacturing, engineering and technology companies that operate in industries ranging from heavy equipment to medical devices to business solutions and consulting. She has been with Baker McKenzie for more than 20 years and is a member of the Firm’s Global Immigration and Mobility Steering Committee.

Giorgio Telarico

Giorgio Telarico is a counsel in the Banking & Finance Department. He has practiced as a lawyer since 2004 and has mainly dealt with the project finance sector throughout his professional life. Before joining Baker McKenzie, he worked as a member of the project finance team of leading Italian and international law firms, dealing with the most important transactions of the project finance area. Giorgio's practice is mainly focused on the project finance area, either as a member of responsible team or as a project manager, assisting both sponsors and financial institutions.

Giovani Tomasoni

Giuliana Schunck

Gökçe Serez's practice focuses on corporate compliance, including bribery, corruption, anti-money laundering, corporate investigations, and white-collar crimes. Gökçe Serez also advises clients on national and international mergers and acquisitions, as well as real estate, commercial and corporate law.

Gökhan Akçaalan

Gökhan Akçaalan's activities focus on national and international real estate transactions and hotels, resorts and tourism projects. Gökhan prepares and revises real estate sales contracts, real estate development contracts, construction and lease contracts. Gökhan also advises companies on mergers and acquisitions. Gökhan Akçaalan also advises clients in the areas of legal compliance, data security and commercial law.

Graham Stuart is a partner in Baker McKenzie's London office specialising in product regulation and environmental, health and safety law. Graham advises on the regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, food, and a wide range of consumer and industrial products, acting for clients in connection with global integrations and reorganisations; product manufacturing, marketing, supply and distribution; EU and UK product authorisation regimes; non-conformities, regulatory investigations and prosecutions. His practice also covers operational environmental, health and safety matters for industrial and manufacturing facilities; the assessment and management of environmental risk in complex multi-jurisdictional projects, mergers and acquisitions; and climate change law and emissions trading.

Gregory Lebrun heads the Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Belgium. He is based in the Brussels office. Gregory has a particular focus on international litigation and arbitration, notably in the construction, technology and pharma sectors. He has extensive experience and an outstanding track record before commercial courts (including in summary proceedings), international courts and the Council of State. He is also known as a skilled negotiator, especially in the context of commercial contracts, settlements and discussions with public authorities. Gregory writes about and speaks regularly on litigation and arbitration, as well as on public contract-related topics. Gregory advises national and international clients on all legal aspects of business, commercial and administrative disputes, including regulatory issues. As well as representing clients in disputes, Gregory advises on dispute avoidance and project management issues. He and his team are known for managing pressing and/or critical situations and assisting large clients in crisis and reputational management.

Guillaume Le Camus

Guillermo Cervio

Guillermo Rodrigo

Guillermo Rodrigo is a partner leading the Real Estate Practice Group in Baker McKenzie’s Madrid office since 2016. He is a recognized professor of business law at IE University, and in the master of law program of Instituto Empresa teaching real estate finance projects, and civil law. Mr. Rodrigo's practice is mainly focused on real estate, construction and real estate finance. His areas of practice include advising funds and national and international investors in connection with complex acquisitions of real estate assets, large real estate portfolios and portfolios of secured debt, as well as real estate finance practice and construction. He has also advised on the incorporation of several SOCIMIs (Spanish real estate investment trusts).

Günter Pickrahn

Dr. Günter Pickrahn is co-head of the Dispute Resolution Department of Baker McKenzie's German offices and a steering committee member in the Firm’s Europe and Global Dispute Resolution groups. Günter's litigation and arbitration practice is wide-ranging and covers all aspects of commercial domestic and international disputes. He acted for many clients in arbitral proceedings as party representative, mostly in post-M&A disputes and licensing and intellectual property matters. He acts regularly as arbitrator, both as chairman and as party-appointed arbitrator.

Gustavo Boruchowicz

Hani Nassef is a Partner and Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Hannah Moxon is a senior associate who joined the Pensions Department in March 2017 after completing her training contract at the Firm. Hannah advises both pension scheme trustees and sponsoring employers on all aspects of pensions law for contentious and non-contentious matters and is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers. She is also a member of Baker McKenzie’s cross-practice data protection group. Hannah advises clients across multiple industries on all aspects of pensions law, including amending schemes to respond to legal developments, dealing with member benefit queries and other day-to-day issues. In particular, Hannah has acted for clients in relation to liability management exercises, employer deficit matters and member complaints, and has been involved in multijurisdictional transactional projects, which includes providing advice and coordinating international pension teams.

Haran Viswanathan

Haran Viswanathan is a partner in the Corporate Transactions Practice Group in Baker McKenzie’s Toronto office. Haran is a member of the Student Recruitment Committee for the Toronto office and an active participant in the Firm’s Pro Bono initiative.

Haruhiko Ogasawara

Registered Foreign Lawyer

Héctor Martínez

Hector has more than 14 years of experience as an attorney in Venezuela. He has participated in legal assessment for important national and international companies. He has taken part in contract negotiations with the Venezuelan State authorities. Hector has solid experience in the telecom, data privacy, environmental, mines and oil and gas sectors. Additionally, he has been actively involved in expropriation procedures.

Heiko Haller has represented clients in more than 40 international arbitration cases involving disputes that arise during major infrastructure, construction and IT outsourcing projects. He is particularly experienced in disputes involving large energy projects, such as the construction of nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. Heiko co-chairs Baker McKenzie's German Dispute Resolution Group. He also advises pharmaceutical companies in contractual disputes and serves as an arbitrator in M&A-related disputes under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce and German Institute of Arbitration. Heiko's experience working on a variety of cases and solid grasp of engineering concepts have given him a deep understanding of the entire energy chain, from production of raw materials and power generation to energy transmission and storage. This industry knowledge enables him to get up to speed on the technical and commercial aspects of cases quickly, develop winning legal strategies for clients and help them minimize losses or maximize profits. To help clients make more informed decisions about whether to invest in a dispute and to ensure they get the best return on their investment, Heiko and his team put each case through a risk analysis to calculate the probability that they will prevail on their claims. Heiko also uses this assessment to determine which aspects of the case to focus on and where to invest in expert opinions to achieve the greatest outcome.

Helen Brown is a partner in the London IT/Commercial Department. Together with Julia Hemmings, Helen heads up the Consumer and Commercial Advisory Practice. Helen advises on all aspects of offline and online sales to consumers including issues relating to data privacy, sales promotion and advertising with particular focus on the fashion retail and digital media sectors. She has extensive experience of advising and negotiating distribution, agency and franchising agreements. Helen also assists companies on the legal aspects of promotional activities and tie-ups with charities.

Heloísa Barroso Uelze

Hennadiy Voytsitskyi

Hennadiy Voytsitskyi heads Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Kyiv, which was named Ukraine Tax Law Firm at the International Tax Review's 2016 European Tax Awards. He has more than 20 years of experience practicing in Ukrainian and international tax law. Mr. Voytsitskyi participated in a working group led by the National Bank of Ukraine on development of draft legislation for the introduction of controlled foreign companies and implementation of BEPS Actions. Mr. Voytsitskyi focuses his practice on providing sound legal advice to multinational and domestic clients on international tax planning and tax structuring matters, including cross-border inbound and outbound investment, tax controversy and litigation and wealth management concerns. Most recently, he has been heavily involved in advising clients on strategy negotiations and appealing against decisions and other acts and inquiries of tax authorities and tax police, including participation in litigation against tax authorities and tax police.

Henric Roth is based in Stockholm and a partner in the Capital Markets team. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2010. Mr. Roth graduated from Lund University (LL.M., jur. kand.) in 2010 and has also studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2008/2009. Further, he has taken several classes in Business Administration and Economics at the University of Lund and has experience working as an officer in the reserve for the Swedish Navy. Mr. Roth was seconded to the Firm’s London Office for six months in 2016/2017. In 2018/2019 he was seconded as in-house legal counsel to one of the leading investment banks in the Nordics. During the last four years (2016-2019), Baker McKenzie's Capital Markets Group in Stockholm has been ranked #1 in acting for investment banks in capital markets transactions (in terms of deal volume) and #1-3 in acting for issuers in capital markets transactions (in terms of deal volume). Mr. Roth specializes in capital markets work, representing late-stage private and publicly traded companies, sponsors and underwriters, with a particular emphasis on capital markets transactions within two of the most rapidly growing industries: technology and life sciences. He has extensive experience counseling clients on the full range of capital markets related matters, including IPOs, public offerings, secondary share issues, public mergers and acquisitions, strategic corporate relationships, compliance and corporate governance.

Henrique Frizzo

Henry is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London, and a member of the Compliance and Investigations group. Henry is an English qualified solicitor. Henry also worked in the San Francisco office for an extended period and has been seconded to the litigation and regulatory investigations team of a well known bank. During his secondment, Henry played a leading role in the internal legal team on a number of high profile investigations and disputes. Henry has also been seconded to the UK Serious Fraud Office, during which he was the Case Lawyer on a high profile and significant multi million pound investigation.

Hesham Ragab is Of Counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Hiroaki Nagahashi

Hiroki Watanabe

Intellectual Property

Holger Engelkamp

Holger Engelkamp is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Corporate Practice Group and co-heads the German Energy & Infrastructure team. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked for international law firms in Berlin and Toronto. Holger completed a six-month secondment in 2012 / 2013 to one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies, advising in connection with the merger of its gas unit with its energy trading business. Holger primarily focuses on the energy and infrastructure sector as well as on the life sciences sector and advises domestic, multinational and global companies on large and mid-size M&A transactions as well as on venture capital and private equity transactions. He also focuses on joint ventures, all aspects of transformation and merger law as well as general corporate law.

Horacio Infante

Horácio Veiga de Almeida Neto

Hugh Lyons is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution department, based in London. He has extensive experience of high-profile and high-value commercial and financial disputes. His clients include major corporates, financial institutions and leading insolvency practitioners. Much of his work arises from disputed financing transactions, restructuring and insolvency, fraud and financial misconduct. He is also actively involved in the Firm's pro bono offering. Hugh is recognised for his practice by Legal 500, while Super Lawyers ranks him a “Top Rated Attorney in London” in the categories of commercial litigation, fraud and insolvency & bankruptcy. Hugh is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association and a fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals. Hugh regularly advises clients on litigation and investigations arising from financing transactions, restructuring and insolvency, fraud and financial misconduct. In such cases, Hugh helps clients both to formulate a strategic response to their issues and to decide how best to engage with regulators and prosecuting authorities. Hugh has extensive experience representing clients involved in disputes in the Middle East, where he is admitted as an advocate before the DIFC Courts, as well as in other jurisdictions including the Caribbean, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore and the US.

Principal Associate

Hugo Jay is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Real Estate Practice Group in London. He qualified as a solicitor in 2013 and joined Baker McKenzie from another global law firm in 2022. Hugo's practice focuses on real estate investment and development, advising on acquisitions, financing, planning, development, structuring, leasing and disposals, often by way of complex joint venture, corporate wrapper, forward funding and forward sale arrangements. Hugo also has considerable experience advising banks and borrowers on financing real estate investment and development and assisting investors and corporate occupiers with leasing matters.

Hugo López Miranda

Hugo López Miranda joined Baker McKenzie Mexico as a partner in the International Commercial and Trade practice group in the Monterrey office. Hugo is a law professional with over 15 years of experience in customs law, international trade and taxation. He is well-versed in corporate governance and compliance for companies looking to do cross-border business. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Hugo was responsible for developing the foreign trade area with his previous firm. His practice focuses on providing consulting, regulatory proceedings, and litigation. Hugo works with clients to make their business processes more efficient and cost-effective. Hugo has served as coordinator of the Foreign Trade Committee of the National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE).

Humberto Ruiz Correa

Humberto Ruiz-Correa is a member of the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group in Monterrey, Mexico. He joined Baker & McKenzie in 2009.

Huyen Minh Nguyen

Intellectual Property

Local Principal

Ida Cederborg is co-head of Baker McKenzie's Employment and Compensation Group in Stockholm. She advises Swedish and international clients on a wide range of employment matters. Ida as served as a law clerk at the Administrative Court in Stockholm. Prior to that, Ida worked at the District Court of Södertälje and the Swedish Migration Agency. Ida participates in the Swedish employment law debate in the form of articles in, for example, Dagens Juridik. She also gives lectures and seminars on employment law matters for both clients and external audiences. Ida advises on a wide range of employment matters, such as restructurings, business transfers, and employment law aspects of transactions, as well as recruitments, work force reductions and individual terminations of employment. She also handles multinational employment law projects focusing on harmonization and local integration of structures and term and conditions of employment. Moreover, she assists clients with all aspects, including practical implementation, of internal investigations regarding work environment issues, discrimination, and cases concerning sexual harassment and unfavorable treatment.

Igor Kolupayev is a counsel in Baker McKenzie’s Almaty office. He has published numerous articles on tax and transfer pricing, corporate law, international commercial arbitration, banking law, and maritime law. He also regularly prepares and submits draft changes to tax laws, toward improving regulations in related areas, particularly international taxation. Mr. Kolupayev provides full-scope advice related to mergers and acquisitions, general tax planning, tax for M&A and reorganizations, tax disputes, and customs matters.

Ihor Siusel has more than 15 years of practical experience, 12 of which as a legal advisor in major local and international law firms where he consistently practiced law in dispute resolution, namely international and domestic arbitration, litigation, enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards and bankruptcy law. Mr. Siusel advises and represents local and foreign clients in commercial, real estate, construction, corporate, IP, tax, customs, labor, insurance, loan, maritime, aviation, telecom, product liability and bankruptcy disputes, including complex cross-border disputes. His clients span a number of industries including mining, oil and gas, steel production, food production, publishing, ship building, telecom, pharma, IT, construction, transport, agriculture, distribution and retail, insurance, banking and finance.

Ina Alexandra Dominguez

Ines Radmilovic

Ines Radmilovic is a senior counsel in the Firm's M&A practice group. She is the past chairperson of the Firm's EMEA M&A Practice Group Steering Committee and former member of the Global M&A Practice Group Steering Committee. Before moving to Budapest in 1992, Ines was a corporate and securities associate in the Chicago office. She became a partner in 1996 and senior counsel in mid 2024. Ines has advised clients in various industries - including manufacturing, IT/communications, life sciences & healthcare, and financial services - on a range of cross-border or multijurisdictional transactional matters, including purchases and sales of businesses, advising on the complete transaction lifecycle, from structuring to implementation, as well as post-acquisition legal entity integration, spin-offs, mergers, demergers and corporate group restructuring.

Iolie Calochristos

Iolie Calochristos is an Of Counsel in the Structured Capital Markets Team in London, working in the area of derivatives and structured finance. Iolie regularly advises sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, global investment managers, pension funds and other institutional investors, together with end-users (such as corporates, CCPs, insurance companies and rating agencies) on a broad range of OTC derivatives and structured products, including interest rate and currency swaps and options, total return swaps, equity derivatives, securities lending transactions, repurchase transactions, regulatory capital and tax driven structures, loan and securitisation hedging. Iolie also advises on the regulation of derivatives and other financial products in the UK and EU, particularly in connection with the requirements of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive (BRRD), the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), as well as related legislation. During her time at Baker & McKenzie LLP, Iolie has completed client secondments at: (i) Citigroup Global Markets Limited, working with the Prime Finance and Listed Derivatives legal team (July to November 2012); and (ii) Credit Suisse, working with the Strategic Transactions and Structured Equities legal team (June to October 2015).

İpek Beril Bozoğlu

Dr. Ismail G. Esin has more than 20 years of experience advising clients in arbitration, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations and real estate matters. He is listed in The International Who’s Who for mergers and acquisitions, commercial arbitration and commercial litigation and in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for Corporate/M&A and Dispute Resolution. He lectures on real estate law, law of obligations and mergers and acquisitions law at Marmara, Galatasaray, Yeditepe and Bilgi universities in Istanbul, and writes extensively on these topics. Dr. Ismail G. Esin advises banks, multinational companies, governments and private equity funds on investments and major projects in Turkey, the Middle East and CIS. His work focuses primarily on the energy, infrastructure, construction, telecom and healthcare industries.

Itse Oosterhoff

Jack Rubin is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Real Estate Department having joined the Firm in 2012. Jack has spent time working in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong and Sydney office. Jack acts for a wide range of multinational clients, including property investment companies, investment banks and corporate occupiers. He has a particular focus on real estate finance and construction matters but also regularly advises on commercial and residential conveyancing, landlord and tenant issues and the real estate aspects of multi-national corporate transactions.

Senior Counsel (partner level equivalent)

Jacqueline Rotondi

Jacqueline Rotondi practices commercial, regulatory, competition and international trade law as a member of Baker McKenzie's Global International Commercial and Trade Group.

Jacqueline Chan

Jacqueline Chan is an intellectual property lawyer focused on advisory, transactional and litigation matters. Jacqueline co-chairs the Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Committee in the Toronto office, and regularly advises on pro-bono matters. She also sits on the Executive Committee of the Group of Racialized Ontario Women Litigators (GROWL). Jacqueline holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto. Prior to law school, she worked as a process improvement analyst at a major teaching hospital and a business analyst at a global technology consulting firm, where she advised clients on information privacy and security compliance.

Jacques Bernier

While leading Baker McKenzie's Canadian tax practice, Jacques Bernier assists clients in resolving their Canadian tax controversies and litigating them before the courts. With his vast experience, Jacques handles large, complex and sensitive cases — sometimes "bet the company" cases — often bringing exceptional results to clients. He also provides strategic advice to a number of multinationals in their dealings with the Canadian tax authorities and is the relationship partner to many Firm clients meeting their tax needs in Canada and abroad. He is singled out for his transfer-pricing expertise and recognized as a leading practitioner in Chambers Global and Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisors, as well as being consistently recommended for corporate tax litigation by Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory. According to Chambers Global, Jacques is "very determined, pragmatic and knowledgeable" and the "go-to-guy" in Canada. Sources also say, "He's thoughtful, he's calm, he thinks of the entire journey and the objective. He's responsive, very professional and easy to talk to."

Local Partner in the Santiago, Chile office. Related Expertise Banking & Finance Capital Markets Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Financial Institutions Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Dr. Jakub Lorys is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Munich. He has numerous years of experience in all areas of M&A transactions for both corporate and private equity clients. Prior to joining the Firm, Jakub worked for one of the leading German law firms. In 2017, he worked one year for Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City. Jakub focuses on German and international M&A and Private Equity transactions, advising corporate clients, institutional investors, financial sponsors, family offices and companies backed by institutional investors and financial sponsors. He handles a broad range of transaction types (both buy- and sell-side), including national and cross-border acquisitions and divestments (including auction processes), joint ventures, co-investments as well as related corporate matters.

Jakub Czerka is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland, a senior associate in the Banking and Finance Practice at Baker McKenzie in Warsaw. Jakub graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in 2013. He also obtained a Bachelor of Laws in Business Law from the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the University of Aberystwyth in 2015. He qualified as an advocate in 2020. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in Warsaw, Jakub worked at renowned global law firms starting from 2015. Jakub specialises in transactions related to debt financing. He advises financial institutions, private equity funds and other various private and public entities on domestic and international financing transactions, in particular, in the field of acquisition and corporate financing, as well as on comprehensive debt restructuring projects. He also has experience in advising issuers and bondholders on matters concerning bond issuances.

Jakub Falkowski

Jakub Falkowski is a Counsel in the IP/IT department of Baker McKenzie, Warsaw. He has been involved in several IT transactions and arbitration proceedings. Mr. Falkowski has gone on a six-month secondment to a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2007. Mr. Falkowski regularly advises on technology and outsourcing transactions and counsels companies in the media and technology sectors on digital media issues. He also has considerable experience advising on privacy matters. Additionally, he has dealt with IP issues, particularly with matters relating to unfair competition practices, copyrights, digital media, and e-commerce advisory.

Intellectual Property, Data and Technology

James is a Partner in the Corporate Finance Department. James joined Baker McKenzie as a Partner in January 2016 from another multinational law firm, having been predominantly based in the London office, but also having spent time in the New York and Singapore offices. He began his career in the Sydney office of a renowned law firm and has spent time as a consultant to Barclays' M&A Legal team. James is a member of TheCityUK's Capital Markets Group. James is a public M&A practitioner, with deep blue-book experience, having acted for international bidders seeking control of Code-governed companies, for UK targets and also as cash confirmation counsel to financial advisers across the City. He has acted as international counsel for both bidders and targets involving companies listed in other European jurisdictions. On the capital raisings side, James has been prolific over the years, acting for both issuers and underwriters on IPOs, rights issues, placings and open offers both in the UK and across EMEA. Issuers value his proactivity and commerciality and banks his depth of knowledge and practical experience of a multitude of forms of underwriting and transaction structures, as well as the UK sponsor regime. Beyond London, he has advised on equities transactions involving issuers listed in Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Paris, Saudi Arabia, Stockholm, Tallinn and Warsaw. James’ practice comprises a mix of equities capital raising transactions, international M&A involving companies listed on a range of London and international markets, and the provision of general corporate governance and regulatory compliance advice to listed clients.

James Robinson is a partner in the London office’s Antitrust & Competition department, and has extensive experience in UK and EU competition law. He is a member of the Baker McKenzie Global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group, and is Global Co-Chair of the Firm’s Cartels Practice, which is ranked #1 in the world by GCR Magazine. James has been named a Future Leader in Competition Law by Who's Who Legal and GCR. James advises across a range of competition compliance issues and investigations. In particular, he has extensive experience advising clients on all aspects of competition investigations, including audits and risk assessments, supporting clients during UK and EU dawn raids, making immunity and leniency applications to the European Commission and CMA, engaging in settlements, defending contested cases before the authorities, undertaking appeals to the General Court and Court of Justice and defending clients in follow-on damages or related antitrust litigation. James also advises on a full range of behavioral compliance issues, including distribution arrangements, market power assessments and horizontal co-operation agreements. In addition to working in Baker McKenzie's London office, previously James has been seconded to our Brussels office, and has undertaken two client secondments with a FTSE 100 company.

James Tanner is a partner in Baker McKenzie's London office. James's practice focuses on debt capital markets, securitisation and portfolio sales/acquisitions of both distressed and non-distressed assets. He also has experience across a range of financing transactions and products, including sovereign advisory matters, cross-border restructurings, CLOs and has a rapidly expanding sustainable finance / green bonds practice.

James leads our Middle East and Africa Funds Group and sits on the Firm's Global Funds Steering Committee. He has experience in the formation of private equity and hedge fund structures, fund reviews and due diligence for investors, investment management and advisory agreements, information memoranda and other offering documents, and in advising on specific investment structures for asset classes. He also has extensive experience in advising both buyers and sellers in secondary transactions private equity and real estate fund interests, end of life portfolios and GP-led buyouts. As well as advising fund managers, he counts many large institutional investors amongst his clients. James co-leads the Firm's Sovereign Investor Group and its relationship with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds with whom Baker McKenzie has an exclusive partnership for the provision of Legal and Regulatory knowledge services.

James O’Brien

Jim O'Brien is a partner resident in the Chicago office and is the past chair of the Firm's Global Projects Practice Group, which consists of over 200 lawyers who work on large energy, mining and infrastructure projects and financings.

James is a Partner in the Baker McKenzie Corporate Group based in London. He principally advises large corporates, infrastructure funds and other financial sponsors in relation to cross-border mergers and acquisitions, shareholder arrangements and joint ventures. James has experience working cross-sector but has a particular interest in infrastructure, energy and industrials transactions. In 2024, James was recognised by Legal500 as a Key Lawyer in both upper mid-market/premium M&A (£750m+) and Infrastructure M&A. James has a special interest in Japan-outbound transactions, having advising many large Japanese corporates on European and global transactions. James chairs UK Japan Connect, the Firm’s legal and business forum that helps build greater cooperation between legislators, government, trade and industry associations and Japanese businesses in both London and Tokyo. James is also a member of CityUK’s Japan Market Advisory Group which helps to advance the UK’s relationship in financial and related professional services with Japan. James has completed a secondment with a trading house in Tokyo, working as a deal and projects advisor for the energy, renewables and chemicals sectors. James is also one of the Firm's leading advisors with respect to warranty and indemnity insurance and related deal-risk products, advising clients on policy placements around the globe.

Jana Fischer is a partner in Baker McKenzie's International Tax Practice Group. She joined Baker McKenzie's Frankfurt office in 2011. Jana studied law in Göttingen and Sydney. She obtained an LL.M. specialized in taxation and is admitted to the Frankfurt bar since 2011. In 2014 she qualified as a certified tax consultant (Steuerberaterin). She’s the General Editor of the Firm’s Handling Tax Disputes in Europe Handbook 2018-2020. Jana Fischer advises German and non-German clients with respect to national and international tax. Her practice focuses on the representation of clients in tax disputes, including tax field audits and tax litigation. She also advises on structuring and implementing complex corporate restructurings including requests for binding tax rulings from the German tax authority.

Jane Hobson is a corporate partner in Baker McKenzie's London office. She heads the London Private M&A practice and the Global Transactional Healthcare group. She is part of the Global Healthcare steering committee and a member of the Global M&A Practice group. Jane's practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, licensing transactions and joint ventures in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector.

Dr. Janet Butler is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Transactional / Projects practice in Berlin. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2001 and meanwhile has more than 20 years of experience advising domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, financial investors and public authorities in a broad range of public law matters, with a focus on regulated industries (chemicals, life sciences, (renewable) energy and infrastructure). Janet is a member of the European Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Industry Group and the Global Environment & Climate Change Practice Group. She has worked in the Firm's Berlin, Frankfurt and London offices. Janet regularly advises clients on the management of environmental liability and regulatory risks in the context of M&A transactions and project developments, covering all stages of project development. She has extensive experience advising on environmental, planning and permitting issues as well as subsidy and EU state aid law. She also advises on the implementation of projects in the broadband infrastructure and future mobility sector.

Janet Kim focuses on outbound trade compliance issues that arise under US economic sanctions, export control laws, investment restrictions, antiboycott regulations, anti-money laundering laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She represents and advises US and non-US companies in criminal and regulatory proceedings, internal investigations, and compliance audits relating to these areas of law. She also advises on the extraterritorial application of these laws in cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, and other international commercial activities. Her practice includes the development and implementation of workable, risk-based internal compliance programs and procedures for companies in a wide range of industries. Janet currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Firm’s International Commercial Practice Group and has been with the Washington, DC office since 1994.

Jannan Crozier is a partner in Baker & McKenzie's Corporate Group based in London and the Firms Global M&A Chair. Jannan practices in Corporate Law and advises clients in relation to cross-border mergers and acquisitions and negotiated carve out transactions. Jannan joined Baker & McKenzie's London office as a trainee solicitor in 2003, qualifying as a solicitor in the Corporate Group in 2005 and being promoted to partner in 2015. The Legal 500 lists Jannan as a "Next Generation Partner" within M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, GPB 500 million and ".. is especially experienced in cross-border M&A, and complex carve-outs."

Jaspreet Takhar

Jaspreet advises market-leading tech and healthcare companies on issues at the cutting-edge of digital health. She focuses on the development and regulation of healthcare technology and data solutions. This includes assessing how digital health solutions can comply with the legal framework for data privacy, medical research and medical devices / pharmaceuticals. Jaspreet advises clients on complex issues at the intersection of healthcare, data and technology. Her practice has a particular focus on accessing and using patient data, innovative collaborations with hospitals, and the use and regulation of AI in the healthcare space. Jaspreet regularly speaks at medtech and pharma industry trade association events on issues ranging from health data and innovation to medical research. She has contributed to white papers and policy work by the Association of the British HealthTech Industry (ABHI) and the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care, focussing on the future regulation of health data and fostering healthtech innovation in the UK.

Javier Navarro-Treviño

Javier Navarro is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Mexico City office. He has extensive experience representing individuals and corporations in complex litigation and domestic and international arbitration.

Javier Menor leads the Corporate/M&A Practice Group and a partner in Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office. He is also a member of the Firm’s Corporate/M&A, Private Equity and Competition Practices Groups and has 20 years' experience in advising clients in these areas. He is recognized as one of the best lawyers in his field in Spain by the most prestigious directories, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers. Javier joined Baker McKenzie in 2015 from an international law firm where he was the co-managing partner of the Barcelona office and a member of the global executive committee, in charge of Corporate/M&A at a global level. Javier has broad experience in advising international and domestic clients in the areas of corporate law, M&A, strategic alliances, private equity and competition. He advises companies operating in different industries including pharma, food and beverage, IT, retail and tourism. He also serves as secretary to the board and legal adviser in several Spanish companies controlled by multinational and domestic groups. He is a professor of Competition Law at ESADE Law School and teaches the international contracts program at the Barcelona Bar Association.

Javier Jaime-González

Javier Jaime has over 16 years of professional experience in various areas of law, handling matters concerning civil law, commercial law, family law, litigation, tax matters and amparo actions. At present, he is a member of the Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group, mainly engaging in issues relating to portfolio recovery, performance or breach of agreements and amparo actions.

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Jean-François Findling

Jean-François Findling is a founder and the managing partner of the Firm’s Luxembourg office. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he established his own law firm in 2009 and was a partner in a leading Luxembourg firm. Mr. Findling is regularly recommended by Legal 500 for his extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Mr. Findling advises clients on issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and group reorganizations. He routinely works with private equity funds on structuring their investments, and has significant experience in advising Luxembourg banks and insurance firms on acquisitions and joint ventures.

Jean-François Trapp

Jean-François Trapp is a partner in the Real Estate team of the Baker McKenzie Luxembourg office. He has more than 20 years' experience in Luxembourg law. Prior to joining the Firm, he was a partner in a Luxembourg law firm where he headed the Real Estate department and co-led the Banking & Finance department. In 2007, he co-founded the Luxembourg law firm Roemers Trapp Pautot, a niche firm focusing on the real estate, real assets and infrastructure sectors. Jean-François Trapp is a renowned expert in real estate law. He regularly assists clients with real estate transactions both in Luxembourg and abroad. He also provides advice in the fields of tenancy law, construction law, administrative law and environmental law. Jean-François supports and counsels his clients on all aspects of their real estate investments, including the financial and contractual aspects, as well as those related to corporate law.

Jean-François Vandenberghe

Jean-François Vandenberghe heads the Real Estate and Construction Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Belgium and for the larger part of the EMEA region. He is based in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1994. He is also a member of the Environmental Law Practice Group and the Corporate Practice Group. Jean-François was also the managing partner of the Belgian offices from 2009 to 2016, and more recently ad-interim since end of January 2023 to end of March 2024. Jean-François advises national and international clients on real estate transactions and their environmental aspects.

Jeanette Holland

Jeanette Holland offers nearly three decades of experience advising employers and trustees on all aspects of pension law. Jeanette is co-secretary of the Association of Pension Lawyers Legislative and Parliamentary Committee, having previously been on the International Committee. Jeanette advises both companies and trustees in all aspects of pension law and often manages large-scale restructurings/projects involving the mitigation of pensions risks. She has advised on many anti-avoidance/clearance issues.

Jeffrey Martino

Jeff Martino brings an in-depth understanding of a wide variety of white collar and fraud related matters to his antitrust litigation and investigations practice. Jeff is co-lead of the Firm's Global Cartel Task Force and represents multinational corporations and their boards and executives in high-stakes criminal and civil investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and other federal and state agencies. Jeff draws upon his extensive criminal investigations, litigation, and enforcement experience to advise clients through sensitive matters pertaining to international cartel actions and white collar investigations. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Jeff spent nearly two decades at the DOJ and his last five years as Chief of DOJ Antitrust Division's New York Office. He has extensive experience as "first chair" on trials and investigations in the most complex areas of criminal antitrust and market manipulation. Jeff's work at the DOJ included providing technical assistance to competition agencies in Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe and overseeing matters that included international corruption and antitrust cartel offenses that entangled the largest global banks and their key executives.

Jennifer Bernardo

Jennifer Bernardo is a partner in the Employment & Compensation Law Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. As a litigator, Jennifer represents clients in labour, employment, and corporate/commercial law matters before a variety of administrative tribunals, labour arbitrators, and all levels of court in Ontario. Jennifer has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Legal 500 and "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Canada. Jennifer is a frequent contributor to Baker McKenzie's Canadian Labour and Employment Law blog, and co-author of the Employment Contracts Handbook (4th ed.). She co-chairs the Toronto office's Pro Bono Committee, is a member of the Toronto office’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee, and is the Toronto office chair of the North America Baker Asian Lawyers Network.

Jennifer Trock is chair of Baker McKenzie's Global Aviation Group and the immediate past chair of the North America International Commercial Practice Group. She leads the Firm's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) focus team and is a member of the Firm's Future Mobility Taskforce. She is the immediate past chair of the ABA's Forum on Air & Space Law. She serves on the Regional Management Committee for Baker McKenzie’s North America Region. Jennifer has been recognized by Chambers USA, Aviation Regulatory – National (2007-2024) and received honors from Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers, Infrastructure Journal and The Washingtonian. Jennifer was recognized by Women in Business Law Americas as "Aviation Lawyer of the Year," in 2021-2022, and 2024. She is also named as winner in the 2024 ALM Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards, Talent Management category and as Smart Tech Trailblazer in 2023 by The National Law Journal for leadership in Advanced Air Mobility and the future of air transportation. With an industry focused lens, Baker’s global aviation team includes over 200 practitioners that advise the commercial aviation and aerospace sectors across the globe on transactional, tax, commercial, disputes, regulatory, and employment matters.

Jennifer Revis is a partner in Baker McKenzie's London office and co-leads our EMEA Customs Team. Jennifer focuses her practice on the public regulation of international trade, particularly in a wide range of customs compliance issues. She regularly advises clients on import matters, including customs valuation, rules of origin, and classification. She has worked with clients designing and implementing their compliance programs, policies, procedures and risk assessments, and assisting them in customs audits. She has significant experience in managing global customs projects and disputes, particularly in the area of customs valuation (transfer pricing; assists; royalties). Jennifer also advises on FTAs and trade remedies matters. Jennifer has been consistently recognised as a "Leading Individual" for Customs & Excise and “Next Generation Partner” for Trade, WTO Anti-Dumping And Customs. Clients describe her as "an outstanding customs lawyer and litigator with fantastic experience. She is also easy to work with and leads her team with aplomb", "without a doubt, one of the best customs lawyers in the business (…) with an exceptionally deep knowledge of customs valuation concepts, as well as considerable experience applying those concepts in a variety of jurisdictions." Jennifer has been on secondment to the UK customs authorities (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) in their tax and excise litigation department and to the Firm's European Law Centre in Brussels.

Jennifer Ancona Semko

Jennifer Ancona Semko focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations, with more than 20 years of experience litigating in state and federal courts across the United States. Jennifer represents clients in domestic and international disputes and has expertise in cross-border judicial processes. She also has guided clients through investigations by the US Department of Justice, SEC, EPA, NYSE, Senate Finance Committee, United Nations and other government agencies. She is currently the Chair of the Washington Office Litigation and Government Enforcement practice, as well as Co-Chair of the North American Commercial Litigation subgroup.

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Jeremy Levy is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Structured Capital Markets Team in London, working in the areas of securitisation, structured finance and derivatives & financial products. Jeremy joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in 2005 and qualified into the Structured Capital Markets Team in 2007. Jeremy has been named a Next Generation Lawyer and a Next Generation Partner by the Legal 500. Jeremy regularly acts for sponsors, originators, arrangers and trustees on securitisation and other structured finance transactions across multiple jurisdictions and involving various asset classes (including trade receivables, residential mortgages, auto loans, consumer loans and equipment leases). Jeremy also regularly advises buyers, suppliers and platform providers on all types of supply chain finance transactions and advises companies listing bonds on the Channel Islands and Cayman Islands Stock Exchanges. Jeremy has considerable experience in establishing new structures and vehicles, and advised PrimeRevenue in establishing a new supply chain finance platform, named a Standout Deal at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2016.

Jeremy Edwards is a partner and the head of the Employee Benefits Group in Baker McKenzie’s London office. He advises on all aspects of employee share plans and employee taxation. Jeremy has over 20 years’ experience as a share plan lawyer and two years’ experience as a corporate lawyer. He is currently serving on the advisory panel of ProShare and is a regular speaker at share plan conferences held in the United Kingdom. Jeremy has substantial UK experience, including implementing plans for UK-listed companies and dealing with issues arising for UK-listed companies, including advising on executive remuneration developments, UK tax issues and the position on cessation of employment and dealing with share plans in the context of corporate transactions. Jeremy has extensive experience in connection with the implementation of share plans globally and working with multinational clients.

Jerome Tomas is co-chair of the North America Government Enforcement practice group. He has been recognized by Chambers for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations. He represents multinational companies faced with government investigations and conducts internal investigations to assess and remediate legal and compliance concerns in domestic and global operations. Jerome leads teams of lawyers to address government law enforcement perspectives and where necessary, meet and refute government legal theories of corporate and individual liability head-on, while also being pragmatic and business-oriented for management and boards to compete internationally.

Jerzy Bombczyński

Jerzy Bombczyński is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland, a counsel and the head of the Financial Services Regulatory and Investment Funds practice at Baker McKenzie in Warsaw. Prior to joining the Firm, Jerzy worked at the leading Polish development institution and asset manager, where he held the position of manager of the Legal Office – Investments. Previously, he had been associated with another renowned global law firm and a Polish independent law firm where he worked as a counsel at the banking & finance practice focusing on regulatory matters. He graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2012, also studying law at Stockholm University between 2011 and 2012. Jerzy completed postgraduate studies on the Warsaw School of Economics: Risk Management in Financial Institutions (2021) and Management of Corporate Restructuring (2020). He qualified as an advocate in 2016. Jerzy combines extensive experience in various areas of regulatory law such as CRR, BRRD, MIFID, SFDR and AIFMD-related matters, with a hands-on approach to advising on M&A transactions and effective risk management. He advises clients on regulatory matters, cross-border investments and finance transactions, restructuring projects, fund formation matters and international offerings of securities. He is also experienced in advising on resolution mechanisms, ESG regulations, as well as the operation and liquidation of investment funds and AIFMs.

Jessica Mutton's practice focuses on international trade, encompassing customs, tax evasion, sanctions and export controls, and anti-bribery. She joined Baker McKenzie from another global law firm in 2015. Jessica has knowledge of both the English common law and French civil law systems and has worked in London, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid. Jessica conducts training and presents at various seminars, webinars, and conferences on the complexities of international trade compliance. She is identified as a "rising star" by the Legal 500 and is recommended by the same body for her customs and Brexit work. Jessica's practice at Baker McKenzie focused on international trade work, encompassing Customs and Excise, Sanctions and Export Controls, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Tax Evasion, and Product Regulation. Jessica specialises in Customs and her experience includes advising multinational companies on global supply chain issues including EU and UK tariff classification, origin, and customs valuation. She has run numerous multi-jurisdictional and complex valuation and transfer pricing projects, including liaising with counsel across the globe to provide consolidated, commercial and practical client-facing advice. Jessica has experience working with Customs authorities in various jurisdictions and she has prepared a range of applications and disclosures in a number of different countries. Jessica is praised by clients for being commercial and pragmatic, and regularly has to develop compliance strategies that take into consideration competing demands from the business. Jessica also advises clients in relation to the UK offence of Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion, and helps clients conduct risk assessments to assess whether they meet legislative requirements in this respect. Jessica advises global clients across a number of sectors including consumer goods and retail, finance, pharmaceuticals, defence, aviation, energy, and telecommunications. She advises clients with complex and multi-jurisdictional supply chains.

Jessica Greenwald

Jessie’s practice includes intellectual property (IP) support in business transactions, coordination of global patent assignments and recordals, global patent portfolio strategy and management, and patent prosecution. Prior to entering law school, she earned her doctorate in Plant Pathology and Microbiology focusing on iron regulatory networks of bacterial pathogens. This technical background has lent nicely to her focus on patent matters, especially those pertaining to life sciences and biotechnology.

Jessica Le Gros

Jessica Le Gros heads Baker McKenzie’s Trade Mark Registration practice in London. She has extensive experience in intellectual property enforcement, particularly in trade mark infringement and customs matters. For two years, she served as operations manager for Unilever’s global trade mark portfolio. Jessica is a member of the European Communities Trade Mark Association and a qualified solicitor in New Zealand. Jessica focuses her practice on global trade mark prosecution and advisory work for the Firm’s global and regional clients. She has particular experience implementing Baker McKenzie’s offshored portfolio management model, and refining innovative technological and process-based offerings to clients in the areas of clearance, filing acquisition and disposal of trade marks.

Jessica Eden is a partner in the London Tax Disputes team and the head of the London Tax Practice Group of Baker McKenzie. With over 15 years experience in all aspects of tax dispute resolution across a broad range of sectors, she is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator. Jessica concentrates her practice on corporate and international tax disputes. She advises on large-scale, complex enquiries, including within HMRC's High Risk Corporates Program. In addition to utilising ADR techniques to reach negotiated resolution with HMRC, Jessica act for clients in the Tax Tribunal and Appeal Courts at every level. She has experience defending clients' public law rights through Judicial Review claims in the Administrative Court and defending claims to legal professional privilege in the FTT. She also supports clients with dispute readiness, including preparation of legal defence files and dawn raid training. Jessica regularly acts for large multinationals in resolving transfer pricing and Diverted Profits Tax disputes and advises clients on debt financing enquiries.

Jesus Perez-Palazuelos

Jesús Dávila joined Baker McKenzie in 2002 and became partner in 2009. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Venezuela by Chambers Latin America and IFLR1000. Jesus advises domestic and multinational companies on the full scope of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures and a variety of other corporate and compliance work. He has a strong track record providing insightful advice to companies on matters of antitrust, foreign investment and technology transfer, IT/Communications, and trade and commerce. Jesus has been a professor in various renowned universities in Venezuela.

Jesús Villegas

Jesús advises domestic and multinational companies on the full scope of corporate transactions, including corporate governance matters, compliance and internal investigations, and marketing and regulatory law. He has a strong track record of providing insightful advice to companies on regulatory and business law matters. Jesús is a professor at various renowned universities in Venezuela and has been recognized and awarded as a leading attorney for his work on compliance studies in Venezuela.

Partner of Baker McKenzie since 2012; Jesus started his Public Prosecutor's career in 1985, year in which he also passed the competitive examinations to the Judicial Career. He worked at the Audiencia Nacional Prosecutor's Office in 1989 as a consequence of the murder of his fellow prosecutor Carmen Tagle and in September 1998, he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor of the National Court Prosecutor's Office. Jesus acted as Chief Prosecutor from February 6 to May 17, 2006 and during this period of time in the Prosecutor's Office he was Coordinator of International Judicial Assistance, acquiring relevant experience in the handling of Extradition Proceedings and European Arrest Warrants. In 2003 he was appointed Coordinator of Jihadist Terrorism. In his long career as Prosecutor, he has participated in numerous proceedings for socio-economic crimes such as the "CISSA" cases, International Insurance Company, Banco de Santander (credit assignments), several VAT carousel tax frauds, the "Air Madrid" case related to an alleged fraud of the airline or cases of fuel fraud related to the special tax on hydrocarbons and VAT. He has developed a strong international experience in which he stands out as a consultant for the United Nations in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and his appointment as Liaison Judge with the Republic of Italy in 2004. While serving as Liaison Magistrate in Italy, he was heavily involved in organized crime investigations with the Italian National Anti-Mafia Directorate as well as in activities related to fraud against the interests of the European Union through the coordination carried out by OLAF. At Baker McKenzie, the White Collar Crime Department he heads has positioned itself in the Band 1 of the most prestigious international directories being one of the criminal defense departments of reference by participating as a lawyer in the main proceedings regarding economic crimes and corruption (Neymar, Defex, Gurtel - PP, Bankia, Francisco González, Emilio Saracho, Deloitte, OHL, ICBC, Rodolfo Martín Villa and others). Mr. Santos advises companies and individuals on preventive criminal law, pre-litigation situations and criminal proceedings, from the perspective of both the prosecution and the defence. He also advises on issues relating to financial crime and offenses against socio-economic order, fraud, negligent insolvency, corporate crime, tax and social security offenses.

Jim Holloway joined Baker McKenzie after graduating from law school in 1991. He is a recognized and ranked leader in the areas of intellectual property and technology, a skilled and experienced trial and appellate advocate, and a trusted strategic advisor. Jim was formerly the Managing Partner of the Toronto Office, a member of the Firm's Global Executive Committee, a member of the Firm's Policy Committee, and served as Chair of the North America region.

Jing is an associate in Baker McKenzie's International Commercial Practice Group and the Global Antitrust & Competition Group in Toronto. Prior to joining the Firm, Jing was an associate in the Toronto office of a leading Canadian law firm.

Jingjin Guo is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Merger & Acquisitions and Banking & Finance practice groups in Switzerland. Jingjin is also actively involved in the Firm's EMEA-China initiative. He is also the general secretary of the Swiss-Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Geneva. Jingjin focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters and investments. He regularly advises multinational companies on cross-border reorganizations and restructurings. He is also experienced in multijurisdictional complex financing structuring, investments and financings, including creating and implementing complex securities interests, assets-backed financings and aircraft financings. In addition, Jingjin advises a great number of technology companies and groups, especially in connection with data centers and crypto-related companies in the fields of cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse and play-to-earn games.

Jo Hewitt is a partner in the Corporate Department in Baker McKenzie's London office. Jo has a particular focus on advising multinational groups on the structuring, implementation and management of complex corporate reorganisation projects including post-acquisition integrations, holding company restructurings and group rationalisations. She is part of a dedicated team in London focused on international reorganisations and business transformation projects. Jo's practice also encompasses company law and corporate governance advisory work for private companies, including assisting clients to embed good corporate governance policies and practices across their organisations. Jo was named "Best in Corporate Governance" at the Euromoney LMG Women in Business Law Awards 2019.

Joachim Ponseck

Joachim Ponseck has more than twelve years of work experience in restructuring and insolvency law. He started his career in the R&I team of a magic circle law firm where he held the position of counsel before joining Baker McKenzie as a partner in 2021. With a very international focus during his studies and his career, Joachim advises clients worldwide in relation to issues related to German and European insolvency law. Joachim advises companies, their creditors and the management in connection with all legal questions concerning companies in financial difficulties and insolvencies. He regularly advises insolvency administrators as well. Joachim has a special focus on insolvency litigation, meaning the enforcement of or the defense against insolvency related claims against the management of the insolvent entity and their creditors. He also advises sellers and buyers in Distressed M&A transactions.

Joachim Fröhlich

Joachim was admitted to the German bar in August 2005 and joined the Trade and Commerce Practice Group of Baker McKenzie in Munich, Germany in March 2007. He was seconded to the legal department of Siemens AG in 2009 and to the legal department of Amazon in 2013 and 2016. In 2010, he worked at Baker McKenzie’s office in Frankfurt. He earned a Master in Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, with an emphasis on commercial law in 2006. Joachim studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, from where he graduated in 2003. He routinely publishes on distribution law issues. Furthermore, he is a co-author of the legal commentary Flohr/Wauschkuhn on all aspects of distribution law published by the leading German legal publishing house C. H. Beck. Joachim advises clients on all aspects of commercial law, contract law and distribution law. He particularly drafts, advises on and negotiates commercial contracts, such as contracts with sales intermediaries (e.g. sales agents, distributors, franchisees), logistics services and transportation contracts, purchase, supply and services contracts and manufacturing agreements, often having cross-border implications. Joachim is also seasoned on German law on standard terms and conditions. Additionally, Joachim assists clients in the reorganization of their distribution system.

Joakim Falkner is based in Stockholm and is heading up Baker McKenzie’s Capital Markets Practice Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is ranked as leading lawyer for capital markets by the leading legal directories. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2012, he worked at another global law firm for six years in Stockholm and London. During the last six years (2016-2021), Baker McKenzie's Capital Markets Group in Stockholm has been ranked #1 in acting for investment banks in capital markets transactions (in terms of deal volume) and #1-3 in acting for issuers in capital markets transactions (in terms of deal volume). Mr. Falkner is qualified to practice in Sweden, England and Wales and has a U.S. LLM from Suffolk University in Boston, United States of America. Mr. Falkner practices mainly in the fields of equity capital markets and represents late-stage private and publicly traded companies, investment banks, investors, shareholders and sponsors in a wide range of transactions, including pre-IPO transactions, IPOs, public offerings, primary share issuances, preferential rights offering, sell-downs and public mergers and acquisitions.

Joanna Matthews-Taylor

Joanna Matthews-Taylor is a partner in the Dubai office of Baker McKenzie and head of the employment practice. Joanna advises on employment law and immigration matters, working with clients based in the UAE and wider Middle East region. Prior to joining the Firm, she worked as a senior legal consultant for an international law firm's Middle East office, and as a qualified assistant for a leading Scottish law firm. From 2016 to 2023 Joanna has been recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, most recently as a “Next Generation Partner” with clients and peers commenting that "she is solution-oriented, pragmatic and very knowledgeable of UAE employment law." Joanna is experienced in the full spectrum of employment law issues, including recruitment, employment contracts, localisation of the workforce, benefits, termination and disputes She has also advised clients on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, investigations, cross-border ESG and compliance projects and the mobility of employees across the Middle East. She has worked with international clients in a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare and life sciences, hospitality and insurance.

Jo is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team in London. Jo advises clients in a wide range of industries on complex commercial disputes and investigations. She also regularly provides specialist product safety and regulatory compliance advice and acts for clients in product liability disputes. One of Jo's other areas of specialism is advising clients on a wide range of regulatory, public and administrative law issues, including judicial review, consultations, freedom of information and public procurement. Jo's practice often involves drawing on crisis management experience to help clients protect their reputations and shareholder value when dealing with urgent, time pressured issues and/or intense public scrutiny. Jo was ranked as a Next Generation Lawyer in the Legal 500 Product liability: defendant category in 2017. Jo has participated in the UK Government's Working Group on product safety and recalls and has assisted with the development of the Government's training programme for Trading Standards Officers on the new UK Code of Practice for Product Recalls.

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Joaquim Muniz heads the Arbitration practice group and has a wide breadth of experience in M&A, Corporate Law, Infrastructure Projects, Mining, construction and Oil and Gas regulation.

Joerg Risse is widely recognized as one of Germany's leading arbitration lawyers. Being double-qualified as an attorney-at-law in Germany and in New York (USA), he represents his clients in international arbitration proceedings under the rules of all major institutions. Joerg Risse is one of Germany's most-in-demand arbitrators; as a result, his clients also benefit from his judiciary "outlook" on a case. Joerg Risse teaches dispute resolution and advocacy skills at the University of Mannheim and at Humboldt-University, Berlin. Joerg Risse focuses on corporate law and post-merger & acquisition disputes, in particular on price adjustment claims, accounting and tax related disputes and reps & warranty claims. His second main area of practice are disputes related to large infrastructure projects such as power plants, airports, offshore wind farms and public transport projects. Most of his clients are companies form the chemical, automotive, medical and mass transport industry. Joerg Risse has special expertise in ADR proceedings where he advises his clients in settlement negotiations, mediation and adjudication proceedings.

Johan Botes heads Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Johannesburg. Johan is experienced in employment law and labor relations, focusing on South African and sub-Saharan African employment law and employee relations. He regularly advises multinational clients on industrial relations, employment negotiations, labor dispute resolution, change management, and organizational restructuring. His team manages multijurisdictional employment and employee relations projects on behalf of various multinational clients.

Johana De La Rosa

Johana De La Rosa joined the Firm since 2013 and is a senior associate in the Employment & Compensation Practice Group at Baker McKenzie Venezuela. She has more than 10 years of professional experience in the area.

Johanna Moesch (Mösch)

Johanna Moesch is an associate in the Firm's IPTech and Compliance & Investigations Practice Groups in Zurich. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, she worked as an associate and senior associate in a major Zurich law firm and, prior to that, as a law clerk in a Swiss district court. She was also a tutor and student research assistant at the University of Basel in the fields of public and private law. Johanna obtained a LLM degree from the Tsinghua University (Beijing). She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and has been a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) since January 2021. Johanna advises Swiss and international companies on all the legal aspects of IT, in particular, on data protection and telecommunications law, cybersecurity, and IT contracts. She has an additional focus on e-commerce and general contract law. Her practice covers for example advising companies on issues concerning domestic and cross-border data protection and technology law-related issues, as well as commercial law matters such as distribution, franchising, sponsoring and other agreements. She works for various industries, in particular, the technology, financial, healthcare, sports and consumer goods sectors.

Johannes Baumann

Dr. Johannes Baumann is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Frankfurt. He has numerous years of experience in all areas of M&A transactions for both corporate and private equity clients. Prior to joining the Firm, Johannes worked for one of the leading German law firms. He has been appointed as a notary with his seat in Frankfurt am Main. Johannes advises on complex M&A transactions, including carve-outs and restructurings, as well as on corporate law, representing companies and private equity funds. One focus of his advice is on complex structural measures, including the preparation of capital, transformation and other structural measures as well as corporate governance issues and shareholder matters. The focus of his notarial practice are complex M&A and PE transactions as well as complex corporate measures.

John is a media and technology lawyer in Baker McKenzie's IP and Technology team. John's practice has three main strands: (1) copyright and digital media; (2) online and digital regulation; and (3) product counselling on new technologies. He is currently a partner in Baker McKenzie's London office, having spent 12 months in the San Francisco office in 2018. In 2020 he was elected to TechUK's Data Analytics and AI Leadership Committee. John's practice has three main strands: (1) copyright and digital media; (2) online and digital regulation; and (3) product counselling on new technologies. Most of his time is currently spent advising clients on: (1) Impact of the EU Digital Services Act and UK Online Safety Bill; (2) Generative AI, associated regulation and copyright issues; and (3) Metaverses and interactive content. John writes regularly on these topics and his chapter (with Ben Allgrove) “Enforcement in a digital context: intermediary liability” was published in Tanya Aplin (Ed.) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies in January 2020. John has led complex copyright litigation in the Copyright Tribunal and in arbitration, as well as commercial litigation in the High Court. He has also assisted with copyright litigation at the Supreme Court and CJEU. In 2013 he went on a client secondment to a leading international internet services and online advertising company, advising on a range of brand protection, licensing and general commercial issues. In 2017 he completed a client secondment to a leading social media and advertising company, advising on a range of intellectual property, commercial and music licensing issues. John writes regularly on these topics and his chapter (with Ben Allgrove) “Enforcement in a digital context: intermediary liability” was published in Tanya Aplin (Ed.) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies in January 2020. John is also heavily involved in the Firm’s tech-focused pro bono work, as well as its social mobility initiatives.

John Pirie leads the Firm's Litigation and Government Enforcement Group in Canada. He acts for clients in complex business disputes and white collar matters. John is widely recognized as a leading trial, arbitration and appellate lawyer. He is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, and ranked by Chambers as a leading individual in both the Corporate Litigation and White Collar categories. Clients interviewed by Chambers have said: "John Pirie has a sterling reputation in the legal community and is regarded as a powerful litigator" and "He is a recognized expert when it comes to handling cases involving allegations of corporate fraud or corruption." John has a long record of success acting for a range of clients. He has acted for corporations, banks, officers and directors, a securities regulator, a stock exchange, investors, public officials, members of the judiciary and a variety of professionals.

John is a member of the Firm's Global Intellectual Property Group, where he focuses on intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing, and portfolio management. He has extensive experience handling patent infringement litigation in federal district courts and proceedings before the US International Trade Commission. John is continuously ranked in the Intellectual Property realm by Chambers USA, Managing IP, World IP Review, World Trademark Review, IAM 1000 and Best Lawyers. In a Chambers 2023 interview, one client highlighted John "knows exactly which disputes are better settled outside of the courtroom and has a keen sense for when aggression is the best play." Furthermore, John's exceptional capabilities have earned him a nomination as a Thomson Reuter Stand Out Lawyer in 2024. Clients commended him as an "excellent lawyer" with a "deep expertise in intellectual property and successful leadership of significant IP litigation."

John W. Watson chairs the Firm's Global Environmental Practice Group, consistently recognized as the largest environmental practice of any law firm in the world. John has been advising industrial enterprises on managing environmental risks and liabilities arising out of their domestic and international operations for over 30 years.

Mr. McKenzie's practice is focused on cross-border transactions and international trade regulation, including: Export Controls, Economic Sanctions Regulation, Customs and Import Regulation Integrated Corporate Compliance and Anti-Corruption Compliance: Advisory and Investigations International commercial and technology development and transfer transactions Mr. McKenzie was articles editor at the Harvard Law Review from 1975-1976. Between college and law school Mr. McKenzie served in the Peace Corps in the northwestern mountains of Guatemala. He joined Baker & McKenzie in 1976. Since that time, he has worked in Baker & McKenzie offices in Caracas, Venezuela and Taipei, Taiwan, in addition to San Francisco. For the past 40 years, Mr. McKenzie has arranged and chaired the annual Baker McKenzie Import/Export Conference, the leading international trade regulation and compliance conference in the West Coast of the United States.

John is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Intellectual Property and Technology team, based in London. He joined the Firm in 2016 and was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2018. He is also admitted as an attorney in the state of New York. His practice encompasses aspects of commercial, technology and intellectual property law. He has a particular focus on data protection. John advises on a range of UK and EU privacy law issues, including transparency and consent requirements, ePrivacy, data protection impact assessments and data subject rights. He has a particular interest in adtech and works regularly with advertisers, publishers and intermediaries. He has recently been helping clients to assess the data protection implications of Brexit, particularly in relation to international data transfers and determination of lead supervisory authority. Together with Baker McKenzie colleagues, he assists clients in understanding international privacy law developments, including the CCPA, for their European and global operations. John is also involved in negotiating a range of commercial agreements and advising on ecommerce and consumer law matters. He provides support with the commercial and technology aspects of large corporate transactions. He regularly acts for clients in the new media sector, including platforms, on privacy, consumer and intellectual property law matters. Recently, John has been assisting several clients in assessing the contractual and commercial law implications of proposals for new digital services taxes in various jurisdictions.

Jonas Benedictsson

Jonas Benedictsson is a senior counsel in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Stockholm. He is a member of the Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie’s International Commercial Arbitration Practice Group. He is the editor of several in-house publications, including Arbitration in Sweden and International Commercial Arbitration Directory. Mr. Benedictsson has also authored several articles for various publications, including The Tracing of Assets and the International Arbitration Checklist. Mr. Benedictsson focuses his practice in the areas of arbitration, litigation, alternative dispute resolution and insolvency. He has tried a wide range of cases in all major courts in Sweden. Mr. Benedictsson also handles numerous domestic arbitrations and is frequently appointed as an arbitrator in commercial disputes. He has been the lead counsel and advocate in more than 70 institutional and ad hoc arbitrations in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Austria and Hong Kong in disputes originating from more than 20 different jurisdictions including the PRC and various countries in the CIS. In addition, he has acted as co-counsel in a number of arbitration cases in various other parts of the world.

Jonathan is a partner in the Pensions Department and has over a decade's experience as a pensions lawyer. Jonathan joined Baker McKenzie in 2003 and he has spent three months in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office in their employee benefit department in 2008. Jonathan is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers, sits on the Legal Advisory Group of the Pensions & Lifetime Savings Association, and also the PASA (Pensions Administration Standards Association) DC governance working group. Jonathan has spoken at a number of conferences, including the Association of Pension Lawyers' summer conference, for the Pensions Management Institute, and the Association of Member Nominated Trustees. Jonathan advises companies and trustees in a variety of sectors on the legal aspects of operating pension plans. This includes establishing and amending pension schemes, investments, and resolving scheme members' complaints and Pensions Ombudsman disputes. He has a particular interest in the tax issues relating to pensions. Jonathan has undertaken a variety of projects for clients, including complex pension plan mergers, the set-up of asset backed funding arrangements, and entering into fiduciary management agreements. Another area of expertise is coordinating and advising on pensions in the context of multijurisdictional transactions.

Jonathan Peddie

Jonathan chairs the firm's Financial Institutions Global Industry Group and is a partner in the London Dispute Resolution practice. Jonathan has deep experience in advising boards, executive teams and individuals dealing with issues of market integrity, ethics, brand and reputation impact, conduct risk, whistleblowing, market misconduct, systems and controls failings and remediation, public statements and investor relations, financial crime, fraud, regulatory investigation and enforcement, public policy, public law and civil and criminal litigation. Jonathan's substantial in-house experience delivers a highly strategic and commercial focus aimed at re-establishing confidence in the brand and individuals. Jonathan joined Baker McKenzie from Barclays Bank PLC. Spanning a decade of unique pressure in the financial sector amidst the global financial crisis, he led the global litigation, investigations and enforcement function and established the bank's financial crime legal team. Jonathan was responsible for a series of high-profile regulatory and criminal investigations in EMEA, the US and Asia Pacific regions and led a significant portfolio of wholesale and retail litigation. Supporting the bank's risk and compliance functions, he implemented and improved systems and controls in respect of money laundering, bribery and corruption, fraud and international sanctions. Jonathan worked with UK and US law enforcement and government intelligence agencies on counter-terrorism, organised crime and other domestic and international security initiatives. Jonathan is the contributing author to a number of leading legal and sector publications, including: Banks and Financial Crime: International Law of Tainted Money (Oxford University Press 2008, 2016); Global Investigations Review - The Evolution of Risk Management in Global Investigations (GIR 2016, 2017, 2018); and Risk.net's annual Top 10 Operational Risks (2018-2022). In his current role, Jonathan handles high-profile litigation, investigations, regulatory enforcement and financial crime defence matters. He also advises on the consequences: governance and control spanning the legal, compliance, risk and audit worlds; designing and implementing risk management strategies and control frameworks; developing investigative capability to enable clients to deliver comprehensive, cost-effective and credible investigation and resolution, with the emphasis on effective risk reporting and strong regulatory engagement and investor/public relations. Jonathan has particular experience of working on matters involving the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, UK Serious Fraud Office, UK Crown Prosecution Service, UK Competition and Markets Authority, EU Competition Commission, Ofcom, New York Federal Reserve Bank, US Securities and Exchange Commission, US Department of Justice, FBI, Saudi Capital Markets Authority, Security and Futures Authority of Hong Kong and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He has worked in close partnership with UK Government departments including Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office, National Crime Agency, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, Combined Security Services, and the Metropolitan and City of London Police Services. Jonathan was praised by Legal 500 UK Guide in the Regulatory Investigations & Corporate Crime category for his 'huge experience in the regulatory sector, coming in part from his previous senior legal role at a bank' and ‘…many years of senior banking experience means he has real-life experience of the matters on which he now advises clients – and it shows in his insights, his ability to ensure the right blend of strategic and tactical in the team’s focus, and the quality of his analysis of key issues and his advice. Add to this his tremendous empathy for clients, and impressive tenacity, and you have a “go to” guy for contentious regulatory matters.’

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Joren Jansseune

Joren Jansseune is a partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2012. Joren advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including syndicated lending, acquisition finance, real estate finance, trade and export finance, securitization, structured finance, financial restructuring, general financing operations and security interests.

Jorge Ambriz Cuevas is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Foreign Trade and Customs Practice Group in Juarez. Prior to joining the Firm, he was an associate and later an acting director in the trade and customs group of a prominent law firm in Mexico. He was also a manager and later senior manager in a Big Four accounting firm’s trade and customs practice. Jorge has also served as director of foreign trade and customs audit in the headquarters of Mexico’s Internal Revenue Service, and worked in the Ministry of Economy’s Trade Department.

Jorge Adell is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office. He obtained his law degree from The University of Barcelona and a Master in Laws from The University of Chicago. He has practiced law in the UK, USA and Spain and has more than 25 years of experience in corporate, M&A, private equity and real estate transactional work. Jorge is professor at ESADE Law School in Barcelona, and serves as secretary to the board and legal advisor in several Spanish and foreign multinational companies. He also acted as in-house lawyer of the Barcelona'92 Olympic Organizing Committee from 1990 to 1992. Jorge has broad experience in advising international and domestic clients in the areas of corporate law, M&A, strategic alliances, private equity and corporate real estate. He advises companies from industries including real estate, food, IT, energy, textiles, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, vehicle components and tourism.

Jorge Salazar Cebrian

Jorge has 17 years of professional experience and is a partner of Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group. He joined the Firm in 2003. He is experienced in tax litigation, administrative, legal protection, and tax planning, since he has broad experience in the constitutionality of tax laws and taxpayers' defense against the actions of the tax and administrative authorities in the exercise of their review and enforcement powers. Before joining the Firm, Jorge was an in-house lawyer in GNP (Grupo Nacional Provincial, S.A.) and was an auxiliary attorney for the Seventh Civil Judge in the State of Nuevo Leon.

Jorge L Ruiz

José González Elizondo

José María González has been a Baker McKenzie partner since 2003. His practice areas include corporate law, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, banking, restructuring and notarial. He is a licensed public broker in Nuevo León and alternate notary public in Monterrey. José María is a public broker in Nuevo Leon and substitute notary public in Monterrey. He was a graduate professor at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon Law School.

José A. Morán serves the Global Steering Committee of the Firm's Projects Practice Group and Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Practice Industry Group, and is the past chair of the Firm's Global Projects Practice Group, which consists of over 200 lawyers who work on large energy, mining and infrastructure projects and financings. The Legal 500 United States has recognized José from 2011 - 2016 in the area of project finance and in prior years in the areas of corporate & finance and real estate & construction. Additionally, José has been recognized by the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Chambers & Partners global guide in the area of Projects. José is noted for his projects work with Spanish clients including in project financings noting that: "His projects work forms part of his broad banking and finance practice" and receives warm praise from interviewees, with one client reporting: "He's always available. He always hears us and gives us the best approach." José was named to A Word About Wind's 2022 Top 100 Legal Power List. The Legal Power List ranks the top 100 lawyers that exert the most influence on the wind industry globally, through the deals they work on and the advice they provide. In 2021, José represented a large infrastructure fund in a transaction that was awarded "Deal of the Year" by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) at the IFLR Americas Awards 2021. Further, in 2020, José represented the lead underwriters in a bond offering transaction that was awarded the 2020 Infrastructure Journal "Global Award for North American roads category". In 2019, José led the representation of a USD 3.59 billion acquisition that was awarded the 2019 "Outbound Deal of the Year" at the 14th annual China Law & Practice Awards. José has been trained as a lawyer under a civil law system and a common law system. José is a lecturer at Loyola University School of Law's comparative law seminar on legal systems in the Americas, and a visiting professor at Northwestern Law School as a lecturer in the project finance class. He was the vice chair of the Banking and Financial Services committee of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolutions. Prior to joining Baker & McKenzie, José practiced law in Madrid, Spain and in New York, with the law firms of Gide Loyrette Nouel and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, respectively. Further, José has also worked at the Madrid and Barcelona offices of Baker & McKenzie as part of the Firm’s Associate Training Program.

José (Pepe) Larroque

Pepe is the National Managing Partner in Mexico. He is recognized as a leading practitioner in real estate law by Chambers Latin America. Speaks regularly on topics relating to his area of practice, has authored a number of articles for various publications, including "Fibras and their Amendments" in Immobiliarie, as well as co-authored the Mexico Section of the Firm's Global Real Estate Taxation Guide for 2009 and 2010. He is a member of the San Diego Dialogue's Steering Committee, and is also a member of the Mercy Hospital Foundation, among other civic associations.

José Ignacio Muñoz

José Ignacio Berner

José María Méndez

José María Méndez is head of the Intellectual Property, Tech and Media department at Baker McKenzie Madrid and head of the EMEA IPTech practice. Mr. Méndez is recognized as a leader in his field by the most prestigious legal directories. According to Chambers Europe, José María Méndez "was born for copyright law" and “his style is oriented to being pragmatic and offers clear and easy to implement solutions." Jose María is hailed as an “expert in media and production” and considered “the king in audiovisual matters.” Clients describe Jose María as “very specialized and has unsurpassed knowledge of the audio-visual industry.” Jose María's practice focuses mainly on the media and tech industries. He advises clients on matters relating media and audiovisual laws, production, financing and distribution of content, creation of joint ventures and management of corporate deals for the media and entertainment sectors. He is also focused on the enforcement and protection copyrights and trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and transactions related to transfer of intellectual property assets. He is an specialist setting up financing for film and television productions and related regulatory issues for audiovisual projects, helping clients comply with both local and international media-related regulations. His clients include major national and international tech and media players, television and sports networks, telecom companies, OTT and SVOD service providers.

José Roberto Martins

José Tomás Brancoli

José Tomás Gutiérrez

Josh is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's IP and Technology team based in London. He joined the Firm in 2016 and was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 2018. Josh's practice encompasses a wide range of IP and technology related issues, with a particular focus on new tech regulation, copyright and digital media. Josh regularly advises clients on cutting-edge intermediary liability, UK and EU tech regulation, music and content licensing, product counsel, content moderation and artificial intelligence issues. Josh also advises on the IP aspects of M&A and broader commercial transactions, notably in the technology and copyright spheres, and has experience working on complex multijurisdictional copyright disputes.

Josh Wolkoff is a litigation partner in the North America Intellectual Property Practice Group. He litigates and counsels clients on all aspects of copyright and trademark law, with a focus on representing clients in the media, entertainment, technology, luxury and fashion industries. Josh is ranked in Chambers USA (2023) for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets as an “up and coming” practitioner and recognized as a top practitioner for enforcement and litigation by World Trademark Review (2023), where he is lauded for his "astute development of global strategies" and his "unique way of distilling down what is truly important to brand owners." Josh is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America (2023) as "One to Watch" in the area of intellectual property litigation, and has been repeatedly named as a "Rising Star" for intellectual property litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Josh was a litigation associate at a leading entertainment, digital media and intellectual property boutique in New York.

Joy K. Gallup is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Group and is based in the New York office. Joy has extensive experience in a broad range of cross-border corporate finance transactions as well as in negotiating complex, cross-border debt restructurings in Latin America. She continues to be recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 Latin America Guide and Top 100 Lawyers in Latin America by Latinvex.

Dr. József Vági is the local partner in Banking and Finance Practice Group. József joined Baker McKenzie's Banking and Finance Practice Group in 2006. He regularly advises on a range of transactional and regulatory financing matters, including project financings, syndications, acquisition financing, energy projects. He supports clients in all aspects of financing transactions, from origination and negotiation to documentation and closing and, when necessary, to enforcement of remedies, litigation or procedures and agreements for workout and reorganisation. He advises financial institutions in their various capacities in financing, capital markets, securitization and derivatives transactions and assists them in connection with regulatory laws (including outsourcing, bank secrecy, etc.).

Juan Bernardo García

Juan Bernardo joined the Firm in 1994 and has over two decades experience in real estate and infrastructure as well as transactional matters. Juan Bernardo chairs the Firm's Global Real Estate Practice Group as well as the Real Estate & Infrastructure Practice Group in Mexico. He has been continuously recognized over the years as a leading practitioner in real estate law by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Latin America.

Juan Carlos Valles

Juan Carlos Valles is a Partner from the Tax Practice Group, he regularly advises clients in the areas of international tax planning, permanent establishment, taxation of non-residents, cross-border transactions, corporate taxes, flat tax and value added tax. Valles previously worked as a member of the Firm’s Foreign Trade and Customs Practice Group for several years, where he assisted several companies on Mexico’s network of free trade agreements and other legal matters related to the international trade regulation and customs legislation.

Juan Carlos Guerra-Gascon

Juan Carlos Guerra joined the Firm in 2007, and his practice and expertise is mainly focused in real estate, mining, agrarian, infrastructure and project finance transactions, including structuring and financing of real estate developments of industrial, commercial tourist and residential nature. Likewise, he offers advice and consulting on public tenders, trusts, construction, mining, foreign investment, financial and credit operations. Juan Carlos also continuously works and supports various Mexican and foreign technology companies (soft-tech, prop-tech, fin-tech and others) in their day-to-day operations in Mexico, including structuring and implementing funding and capitalization through public and private investors. Juan Carlos is an expert translator from English to Spanish and vice versa, authorized by the Supreme Court for the State of Jalisco.

Juan Carlos Morón

Juan Carlos De Los Heros

Juan David Velasco

Juan Ignacio Donoso

Juan Pablo Menna

Juan Pablo Labbé

Juan Pablo Concha

Juan Pedro Cortés

Juan Pedro is a partner in the area of Criminal Litigation, Compliance & Investigations. His work mainly focuses on providing individuals and companies with advice regarding corporate crime, tax crimes, workers' rights, environmental law, fraud, as well as pre-litigation and preventive advice on criminal law, compliance and internal investigations. In addition, Juan Pedro has extensive experience in international legal cooperation, extraditions and European arrest warrants. Juan Pedro leads Baker McKenzie's Working Group on European Public Prosecution Office and he is a member of its multidisciplinary Cybersecurity and Compliance Team. Juan Pedro is Professor in the Master's program for Access to the Legal Profession at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI-ICADE), and also Professor in the Master's program on Cybercrime at Universidad de la Rioja (UNIR). Juan Pedro joined Baker McKenzie in April 2016. He began his professional career in 2010, as an associate in a law firm specialized in criminal matters. After two years at that firm, he joined the area of Criminal Litigation, Compliance & Investigations at another renowned firm, where he continued in the field of economic crimes for four years, until he joined Baker McKenzie in 2017. Over his professional career, Juan Pedro has participated in numerous highly mediatized cases, both as defender and prosecutor, they include: the Gürtel Case, the "Trama Púnica" case, the case involving collective redundancies in Andalusia, the CaixaNova case, the ZED Case, Bankia's IPO case, the "Operación Libero" case, and the Bandenia case. He has also defended several soccer players in criminal proceedings, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Radamel Falcao, Fabio Coentrao or Ricardo Carvalho. He is a member of the advisory teams for several large multinational firms, such as Amazon, Google, Twitter and Siemens, providing them with counsel on compliance and crime prevention.

Judith Mulholland

Judith Mulholland is a Partner at the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Judith has considerable experience in international commercial arbitration, including ICC, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996, as well as ancillary and enforcement proceedings before the English Courts. Judith also regularly advises clients on complex and high-value litigation and other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution. As a result of time spent on secondment to the global litigation team at an oil and gas major, Judith has particular expertise of disputes in the energy sector. She regularly advises on the interpretation of commercial contracts and the drafting of complex dispute resolution provisions and settlement agreements.

Jukka Karjalainen

Jukka Karjalainen is a partner in the London Tax Department of Baker McKenzie and leads the Firm's EMEA transfer pricing practice. He has over 25 years of experience in dealing with transfer pricing and international corporate tax issues from both a private practice and an industry perspective. Jukka has specialised in transfer pricing throughout his career and has experience working in several jurisdictions, namely the UK, Finland and Australia. Jukka advises a variety of multinational clients from various industries on transfer pricing matters with specific focus on transfer pricing disputes, customs and transfer pricing overlap, supply chain restructurings and intangibles. His strongest focus areas in industries are TMT, pharma and EMI. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Jukka was a transfer pricing partner and the tax leader of the Business Model Optimisation service offering at a Big 4 accounting firm. Jukka has been listed amongst the leading practitioners in his field by the International Tax Review and the Legal Media Group's Expert Guides.

Julia Dickenson

Julia is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property department of Baker McKenzie London. She joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in 2003. She qualified into the IP Group in March 2005, after completing a secondment in the IP Group at Baker McKenzie’s Sydney office. She specialises in brand advisory, litigation and enforcement and copyright advisory and litigation. She advises a variety of clients in the luxury and fashion, Consumer Goods & Retail, technology and digital industries on trade mark, design and copyright issues, and strategically advises on and runs litigation and enforcement matters both regionally and globally. She also regularly advises clients on platform liability and copyright in the digital space. Julia has acted for clients before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, CJEU and EPO on copyright, trade mark, design right and patent disputes.

Julia joined Baker McKenzie's London office as a trainee in 2005, qualifying in 2007, with a secondment to the Singapore office, and has shaped her practice to focus exclusively on regulatory matters affecting the Healthcare & Life Sciences industry. Julia is a key member of the Firm's Healthcare Practice Group, at the London, EMEA and global level. She advises both domestic and international companies in the medtech, pharma and healthcare sectors on a wide range of regulatory and general compliance matters including industry code compliance, interactions with healthcare professionals and patients, genetic testing, clinical research, virtual health, CQC registrations, market access, biological products, patient support programs, digital health applications, borderline products, pre-licence communications, CE marking, marketing authorisations. Julia sits on the Legal Committees of the Association of British HealthTech Industries and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, and is a spokesperson for the Firm on healthcare sector issues.

Julia is a partner in Baker McKenzie's IP and Technology team. She is specialized in IP transactional matters with a particular focus on the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Julia worked for major law firms in Munich and New York City, and as a lecturer and research associate at the University of Konstanz. In 2018, she was seconded to Novartis. Julia has been ranked as a "rising star" for Life Sciences in Switzerland by Legal 500, and for Intellectual Property by Managing IP. Client's describe Julia as "truly outstanding" with "excellence in contracting and negotiating complex licensing contracts with strong and complex IP topics" (Legal 500). Julia is heavily involved in the Firm's children's rights pro bono work. Julia has vast experience in all aspects of intellectual property law with a particular focus on technology related matters. As part of the global IP and Technology team, she assists clients in complex IP transactions involving the development, exploitation and transfer of intellectual property rights. Julia advises on a broad range of IP, commercial and corporate agreements such as collaboration agreements, licensing agreements, R&D agreements, asset deals, settlement agreements and a variety of technology transfer issues. She has vast experience in advising clients in the Life Sciences and IT sectors.

Julia Webster is a disputes and international trade lawyer. She advises companies on trade remedies, free trade agreements, blocking measures, customs compliance, anti-corruption laws, economic sanctions, AML compliance, supply chain ethics, and cross-border M&A.

Julia Hemmings is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s technology team based in London. Together with Helen Brown (they work in a job-share), Julia leads the Digital Commerce, Advertising and Marketing practice. Julia joined the Firm in 2001 and also worked in the Sydney office from March 2006 to March 2008. Julia was promoted to partner in 2019. Julia advises on a broad range of matters including consumer protection compliance, e-commerce and platform regulation issues with a focus on consumer transactions, particularly in the retail sector and on the technology side of fast-moving consumer products.

Julia Wilson is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Employment & Compensation team in London and co-chair of the Firm's Workforce Redesign client solution. Julia also leads the employment data privacy practice in London. Julia advises multinational organisations on a wide range of employment and data protection matters. She is highly regarded by clients, who describe her as a “standout” performer who "knows how we think." A member of the Firm's Pro Bono Committee, she plays a lead role in the Firm's pro bono relationship with Save the Children International. She also collaborates with Law Works to deliver employment law training to solicitors who provide pro bono advice to individuals. Julia regularly presents and moderates panels on podcasts, webinars and in-person events, is often quoted in mainstream media, and authors articles and precedents for a range of industry and other publications. Julia focuses on supporting employers with multi-jurisdictional and high-value matters involving strategic, operational, financial or reputational risk. In particular, she assists with designing workforce models, advising on regulatory frameworks governing non-traditional workforce engagement and on the implementation of organisational change and restructuring. Julia advises multinational corporations around the use of responsible AI, including the legal frameworks, AI ethics and governance, bias, and generative AI. Julia also advises on workplace data protection and compliance, complex employment litigation, global projects and transactions.

Julia Skubis Weber

Julia Skubis Weber is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Global Tax Practice Group in Chicago. She has been advising US, non-US and multinational corporate and pass-through clients on federal income tax planning matters since 2005.

Julie Permeke is a partner in the Tax Practice Group of the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2016 after several years of experience as a tax lawyer in other well-reputed Benelux law firms. She also works as a voluntary researcher in the tax department of the Free University of Brussels. Julie has been listed as a recommended tax lawyer in the Legal 500. Julie has 10 years of extensive experience in tax controversy and tax advisory work. She has significant experience in complex procedural and dispute resolution tax matters, and represents clients at every stage of a tax dispute (e.g., assisting during tax audits, negotiating settlements, filing tax complaints and representing before the tax courts). She assists clients facing complex national or multijurisdictional tax audits and helps clients to deal with (or preparing for) tax dawn raids (including e-discovery matters). Julie also has extensive experience in national and international tax planning. She developed particular expertise in the field of wealth management, assisting financial intermediaries and high-net-worth individuals on personal tax planning and management of estates. In this context, she has also assisted many high-net-worth individuals with migrations from and to Belgium.

Julius Cervantes

Juliusz Krzyżanowski

Juliusz Krzyżanowski is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Warsaw office and a member of the Life Sciences group. He has over seven years' experience advising Polish and foreign companies operating in the healthcare sector. Prior to joining the Firm, he was the advisor to the Polish Minister of Health. He also co-headed the life sciences practice in a large law firm and practiced in various international law firms. Juliusz often participates as a speaker in various conferences and is an author of a number of publications. Juliusz has a broad experience advising on pharmaceutical, medical and food law. He advises pharmaceutical, medical devices and dietary supplements companies, pharmaceutical wholesale distributors, pharmacy chains, medical services providers and private equity investors on advertising, clinical trials, distribution, manufacturing registration and reimbursement matters. He also advises on investments in healthcare and has experience in compliance projects for pharmaceutical and medical devices companies. Juliusz represents pharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmacy chains before the main pharmaceutical inspector and regularly works with key industry organizations involved in legislation processes.

Justin Hutchinson

Justin Hutchinson is a partner in the Firm's London office and a member of the Private Equity & Funds group. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, Justin was a partner in the London office of another leading international law firm. Justin is an experienced cross-border transactional lawyer, having acted throughout his career for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of control and minority investments, leveraged buyouts, management equity arrangements and disposals. Justin’s client base includes growth, mid- and large-cap private equity and other financial sponsors and their portfolio companies.

Justin is a partner at Baker McKenzie and has significant experience in various aspects of real estate law, his focus lays on matters concerning operational and investment real estate assets, including planning, acquisition and disposal, development, structuring, leasing and financing and joint ventures. He regularly advises banks and borrowers on financing investment and development real estate. Justin also acts for a number of investors and operators in connection with the acquisition, development, operation and disposal of hotel assets.

Justyna Glinka is an associate in the Warsaw Real Estate & Construction team. Before joining Baker McKenzie’s Warsaw office in June 2021, she worked at a renowned law firm in Warsaw for four years. She is a Polish qualified lawyer (legal counsel) admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association. Justyna Glinka has a considerable work experience in the area of real estate transactions (both share and asset deals) concerning office, warehouse and retail investments located in Poland. She provided comprehensive legal advice to domestic and international investors and financing institutions. Her expertise focuses on all aspects of real estate law from the initial due diligence analysis to post completion stages.

Kamal Nasrollah

Kamal Nasrollah joined Baker McKenzie on August 2012 to launch and head the Firm's Casablanca office. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked for Sullivan & Cromwell in New York from 1996 to 2001, and London from 2001 to 2003. He worked as a partner in the corporate team in August & Debouzy’s Paris office from 2003 to 2007, and managing partner in the Casablanca office from 2007 to 2012.

Kamil Matyśkiewicz

Kamil Matyśkiewicz is a legal counsel and associate in the Warsaw Real Estate & Construction team. He has over eight years of experience and specializes in real estate law, in particular in real estate transactions, including site acquisition and disposal, construction, as well as the development and commercialization of office and retail investments in Poland. He has handled transactions involving the acquisition of many pieces of real estate with different characteristics, located in different parts of the country. As a Polish qualified lawyer, Kamil regularly provides complex advice on real estate issues to international companies from various sectors that have acquired or wish to acquire real estate in Poland. He also has considerable experience in providing legal advice and handling investments involving construction, whether in the preparation of contracts between the investor and contractors, or in representing the investor in administrative proceedings. He also has considerable experience in assisting clients in the due diligence process at all stages of the investment, both before the commencement of the construction process, during it, and after its completion, in the case of real estate and buildings already in use.

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Karen Bustamante

Karen joined Baker McKenzie's Kuala Lumpur office in 1998 and has been a partner in the Firm's London office since 2007. She is the global chair of Private Equity, having previously served as EMEA chair of Private Equity. She is also a member of the London Management Committee. Karen is focused on leveraged buyouts, investments, acquisitions, disposals and carve outs for UK and international private equity clients. A large proportion of Karen's work is in relation to cross border or multicountry transactions.

With over two decades of experience, Karim has established himself as a cornerstone of the Saudi legal landscape. His experience spans many local and international transactions, encompassing mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and equity capital markets activities. Whether advising Saudi or foreign clients, Karim's strategic guidance and deep understanding of the legal complexities empower clients to confidently navigate complex transactions. Karim's role extends beyond individual client representation. In 2005, he led the establishment of the equity capital markets practice in Saudi Arabia and since then has been renowned for his depth of knowledge and experience and has consistently been recognized by legal directories as an expert in his field.

Karol Czepukojć

Karol Czepukojć co-heads the Restructuring & Insolvency practice group in Warsaw and also serves as a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He holds an Attorney-at-law's qualification and Restructuring adviser's license. Karol joined Baker McKenzie in August 2020. Before joining the Firm, he was associated with a renowned domestic law firm, Wardyński & Partners, for 13 years. Karol speaks at conferences, trainings and webinars on international and local court restructuring and insolvency matters. He has authored or co-authored a number of publications related to his field. He is also a member of well-known international and local associations of restructuring and insolvency practitioners, and is actively engaged in pro bono activities. Karol focuses mainly on cross-border and local court restructuring and insolvency matters, as well as on debt recoveries and commercial contracts. He advises all stakeholders, in particular debtors, creditors, security agents, insolvency practitioners and investors in distressed assets. Karol's assistance includes: directors' duties on insolvency court restructuring and insolvency strategies, including evaluation of security packages loan-to-own strategies and other distressed M&A transactions drafting, mitigating of insolvency risk and negotiating of commercial contracts, in particular in the context of supply chains and transactions all debt recovery strategies, especially enforcement of security packages and asset tracing

Katarzyna Grodziewicz

Katarzyna Grodziewicz is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland, a counsel in the capital markets practice at Baker McKenzie in Warsaw. She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk in 2010 and the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk in 2009 (with honors) and qualified as an attorney-at-law at the Warsaw Bar Association (with honors) in 2015. She is a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she obtained an LL.M. in 2010 (with honors). In 2014, she also completed a postgraduate studies in intellectual property law at the Jagiellonian University. Prior to joining the Firm in May 2022, Katarzyna cooperated with another two renowned global law firms for over a decade. In 2020 Katarzyna was selected to the panel of international experts of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as the only representative from Poland. Katarzyna focuses her practice on corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on securities law and M&A transactions, as well as on corporate governance issues for clients from various sectors, including IT, banking and finance and energy. She has advised on Polish and EU law issues in a number of public issuances of shares and in public and non-public issuances of debt securities of Polish and foreign issuers. She has extensive experience in acting as a key lawyer in international teams of lawyers, providing legal advice to companies, financial institutions, selling shareholders, financial sponsors, strategic investors and investment banks in numerous international and domestic, initial and secondary, public and private equity offerings and M&A transactions.

Katarzyna Kopczewska

Katarzyna Kopczewska heads the tax law practice at the Warsaw office of Baker McKenzie. She is an experienced tax advisor whose passion is providing comprehensive support to clients on tax-related issues. For over 20 years, she has worked at renowned consulting firms, gaining knowledge and experience in various areas of tax advisory. Her skills include: Strategic tax advisory and modeling: She helps clients achieve tax efficiency within the framework of current regulations Transactions and restructuring: She advises on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and other transactions International tax law: She is experienced in working with businesses operating in a wide range of international markets, which has allowed her to accumulate extensive knowledge and skills in dealing with issues related to global tax regulations Due diligence: She conducts tax analyses before transactions to identify potential risks and benefits Tax proceedings: She represents clients in tax proceedings before tax authorities and administrative courts, helping clients resolve disputes related to interpretations of tax law. She is active in the legal community, sharing her knowledge at conferences and in articles. Her flexibility, commitment and strategic thinking make her a valued professional in the tax field. Katarzyna is experienced in tax support for clients in the real estate sector (Polish and international investment funds, developers and construction companies), as well as entities in the technology sector. Drawing upon her experience as a lawyer at the Ministry of State Treasury, where she participated in privatizing major state-owned enterprises, she combines civil, corporate and commercial law with tax experience to offer complete solutions for clients. Her extensive tax and legal background, combined with sector-specific knowledge, enables her to provide comprehensive and pragmatic advisory services in transaction structuring, tax planning, tax disputes, transfer pricing and sector-specific VAT issues. Clients appreciate her interdisciplinary knowledge, excellent understanding of the real estate market and pragmatic solutions to tax problems, making her a valuable advisor in complex transactions.

Katarzyna Tobiasz-Dumania

Katarzyna Tobiasz-Dumania is an associate in the IP/IT department of Baker McKenzie Warsaw. She practices law in the field of industrial property since 1999. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Katarzyna worked for a law firm focused on trademark litigation and unfair competition and had her own practice as a patent attorney. Katarzyna Tobiasz-Dumania has experience in IP prosecution and litigation. Katarzyna is a Polish and European Patent Attorney and is also authorized to represent Clients before EUIPO and WIPO. Katarzyna Tobiasz-Dumania is experienced in IP-related litigation (trademarks, designs, patents, unfair competition). She also represents clients in prosecution and cancellation matters and advises on various IP-related aspects of their businesses. She represents clients from various industries (FMCG, pharma, media).

Kate Corby is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution team in London. Kate has over two decades' experience of representing clients in complex litigation and arbitration, with a focus on arbitration of construction, engineering and infrastructure related disputes. She has handled arbitrations under the rules of all of the major arbitral institutions and ad hoc, seated in London and around the world and under a wide range of governing laws. Kate also has significant experience in advising on product liability, safety and regulatory compliance. Kate co-leads the firm's Industrials, Manufacturing and Transportation Industry Group in EMEA. Kate is also well-known for her inclusion, diversity & equity work, particularly for organising the London chapter of #Arbitration Lunch Match, sitting on the Global Executive Committee of the Equal Representation of Experts Pledge, and she is co-chair of the London office's BakerWomen Affinity Group. Kate is ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 UK in both her practice areas in which she is described as “hugely impressive, extremely bright and on-the-ball, and has a deep understanding of the client’s needs and what really matters on the case. Kate acts for employers, main contractors, sub-contractors and joint venture partners from across the world in disputes concerning issues such as project delays, cost overruns and defective work, most of which involve arbitration. She has been involved in disputes arising out of projects from Kazakhstan in the East to Panama in the West, but in recent years has had a particular focus on projects in the Middle East. Kate is also active in advising clients on project and contract management and dispute avoidance. In addition, Kate has particular experience in advising on and coordinating large multijurisdictional product recalls as well as providing product liability, safety and regulatory compliance advice across a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals and healthcare, electronics and consumer goods. She is recognised as an expert in this field at governmental level, having been invited by the UK government to be part of a steering group making recommendations about consumer product recall processes and took a leading role in preparation of the BSI Code of Practice.

Kate is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate Tax Department in London and is Chair of our Global Technology, Media & Telecoms Industry Group. Kate is a solicitor, chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser with over 25 years' experience advising clients on their tax matters. Prior to joining the Firm, she spent seven years as a partner at a Big Four accounting firm. Kate has particular expertise in advising technology companies in relation to all aspects of their cross-border tax structuring. She regularly assists multinational companies with the design of their global holding, financing, intellectual property and supply chain structures. She has worked closely with many clients on strategic projects in this space helping them navigate the complexity of applying different tax regimes across the world. Kate has been heavily involved in the OECD Base Erosion Profit Shifting initiative and the proposals for Taxation of the Digital Economy, assisting clients to determine the potential implications for their businesses. She is an expert in the UK's digital service tax and has helped many clients determine the practical implications of the new law. Kate frequently helps clients to resolve on-going controversies with HM Revenue and Customs and has acted on some of the largest settlement negotiations in recent years concerning UK diverted profits tax. She is experienced with both Alternative Dispute Resolution and the High Risk Corporates Programme. Kate has also appeared as an expert witness in an arbitration matter heard by the World Bank International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. She is a regular speaker on international tax issues and co-author of the Controlled Foreign Companies Handbook: A Practical Guide to Part 9A TIOPA 2010.

Kate is an associate in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team in London. Kate has recently been seconded to one of the Firm's PLC clients. Kate sat within the organisation's Ethics & Compliance team, working directly for the Head of Ethics & Compliance, advising on matters relating to anti-bribery and corruption, financial crime and data protection. During her training contract, Kate spent six months on a client secondment to Shell International Limited, sitting within its Intellectual Property department. Kate spent a further three months on secondment in the Dispute Resolution department of the Firm's Singapore office, primarily advising clients in respect of arbitrations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Katharina Spenner

Katharina Spenner is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Munich office and a member of the Firm's Steering Committee of the EMEA International Commercial & Trade Practice Group. She joined the Firm's Frankfurt office in 2000 and transferred to the Munich office in 2004. She was seconded to the Amsterdam office for eight months in 2003. Katharina previously worked as a freelancer in the legal department of Lufthansa Cargo AG from 1997 to 1999. She has written several commentaries on competition and distribution law and regularly delivers presentations and workshops on topics related to distribution and competition law. Katharina advises clients engaged in all industries and services on all issues related to commercial law, in particular, national, European and international distribution law and competition law. She is specialized in assisting clients as regards the set up and implementation of their distribution systems in particular selective distribution systems, and advises in relation to internet sales activities. She also provides advice to companies with respect to general contract law and compliance issues including the performance of compliance trainings and audits.

Katharina Stüber

Dr. Katharina Stüber is a lawyer and holds a degree in business administration. She is a partner in the German Corporate Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Frankfurt office and advises on stock corporation and capital markets law. The focus of her work is advising listed companies on stock corporation and group law, including corporate governance, as well as capital market law, in particular on publication obligations as a consequence of the stock exchange listing. She is the author of various publications on stock corporation and capital market law, in particular on the statutory quota for women and market abuse law. Katharina has been awarded by Handelsblatt, Gemany's best lawyers, Wirtschaftswoche and Legal 500 with "Name of Next Generation" quoted with, 'Brilliant lawyer, not only in terms of her legal expertise, but also because of her pragmatic approach to proposing solutions. Always "on the ball" with upcoming legislative projects, regardless of the stage the project is at. She is well networked with the associations and institutions and, despite a very heavy workload, has an open ear for issues that need to be resolved at short notice within the company and never gives the impression that the call is a nuisance. It goes without saying that agreed deadlines are kept. Throughout the year it is a great pleasure to work with her.' Katharina regularly gives lectures at the Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Deutscher Investor Relations Verband, Deutsche Börse AG, WM Seminare, University of Augsburg, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, etc. Dr. Katharina Stüber advises listed companies on German and European stock corporation and capital markets law. This includes advising on issues relating to the rights and duties of management and supervisory boards, corporate governance, group law, market abuse and transparency law. She also regularly accompanies critical general meetings and advises in the context of public takeovers. One focus of her work is insider law. Clients include listed companies, in particular in the pharmaceutical, chemical, industrial and financial services sectors.In the attempted public takeover by Hellmann Friedmann and Blackstone of Scout24 AG, Katharina Stüber advised the target company, as well as on the various measures of capital repayment to shareholders of Scout24 AG and its change of legal form into an SE. Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA on the contemplated acquisition of Akorn Inc. listed in the USA.

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Senior Associate

Katja Häferer is a partner with more than 15 years of experience in labor and employment law. She co-heads the German Employment & Compensation practice and is an active member of the Firm's European Labor Law and Global Labor Law practice groups. Recognized as a Stand-out Legal Talent by Acritas in 2021 and listed among Wirtschaftswoche’s most renowned employment law practitioners from 2021 to 2024, Katja’s experience is well-regarded in the legal community. Her international perspective is enriched by her tenure in the Firm’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. Katja also co-leads Baker McKenzie's FeMale Leaders Initiative, promoting diversity and leadership opportunities for women in the legal sector and business community. A regular speaker and panel moderator at conferences, she conducts training on a variety of employment topics and frequently publishes in law journals, legal commentaries, and business newspapers. Katja provides strategic and comprehensive employment advice on domestic and multi-jurisdictional projects, including pre- and post-merger corporate restructurings, collective dismissals, negotiations with works councils and unions, cross-border secondments, global equity plans, and gender pay audits. She supports several multinational clients in the management of their global workforce regarding, addressing global working conditions, cross-border personnel deployment, and global HR compliance matters. Katja often leads multi-jurisdictional employment projects. Katja has extensive experience advising companies on employee representation in Societas Europaea (SE) supervisory boards and works councils, as well as European Works Councils (EWCs). She also provides strategic guidance on navigating the complex process of transforming into a Societas Europaea (SE). Katja authored a legal commentary on German SE-legislation “SEBG,” published in “AR - Kommentar, Kommentar zum gesamten Arbeitsrecht” (2021). She is also an experienced litigator in complex employment and SE law matters, including cases before the Federal Labor Court (BAG) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Katja's client base ranges from Germany- and EMEA-headquartered clients with global operations to local subsidiaries of multinationals.

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Keltoum Boudribila

Keltoum Boudribila joined Baker McKenzie in September 2012 and works on a daily basis on operations led by the Casablanca office, the 71st office of the network and third site of Baker McKenzie in Africa.

Keri Watkins is a partner based in Baker McKenzie’s Dubai office, who has been advising local and multinational businesses, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and public institutions in the Middle East since 2007. Keri also co-heads the Real Estate & Hospitality practice in the MENA region. Keri has extensive real estate, development and hotel related experience and advises on all aspects of the commercial real estate transaction from the initial due diligence and structuring of the deal to post completion aspects. During her time in the Middle East, Keri has spent time on secondment with Dubai Properties Group and Gulf Capital. Keri has been ranked by prestigious legal directories for her work in Real Estate and Hospitality from 2022-2024.

Kerry Contini is a partner in the Firm's International Trade practice and Global Sanctions Investigations group, specializing in sanctions and export controls. She helps multinational companies navigate these ever-changing rules and guides them through investigations when compliance issues occur. Kerry provides strategic advice on related geopolitical risks, human rights, and supply chain issues. Kerry has been ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, with clients highlighting that "her advice and solutions are business-focused" and that she is "very practical and easy to work with." Legal 500 reported a client as stating that "Kerry is thoughtful, practical, efficient, and has really invested in getting to know our business and our team." Kerry has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Global Investigations Review, Bloomberg Law, the National Law Journal and Asian Legal Business. She is an editor of the Firm's Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog and is a regular contributor to the Firm's Global Sanctions & Export Controls Blog. Kerry is passionate about inclusion and diversity and is involved in the BakerWomen DC and regional leadership. She has maintained an active pro bono practice throughout her career at Baker McKenzie, primarily focusing on public international law, animal advocacy and election protection. Kerry has been with Baker McKenzie since she was a summer associate in 2005. She started as an associate in 2006.

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Khaled is a Partner and heads the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian real estate and hotels team. Khaled has experience in the commercial real estate industry in the Saudi Arabian and Bahraini markets and has a broad skill set, including a strong focus on real estate sales and acquisitions, hotels, leasing, and regulatory matters. He has extensive experience acting for hotel owners in negotiations of hotel management agreements for new and existing hotels, including branded residences and hotel franchises. He also advises master developers, sub-developers, and investment funds on large-scale mixed-use hotel, retail and residential developments, lettings and disposals. Prior to re-joining Baker McKenzie, Khaled was the General Counsel of the Bahrain Real Estate Investment Company (Edamah), the real estate arm of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Before that, Khaled spent close to 10 years at Baker McKenzie as part of the same real estate and hotels practice group in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

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Kim Stas is a counsel in the Corporate Finance Practice of the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2008 after several years of experience in another international law firm. Kim advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate reorganizations as well as corporate governance and compliance.

Kim advises on a wide range of employment issues with a particular focus on the global HR aspects of transactions (carve outs, M&A, outsourcing), global projects and strategic cross border matters, complex and high value employment litigation, collective rights and the employment aspects of investigations.

Kimberley Fischer

Kimberley Fischer is a member of the international trade practice in Baker McKenzie's Berlin office. She joined the Firm in 2022. Kimberley studied law at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain), specializing in public international law and human rights. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Kimberley completed her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and at an international law firm in Brussels and Frankfurt am Main. She also gained significant experience in public (international) law as a research assistant at the University of Heidelberg and at a reputable law firm. Kimberley focuses on international, European and public law governing international trade compliance and sustainability. She advises clients on internal compliance systems, sanctions and embargo regimes, export control law and foreign investment reviews. She accompanies internal and external investigations and self-disclosures of export control and sanctions breaches. In addition, she assists clients in complying with the rapidly evolving EU and German legal landscape on sustainability, in particular the new directives and regulations under the EU Green Deal and the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act. This includes setting up and improving corporate governance structures and internal compliance programs with regard to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.

Kim Franko is a partner in the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Baker McKenzie’s New York office and advises clients on labor and employment issues in connection with US and cross-border corporate transactions.

Kirsty Wilson is a corporate lawyer who specialises in corporate reorganisations and post-acquisition integrations. She is partner in Baker McKenzie's London office and is a member of Baker McKenzie's Executive Committee. She is ranked by Legal 500 as a Leading Individual for International Business Reorganisations and is head of the Firm's Global Reorganisations Practice Group. Kirsty joined Baker McKenzie in 1992 and she worked in the Firm’s Palo Alto office between 1996 and 1998. Kirsty Wilson helps clients, mostly multinational companies, structure, implement and manage cross-border reorganisations, including post acquisition integrations, carve-outs and supply chain restructurings in ways that meet business objectives while ensuring compliance with local and international legal requirements.

Koen Vanhaerents

Koen Vanhaerents is a partner in corporate finance in the Brussels office. Koen joined Baker McKenzie in 1987. He advises Belgian and foreign clients on a wide range of corporate finance operations (both public and private) and complex corporate law issues. He is closely involved in numerous operations and take-overs on the Belgian capital markets, private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions. From October 2009 to October 2014, Koen was a member of the Executive Committee of Baker McKenzie and Chairman of the EMEA Region of the Firm. From October 2014 to July 2020, he was Head of Global Capital Markets. Koen advises Belgian and foreign clients on a wide range of corporate finance operations (both public and private) and complex corporate law issues. He is also closely involved in numerous operations and takeovers on the Belgian capital markets, private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions.

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Partner, Head of Structured Finance

Koray Söğüt is one of the partners of the dispute resolution department of Esin Attorney Partnership and focuses his work on litigation, especially in the field of international trade and real estate disputes and white-collar crimes. Koray represents clients at all stages before national courts and guides clients through all phases of the litigation process, including obtaining injunctions, attending hearings, developing litigation strategy, and conducting settlement negotiations. Koray also advises clients in disputes related to corporate law, law of obligations, maritime law, insurance, aviation, bankruptcy law, intellectual property, labor law and administrative law. Koray has experience in complex international commercial disputes.

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Kristína Doupal

Kristína Doupal heads the Firm’s International Commercial & Trade Department in Prague, focusing on trade and commercial law matters. She advises clients in relation to a range of trade and commercial law issues, litigation and arbitration, as well as regulatory proceedings. Kristína advises on all aspects of international commercial law including, inter alia, international trade, distribution and agency agreements, franchising, advertising and consumer protection. Kristína has extensive experience and often counsels on foreign trade-related procedures, including international sanctions and export control issues. She regularly conducts due diligence investigations involving both Czech and Slovak companies. Kristína also has experience in regulatory proceedings, including public procurement proceedings. The advisory in connection with public procurement proceedings mainly includes structuring of strategy in public procurements, evaluation of technology issues and assistance in negotiations with contracting authorities. Finally, Kristína’s experience in the field of dispute resolution includes legal advisory and representation in commercial litigations, insolvency proceedings and related litigations, employment and tax litigations, as well as domestic and international arbitration proceedings. She often advises investors on treaty planning, and leveraging international protections in the context of government interference. In addition, she regularly provides advice in the areas of information technology including domain name disputes. She also advises with respect to Czech and Slovak criminal law matters with the main focus on the white collar crime.

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Kseniia Prokhur

Kseniia Prokhur is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Kyiv. In addition to her professional activity, Kseniia delivers lectures on procedural law at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Kseniia represents and advises clients in various types of commercial, corporate and employment litigation in Ukraine, and has significant experience in enforcing the awards of the most prominent international arbitration institutions. Kseniia specifically focuses on challenging the acts of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and advises clients on all related legal aspects.

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Special Counsel (admitted in Thailand only)

Kurt Haegeman is a partner in Baker McKenzie's EU Competition & Regulatory Affairs Practice in Brussels and co-Managing Partner of the Firm's Belgian offices. Kurt has extensive experience in advising consumer goods, luxury & fashion and cosmetics clients, and clients from other industry sectors, on complex multi-jurisdictional antitrust matters, including antitrust investigations focusing on horizontal and vertical conduct, dawn raid defence and leniency strategy. Kurt's team has a particularly strong track record in developing successful defense strategies for clients that are involved in antitrust investigations. Kurt assists consumer goods, luxury & fashion and cosmetics clients regularly in the development, roll-out and policing of Europe-wide distribution systems, and he has particular expertise in advising on selective distribution and ecommerce management. Kurt has been at the forefront of Baker McKenzie's efforts to support CG&R clients in their response to some of the most prominent challenges in today's marketplace, including the acceleration of digitisation, the shifting consumer attitudes towards ESG and the increasing regulations on supply chain transparency.

Lamyaa Gadelhak

Lamyaa Gadelhak is a Partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo, where she co-heads the Banking & Projects Practice Group.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Lara Camille Lee

Laura joined the Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups of Baker McKenzie's Madrid office in 2008. She has also worked in the Firm's Chicago (2011) and London (2016) offices. Prior to joining the Firm, Laura worked in another leading Spanish lawfirm as an associate of the Civil and Commercial Litigation Department (2004-2008). Laura is the director of the Master's degree for access to the legal profession at the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB), where she also lectures on Insolvency Law. She also previously lectured on Insolvency Law and Civil Procedural Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and on Insolvency Law at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE). Laura focuses on restructuring negotiations and cross-border insolvencies, schemes of arrangement, and the acquisition of distressed debt and assets. She is also an expert in finding alternatives to filing for insolvency, avoiding directors' liability, reviewing agreements to minimize insolvency risks and claw-back proceedings. Laura also provides advice in civil and commercial litigation matters. Laura focuses on restructuring negotiations and cross-border insolvencies, schemes of arrangement, acquisition of distressed debt and assets. She assists in alternatives to filing for insolvency. ,review of agreements to minimize insolvency risks, claw-back proceedings as well as civil and commercial litigation. Laura also provides advice to avoid directors' liability.

Lauren Awoyinka

Lauren Awoyinka is a senior associate in the Pensions Department of the London office. Lauren joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in March 2011 and qualified into the Pensions Department in March 2013. Lauren also acts for a number of the Firm's clients on a pro bono basis, including Save the Children and Mencap. She is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers. Lauren advises both companies and trustees on all aspects of UK pensions law for contentious and non-contentious matters across multiple industries. This includes advising on liability management exercises, merging schemes, amending schemes to respond to legal developments and pensions aspects of corporate restructurings and acquisitions.

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Laurent Fessmann

Laurent Fessmann is a Banking & Finance partner specializing in the formation and structuring of Luxembourg investment funds. He is a former managing partner of the Luxembourg office and the current co-chairman of the Baker McKenzie's Global Funds Steering Committee. He started his career in 1996 as in-house counsel in a French CAC40-listed company where he worked intensively on LBO transactions, capital markets and corporate law matters. Mr. Fessmann joined a Luxembourg business law firm where he became a partner prior to founding his own law firm in 2009. He contributes time and knowledge in several market participant industry associations in particular as co-chairman of the ABBL/ALFI depositary forum working groups, the European Public Real Estate Association, the Luxembourg Private Equity Association and the Association of Global Custodians. He is also a regulator at fund conferences such as ALFI, IBCI and regularly invited to speak on internal or bank seminars. Mr. Fessmann has 25 years’ experience in business law highlighted by significant experience in fund structuring and asset management including formation and ongoing assistance of investment funds in a variety of asset classes (real estate, private equity, loan funds and infrastructure funds ). He advises asset managers and global custodians on regulatory and custody law issues and acts for them in the creation of asset management companies and regulated entities active in the financial sector. He also provides fund raising solutions in the securitization business and the debt capital markets.

Leif King leads Baker McKenzie's Transactional Group in California. Before joining Baker McKenzie in 2019, Leif served as head of Skadden's transactional group in Northern California, where he had practiced for over 20 years. He represents clients in connection with a wide variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, divestitures, recapitalizations, spin-offs and minority investments. Leif regularly advises public and private companies on corporate, corporate governance and securities law compliance issues. Leif has been featured as a Dealmaker of the Week and Dealmaker of the Month in The American Lawyer, and he has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business every year since 2008. The Daily Journal has named him several times as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California and previously recognized him as one of the Top 20 Under 40 lawyers in the state. He has been recognized by The Recorder as an Attorney of the Year. He has received two California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year awards from California Lawyer magazine and the Daily Journal. Leif also has repeatedly been selected for inclusion in IFLR1000 and The Best Lawyers in America. He was recognized as a BTI Client Service All-Star for providing outstanding client service, as a Thompson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer in 2024 and named to the 2024 edition of the Legal 500 M&A Powerlist: USA Region.

Lerisha Naidu is the managing partner and head of Baker McKenzie's Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Johannesburg. She acts on a diverse array of matters across various industries spanning several African jurisdictions. Lerisha advises and represents international and domestic clients in mergers and acquisitions, prohibited practices (including cartel-related matters), and compliance and risk mitigation. She has appeared before the Competition Tribunal of South Africa in merger proceedings, and has also worked on matters relating to clients involved in Tribunal proceedings. Lerisha has acted in several high-profile matters involving industry-wide and global cartels (eg. in the construction, aviation and gas industries), interim relief applications, contested mergers and dawn raids. She has also participated in a number of compliance initiatives, including training sessions for firms' employees related to competition risk mitigation. Lerisha was named Southern Africa Partner of the Year at the African Legal Awards in 2023 - cited for the legal excellence, innovation and leadership that embodies her work. She was also acknowledged on the 2019 list of 100 Most Influential Young South Africans as well as the Mail & Guardian list of Top 200 Young South Africans, and was commended in the Partner of the Year Private Practice category at the African Legal Awards in 2021. Lerisha also leads the Diversity and Inclusion portfolio in Johannesburg, as well as its pro bono and corporate social responsibility pillars.

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Libor Basl leads the Banking & Finance Practice Group in the Prague office. He is recommended as a leading finance lawyer in the Czech Republic by IFLR 1000. Mr. Basl advises on a broad range of acquisition, securities and capital market transactions. Mr. Basl routinely focuses on privatizations and tax-driven post-acquisition restructuring, including squeeze-outs, mergers and sales of enterprise. He also assists clients in complex banking and finance matters, including the drafting and negotiation of loan and security documentation. Mr. Basl provides sound counsel on divestments of non-performing and under-performing assets.

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Lina Nemchenko is partner in Baker McKenzie's Real Estate Practice Group and she is head of the Kyiv Employment & Migration practice and member of the EMEA Real Estate Steering Committee of the Firm. Lina was named "Best in Real Estate" by European Women in Business Law Awards twice, and she is the only Ukrainian lawyer to ever receive this accolade. Lina has extensive experience in advising both domestic and foreign clients on a wide range of real estate and construction matters, including advising on structuring major office and shopping center acquisitions, property development projects and various land-related transactions. She also has extensive expertise in landlord-tenant relations and in advising a number of the Firm's clients on setting up real estate investment funds for investing in Ukrainian real estate. She also regularly advises clients on data protection and general labor law. Among the large international companies Lina represents are McDonald's, Boeing, Oracle, Billa Ukraine (REWE Group), IKEA, ArcelorMittal and she also advises the governments of Canada, the US and the UK. Lina is also involved in legislation drafting in the real estate and employment areas.

Lindsay M. LaCava is a Partner of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group in New York and is a member of the Firm’s Global Indirect Tax Steering Committee. Lindsay advises individual and business clients on a full range of state and local tax issues. She was ranked by Chambers in 2019 and 2020, was named a "Rising Star" in Tax Law in 2015 by Law360, has been recognized by International Tax Review in its "Women in Tax" Leaders Guide since 2016, and has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a New York-Metro "Rising Star" for Tax since 2013. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Lindsay was a partner in the state and local tax group of an international law firm. In addition, she previously worked at a Big Four accounting firm, where her practice focused exclusively on state and local tax. Lindsay speaks on a variety of state tax topics at events around the country and also frequently writes about state and local tax issues, including serving as the former Managing Editor (State and Local Tax) for the American Bar Association’s "The Tax Lawyer," co-authoring Bloomberg’s Connecticut Corporate Income Tax Navigator, and co-authoring Checkpoint Catalyst’s New York Corporate Franchise Tax guide. She also teaches State and Local Tax as an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Linnea Back is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group in Stockholm. Her main practice area is tax reorganization for national and international company groups, as well as for small or medium-sized corporations managed by their owners. Linnea also advises companies in connection with tax litigation processes. She is recognized as Leading Individual for Tax in Legal 500 2021. Linnea is a frequent speaker on seminars regarding tax news and restructuring issues. Linnea advises corporations in relation to the tax aspects of restructuring and reorganization. She has handled tax matters involving listing companies on the stock exchange, advised in relation to the establishment of business in Sweden and on mergers. She also advises on the tax treatment of various incentive programs.

Lionel Van Reet

Lionel joined Baker McKenzie as customs lead in February 2022. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of customs, international trade, excises and energy levy. Lionel is lecturer at the UIA (Antwerp) and ULG (Liege). He is in charge of the customs, excises and international trade course at the Solvay Tax MBA. In 2023, Lionel was appointed by the Global ICC board as Chair of the ICC Global Customs Valuation Working Group. Lionel is also chairing the Indirect Taxes subcommittee of AMCHAM BE. Lionel's Indirect Tax practice team has been recognized as Tier 1 Indirect Tax Team in Belgium by ITR World Tax. Lionel focuses mainly on Trade & Customs transformation initiatives, Trade & Customs essentials, Trade & Customs processes optimization, Trade & Customs Strategy & Governance and Trade & Customs compliance. He has extensive knowledge and experience in the field of export control and sanctions, and in assisting companies in reviewing and managing their export control compliance monitoring system. Lionel furthermore has comprehensive knowledge of trade management, compliance and risk technical solutions (e.g., SAP GTS, MIC, Oracle GTM, Conex, Descartes, Streamsoftware, etc.). Over the course of his career, Lionel has also been heavily involved in the Trade aspects and impacts of the implementation of several trade-related legislations: REACH, CITES, Green Deal (inc. CBAM,..) in the EMEA region.

Lisa A. Fontenot has advised clients as to mergers and acquisitions, investments and other complex corporate transactions, and securities regulation and corporate governance matters for 30 years. Lisa is ranked as a leading attorney in the Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law categories of The Best Lawyers in America© 2019-2024 and is repeatedly shortlisted for the 'Media and Entertainment Lawyer of the Year' Euromoney Women in Business Law Award. She is a Thomson Reuters 'Stand Out Lawyer' and has been named an expert in Capital Markets and M&A by Euromoney Women in Business Law Expert Guides, a Woman Leader in Tech Law by The Recorder – San Francisco, and a Woman of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She is a certified Corporate Governance Professional, accredited by the Society for Corporate Governance.

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Lorenzo De Martinis

Lorenzo de Martinis is a partner and coordinator of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Baker McKenzie Italian Offices (Rome and Milan). Lorenzo and his team are top ranked and highly recommended in the main international legal directories such as Chambers and The Legal 500. Lorenzo specializes in technology disputes and trade secrets litigation. From 2001 he is professor from practice at MBA programs of the University of Bologna and Bocconi University of Milan.

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Lothar Determann

Lothar Determann has been helping companies in Silicon Valley and around the world take products, business models, intellectual property and contracts global at Baker McKenzie for more than 20 years. He advises on data privacy law compliance, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, information technology commercialization, interactive entertainment, media, copyrights, open source licensing, electronic commerce, technology transactions, sourcing and international distribution at Baker McKenzie in San Francisco and Palo Alto. He is a member of the Firm's International/Commercial Practice Group and the TMT and Healthcare Industry Groups.

Luc Meeus is a partner in the Tax and Corporate Finance practice groups and the global equity service line in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1997. Luc has been mentioned consistently as a recommended tax lawyer in the European Legal 500 and other legal publications. Luc advises on the corporate and tax aspects of transactional work, with a specific focus on private equity, fund structuring and equity-based compensation plans. He focuses on fund structuring, private equity, equity-based compensation and transactional tax planning.

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Luis Miguel Almendariz

Luka trained and qualified at another major international law firm before joining Baker McKenzie in September 2009. Luka advises lenders, sponsors, borrowers and ECAs on a wide variety of international and emerging markets financing transactions and restructurings. He is primarily involved in cross-border Export and Project Finance, Structured Trade Finance, Syndicated Lending and Restructurings.

Dr. Lukas Feiler, SSCP, CIPP/E, is specialized in technology litigations, focusing on regulatory and civil disputes in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation. Building on his litigation expertise, Lukas advises clients on strategic compliance issues in the areas of cyber security, data protection, and AI. He heads the Firm’s Commercial, Data, IPTech and Trade practice in Vienna. Lukas also leads the AI Desk in Vienna and is a member of the Firm’s EMEA Data Privacy & Security leadership team. Lukas regularly represents clients before the Austrian Supreme Court, the Austrian Administrative Supreme Court, the European Commission, and the EU’s General Court and the CJEU. Lukas has published best-selling books on data protection, AI, and cybersecurity law. He also holds teaching positions for data protection law and AI law at the University of Vienna and the Sigmund Freud University Vienna. Before his legal career, he worked as a software developer and system administrator in New York, Vienna, and Leeds and holds a certification as a Systems Security Certified Practitioner. Lukas’ practice is focused on representing clients in complex regulatory and civil technology litigations in the areas of data protection, AI, and platform regulation and regularly handles high-profile cases for market-leading technology companies. In particular, he has represented clients from various industries in more than 25 high-profile litigations against the data protection activist Max Schrems and his NGO noyb. Lukas is also known in the market as a strategic advisor in the areas of data protection, AI, cyber security, and digital copyright.

Lukas Glanzmann

Prof. Lukas Glanzmann is a member of the Management Committee of Baker McKenzie Switzerland. He is ranked among the leading lawyers in his areas of practice by various publications, including Chambers. Lukas Glanzmann graduated from the University of St. Gallen law school and obtained a doctoral degree in the field of corporate law from the University of St. Gallen and a LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. In 2006, Lukas Glanzmann finished his habilitation and today, he holds the position of a titular professor of business law at the University of St. Gallen. Lukas Glanzmann has published various articles and books in the fields of corporate, finance, accounting, restructuring and insolvency law. Prof. Glanzmann concentrates his practice in the areas of finance transactions, restructuring, insolvency, mergers & acquisitions as well as corporate and accounting law.

Łukasz Hejmej is a managing partner of the Firm’s Warsaw office. He also heads the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice group at the same office. Mr. Hejmej’s practice focuses on financial institutions’ liability, securities and shareholders litigation. Mr. Hejmej has a wide experience in commercial disputes, both in litigation and arbitration. He primarily focuses on financial institutions’ liability and securities litigation, advising mainly insurance companies, banks and securities brokers on issues related to D&O, IPO, BBB and PI insurance claims, professional malpractice claims, currency and commodity derivatives, as well as restructuring and bankruptcy. He also has experience in shareholders litigation and other kinds of corporate disputes.

Łukasz Targoszyński

Łukasz Targoszyński is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Warsaw office. Łukasz has successfully led a number of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including in particular for the private equity funds and industry clients. He is recommended as a Rising Star by Legal 500. Łukasz Targoszyński focuses his practice on civil and commercial law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint venture transactions, particularly in food, manufacturing, and consumer goods sectors. He is also highly experienced in corporate reorganizations, as well as in other matters related to day-to-day legal maintenance of the companies, often being also a first-contract lawyer for his clients. He is also seasoned in assisting clients in their international expansion. Łukasz is also advising insurers on W&I insurance.

Luke Richardson

Luke is a senior associate and Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts, Civil Proceedings) in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. He is a member of the department's practice groups for trusts disputes and wealth controversy; regulatory, public and media law; civil fraud and commercial litigation. Luke has completed secondments with clients such as the BBC Trust. Luke advises clients across a range of sectors on complex and high-value litigation in the UK and overseas, pre-action strategy, settlement negotiations and crisis management issues associated with potential claims. Luke's areas of focus include private-client wealth disputes and a range of public- and administrative-law issues.

Luke is a banking lawyer in Baker McKenzie’s London office specialising in real estate finance. Luke advises a mix of sponsors and lenders on a wide range of real estate finance investment and development transactions. He has particular experience advising sponsors on large-scale cross-border pan-European financings. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Luke spent five years at the London office of an American white-shoe law firm acting for the some of the biggest sponsors in the real estate market.

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate M&A Practice Group in Johannesburg. Lydia is continuously recognised for her legal proficiency and was most recently included in the Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2024: M&A | Africa - a meticulously researched guide that showcases Africa’s very best. She was a shortlisted finalist for Dealmaker of the Year in 2020 and again in 2021 and received the award in 2021, making her the first woman in the history of the award to have won. In 2022, Lydia was also awarded the Client Choice M&A Lawyer of the Year Award. In 2014, she was awarded the ABSIP Corporate Finance Lawyer of the Year award. She is also recognised by Chambers (for M&A and Private Equity), Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, and is featured in Who's Who Legal. Lydia has advised on several award-winning transactions including Vodacom on its acquisition of an interest in Vodafone Egypt, which was awarded Deal of the Year at the DealMakers Gala Awards in 2021. She advised Ascendis on its disposal of its Animal Health business to Acorn Private Equity, which was awarded Catalyst Private Equity Deal of the Year at the DealMakers Gala Awards in 2021.

Mackenzie Martin

Mackenzie Martin co-leads the Firm's Global Patent Practice and is a member of the Firm's North American Intellectual Property & Technology and North American Trial Team Steering Committees. She focuses on intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing, and portfolio strategy matters. She has significant experience in patent and trade secret litigation actions in federal district courts, before the US International Trade Commission, and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Mackenzie was named as one of the "Lawyers on the Rise" by Texas Lawyer in 2016, was given the Rising Star Award for IP at Euromoney's 2017 Americas Women in Business Law Awards, and was selected as a Rising Star for intellectual property litigation in Super Lawyers in 2017 to 2021. In 2022, she has been ranked or recognized by US Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers.

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Magdalena Medyńska

Magdalena Medyńska is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland and a counsel in the corporate department of the Warsaw office of Baker McKenzie. She graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2013 and qualified as an advocate in 2017. Prior to joining the Firm in July 2022, Magdalena worked for almost 10 years in the corporate departments and M&A/PE practices of other global law firms based in Warsaw. Magdalena is experienced in civil law, commercial law and securities law. She has worked on numerous complex multijurisdictional M&A and private equity transactions, including tender offers and M&A deals involving public companies and financial institutions, in many different business sectors, including the financial, FMCG, pharmaceutical, TMT, real estate and healthcare sectors. She has participated in M&A transactions structured in innovative ways, in particular in demergers of Polish banks. She has also advised various institutions on regulatory matters, including representing them in proceedings before the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.

Maher Haddad is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Global Tax Practice Group in Chicago. He has been advising various US and multinational clients on tax planning matters since 2007. Mr. Haddad provides tax structuring advice to corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other pass-through entities.

Maite Diez has more than 25 years of experience focusing mainly on a range of corporate and M&A transactions. A recognized corporate lawyer and telecommunications and IT law practitioner, she has been acknowledged by Chambers as “an absolute star and top technical negotiator.” She is a member of the European M&A Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie, as well as of the Steering Committee of our China/Europe Outbound Initiative. Ms. Diez joined Baker McKenzie in 1988 and was the Madrid office’s managing partner from 2002 to 2008. She has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 1988. Maite Diez focuses mainly on advising multinational companies in a wide range of corporate and M&A transactions, including acquisitions, privatizations and reorganizations. Ms. Diez also counsels on multiple commercial agreements.

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Manuel Padrón-Castillo

Manuel Padron Castillo has been practicing with Baker McKenzie since 1992. He has been Coordinator of the International Commercial & Trade Group in Ciudad Juarez; as well as Regional Coordinator for Latin America in the International Trade Group, and member of the Steering Committee of the global initiative focused on the automotive industry. Manuel Padron has experience in servicing the maquiladora industry in all matters related to business planning and compliance. He has concentrated his practice in representing foregoing investors with operations in Mexico. He has written several articles related to manufacturing in Mexico and has given several conferences organized by various associations.

Manuel Calderon

Manuel Marín has been with Baker McKenzie since 1998 and became partner in 2002. Prior to joining the Firm, he served as chief attorney of the tax division of Legislación Económica, and held varios management positions in the Venezuelan Customs and Tax Administration (SENIAT). Manuel has authored and co-authored various key publications and has spoken extensively in several customs and tax seminars and conferences. He has been a trade and customs professor in the advanced program for counseling and tax administration at the Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET), and has given extension courses in the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (UCAB), and the Escuela Nacional de Administración y Hacienda Pública (ENAHP).

Manuela Demarche

Marc Florent is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Marc joined the Firm from another leading multinational firm in 2019 having been a partner there for 17 years and having been involved in several of the most significant cases in his field. Marc is a native English and French speaker. Chambers 2019 describes Marc as "notable for his expertise in structured finance disputes, particularly with regard to matters involving financial derivatives". In the Chambers 2020 Banking Litigation category, sources describe him as "a very good technical lawyer and a decisive team leader," who can "deploy his very substantial litigation experience to highly impressive effect." Marc acts for clients in the financial, commercial and industrial sectors in connection with a wide variety of complex, high value and multi-party disputes. Marc has particular expertise in the field of structured products and financial derivatives and extensive experience in all court related and/or contentious matters and situations arising from restructuring and insolvency. Marc's cases have been conducted in various jurisdictions including London, Hong Kong, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

Marc Thorley is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team, based in London. Marc joined the Firm from another leading multinational firm in 2020 having been a partner there for 12 years, located in London and Hong Kong, and acting as the firm’s Asia Head of Dispute Resolution. He is recognised in Chambers and Legal 500. Marc has substantial experience in dealing with a broad range of complex litigation, investigations and regulatory matters. He specialises in financial services sector, acting for banks (investment, retail and commercial) and other industry participants. Examples of his experience are: Litigation arising out of complex autocall structured products Investigating issues arising out of a delta one / total return swap business A major and sensitive conduct investigation for a global FI Insider dealing investigation for a leading FI Dispute between two international FIs over the interpretation of ISDA master documentation, in the context of lookalike swaps Advising a major FI on a significant retail mis-selling issue, including advising on complicated regulatory aspects Marc also specialises in corporate litigation, where his experience includes major M&A litigation, breach of warranty claims, directors’ duties disputes, acting for both vendors and purchasers in large completion accounts disputes, substantial shareholder dispute proceedings, and disputes relating to earn out entitlements.

Marcia Calafate

Marcin Trepka is a partner and co-leader in Warsaw office's Antitrust & Competition practice. He specializes in Polish and EU competition law as well as consumer law. He regularly represents clients before the competition authorities, Polish and EU courts of law and the Polish Supreme Court. In addition, Marcin is active in the development of international competition law policy. He serves as the Co-Chairman of the Cartels&Leniency Task Force of the ICC Commission on Competition in Paris. He also serves as the Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network. Marcin assists Clients with respect to the entire spectrum of competition law. He represented clients in some of the most challenging and well-known antitrust matters involving cartels (cement, chemical products to mining industry, and heat power cartel cases), antitrust litigation (lead defense counsel in one of the first private enforcement cases in Poland), or abuse of dominant market position (regarding the abuse of a dominant position on the gas markets in CEE). Marcin has also an extensive expertise in delivering complex antitrust compliance solutions, advising Clients on vertical and horizontal agreements (including distribution issues, on-line sales, cooperation between competitors, pricing and bonus policies), merger control (multijurisdictional mergers and JV), and consumer law issues (regulatory and consumer litigation). Marcin advises a wide range of Clients, including chemical, energy, insurance, media, finance and life science groups.

Marcin Fijałkowski

Marcin Fijałkowski heads the IP team in the Warsaw office. He has been practicing law in the field of intellectual property since 2003. He represents clients before civil, criminal and administrative courts, the Polish Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Warsaw Arbitration Court for Domain Names. Marcin has also worked in the Baker McKenzie Zurich office on Pan-European IP enforcement programs. Marcin Fijałkowski is registered with the European Patent Institute (EPI), and is a professional legal representative for the EUIPO in Alicante. Marcin is a member of INTA, Marques and AIPPI and represents the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Enforcement Committee in front of the EU Observatory. Marcin focuses his practice on IP enforcement and prosecution, civil and criminal litigation, copyright law and unfair competition law. He offers sound knowledge in handling important IP portfolios of international firms in various industries, including pharmaceutical, tobacco and FMCG sectors.

Marcin Fiałka is a senior associate in the IP Tech group at Baker McKenzie’s office in Warsaw. He has over eight years of experience and specializes in data privacy, new technology and life sciences law. Marcin graduated from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration. In 2018 he was admitted to the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Warsaw. Marcin focuses on legal advisory concerning data privacy, technology and healthcare regulations. Since 2017 he has been a member of our GDPR task force involved in preparing and reviewing data protection documentation, including, inter alia, privacy policies and notices, data processing and transfer agreements, as well as compliance procedures and policies. Currently, Marcin is advising clients on a wide range of data privacy and security issues, including with respect to investigating and reporting of data security incidents. His expertise also includes direct marketing and e-commerce regulations. Marcin has also been involved in several international projects for clients from technology, food & beverage and healthcare sectors, with particular emphasis on regulatory aspects. He has been also advising on a variety of pharmaceutical market regulations, as well as issues related to medical devices and food supplements.

Marcin Chyliński

Marcin Chyliński is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland and a managing partner of the Firm’s Warsaw office. He also heads the Equity Capital Markets practice at the same office. Marcin has experience in complex public and private offerings and M&A transactions (including cross-border and public transactions), as well as in general corporate law advice, including corporate governance. He has extensive experience in leading international teams of lawyers, providing legal advice to companies, financial institutions, selling shareholders, financial sponsors, strategic investors and investment banks in numerous international and domestic, initial and secondary, public and private equity offerings and M&A transactions.

Marcin Iwaniszyn

Marcin Iwaniszyn is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Poland, a partner and the head of the Banking and Finance Practice at Baker McKenzie in Warsaw. Marcin graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw in 2006, also completing a course in US law, with distinction, at the Center for American Law Studies co-organized by the University of Warsaw and the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2005, and he qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2010. Prior to joining the Firm in May 2022, Marcin worked at another renowned global law firm starting from 2005, most recently as a partner co-heading the banking and finance practice there. Following the withdrawal of the global firm from Poland, for two years he was a partner and co-head of the banking and finance practice at a Polish independent law firm founded by the partners of that global law firm. For many years Marcin has been ranked by leading international legal rankings, such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000, as one of the best banking and finance authorities in Poland. Marcin has experience in M&A financings (including cross-border and public ones), complex corporate financings and refinancings, debt securities issues and debt restructuring processes. He and his team have participated in numerous domestic and international debt financings and refinancings, advising companies, financial institutions, private equity funds, strategic investors and investment firms on many of the largest M&A transactions, leveraged buyouts and delistings in recent years. His experience also includes advising on many financings in the renewables sector.

Marcin Płonka is an advocate admitted to practice in Poland and is a counsel in the mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices of the Warsaw office of Baker McKenzie. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2022, for almost 10 years Marcin worked at another renowned global law firm and at a Polish independent law firm founded by the partners of that global law firm after its withdrawal from Poland. Marcin was named one of Poland’s “Best Young Talents” in the 2016 edition of the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland 30 Under 30 Program, which focused on promoting the “top, brightest, most talented and promising young professionals” in the country. A specialist in commercial and civil law, with a focus on M&A and private equity transactions, Marcin has advised Polish and international clients, including private equity funds and public companies, on complex and groundbreaking M&A and joint venture transactions. He has worked on several significant transactions in the TMT and IT market, in particular M&A and joint ventures aimed at expanding Poland's fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. His experience also covers the financial, real estate, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing sectors. Marcin also has a wealth of experience in advising shareholders in joint venture transactions and corporate disputes.

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Marek Disman heads the Firm's Real Estate & Environment Practice Group. Marek advises on complex real estate matters as well as on due diligence investigations. His practice also involves advising on legal aspects of commercial leases, sale and lease back transactions and real estate and acquisition financing.

Margarita Kozlov

Margarita Kozlov is the co-head of Baker McKenzie's Employment & Compensation team in Stockholm. Margarita advises Swedish and multinational organisations on a wide range of employment and data protection matters. She is ranked as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 and recognised for her experience in matters dealing with employment benefits, restructurings, HR matters and whistleblowing claims. She is described as being "always on top of things". Margarita advises on a wide range of general and strategic employment issues. Her practice has a particular focus on global reorganisation projects, HR aspects of transactions as well as whistleblowing schemes and employment aspects of internal investigations. Margarita advises multinational and domestic clients on all main industry sectors, with particular focus on technology, media and telecoms industry as well as consumer goods and retail. Margarita also supports multinational and domestic clients on various GDPR and data protection matters with a particular focus on workplace data protection and compliance, employee monitoring, background checks and screening.

Maria P. Eberle is a member of the Firm’s Tax Group in New York, she serves as chair of the SALT sub practice group and also as a member of the North America Tax Practice Group Management Committee. She advises multinational companies on a full range of state and local tax matters, including tax controversy and litigation. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Ms. Eberle was a partner at an international law firm, where she concentrated on state and local tax matters. In addition, she was previously a manager of multistate tax services at a Big Four accounting firm where she advised individual and corporate clients on a variety of state and local tax issues. Ms. Eberle has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, where she taught a course on state and local tax. In 2019 Maria was recognized by Law360 as a Rising Star in the field of Tax. Chambers USA has also named Maria as a Leading Lawyer (State and Local Tax: New York, 2019) and International Tax Review recognizes Maria in their annual Women in Tax Leaders Guide (2016-2019).

María is a partner in the area of Criminal Litigation, Compliance and Investigations. Her work mainly focuses on advising in connection with the prosecution or defense in cases involving corporate crime, tax crimes, crimes involving property, public order, misappropriation, fraud, malfeasance or punishable insolvency, as well as pre-litigation and preventive counsel on criminal law and corporate compliance. Over her professional career she has come before the National Court on numerous occasions to advise clients as well as lead proceedings, acting at times as defender and others as prosecutor. In addition, she has led the criminal defense in proceedings involving the European Public Prosecutor's Office. She provides counsel to both national and international clients, helping them to develop, implement and update their compliance programs. She has extensive experience in leading and collaborating in internal investigations related to regulatory non-compliance. She also takes part in compliance training and awareness programs at different organizations. María joined the Economic and Criminal law Department of renowned firm in 2006. She joined Baker McKenzie's Litigation Department in 2009 and was appointed as partner of said department in 2017. Ranked in Band 3 by "Chambers and Partners", under the category of "White Collar Crimes" and she was mentioned as one of the "Top 10" criminal lawyers in the ranking published by "Iberian Lawyers". She was recently selected as one of the 20 Leading Women in the Spanish Legal Sector by the magazine "Economist & Jurist". She has been involved in the criminal defense of both companies and individuals in cases with a high media profile such as the Lezo Case, the Rato Case, the Villarejo Case, the Taula Case, the DEFEX Case, the Banco Popular Case, the Gürtel Case, the Rueda Case, the HSBC Case, etc.

Maria Antonia Azpeitia

María Antonia Azpeitia heads the Firm’s Tax Litigation and VAT practice groups in Madrid. She is ranked as a leading practitioner in her field by Chambers Europe, and is highly regarded for her work on VAT matters. She is a regular lecturer in tax seminars and conferences, and contributor to economic newspapers and other specialized publications. Ms. Azpeitia practice covers all kinds of tax proceedings at the national and international levels. She is experienced in tax audits, voluntary disclosure proceedings, appeals before tax courts, such as the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. She also handles proceedings before the European Court of Justice, as well as formal complaints before the European Commission and Mutual Assistance Procedures under the applicable Tax Treaty. Ms. Azpeitia counsels Spanish and multinational companies on VAT and indirect tax matters, such as day-to-day advice, VAT planning, reorganization, acquisitions and obtaining tax rulings.

María Cecilia Reyes

Maria Christina Macasaet-Acaban

Maria del Carmen Tovar Gil

María Dolores Garayalde

María Dolores Garayalde has extensive experience as a trademark attorney. She is also seasoned in portfolio management, and has represented plaintiffs and defendants in infringement suits and counterfeiting cases before all major courts in Spain. In addition, Ms. Garayalde has authored numerous articles on the legal protection of trademarks, industrial designs and patents. Ms. Garayalde advises clients on trademark matters, unfair competition, copyright, design, patents and advertisement. She also has extensive experience advising on the IP aspects of corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, license agreements, technology transfer and software.

María Elena Dörr

María Eugenia Salazar-Furiati

Maria Eugenia Salazar has more than 15 years of experience and became partner in 2010; her main areas of expertise are: data privacy and cyber security, telecoms, energy and investment protection and arbitration. María Eugenia has special recognitions in dispute resolution/arbitration. According to Chambers María Eugenia is described by market insiders and peers as a key partner very active in the dispute resolution arena, and as a "a very able lawyer." Legal 500 also recognizes María Eugenia as a key player in investment arbitration; energy and natural resources, environmental and public law. Among the testimonials, Legal 500 includes: "The dispute resolution practice is one of the strongest in Venezuela. We have seen first-hand the efficient and positive leadership of Maria Eugenia Salazar Furiati. They offer their clients advice on international arbitration, both commercial and investment." "Maria Eugenia Salazar Furiati, who is one of the team leaders, stands out for combining knowledge of arbitration procedures with industry-specific considerations. She is an excellent litigator and negotiator, and always has time for her clients."

María José Casillas González

Maria Jose Casillas González is a partner in the Firm’s Guadalajara office. She has been working in the labor and immigration field since 2000. Maria Jose regularly writes articles for the International Executive Transfer Update on topics related to her field.

Maria Rita Ferragut

María-Fernanda Uzcátegui

María-Fernanda Uzcátegui has been a member of the Firm since 2018 and she is part of the practice groups of Corporate Law (M&A/PE), Banking & Finance and Tax. María-Fernanda started in the Firm as a law clerk and recently became a junior associate. She is an active member of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee since 2018. Since 2021 María-Fernanda has been the teaching assistant of Property Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Tax Law at Universidad Católica and recently started as teaching assistant of Property Law at Universidad Monteávila.

Mariana De Vito

Mariana Conrado

Mariana Marchuk

Mariana Marchuk has about 20 years of practical experience in the areas of labor and migration, compliance and anti-corruption, commercial and international trade law, M&A and pharmaceutical regulation. Ms. Marchuk joined Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office in 1997 as an associate. From 1999 to 2004 she worked in Moscow, as an associate for a major Wall Street law firm and subsequently for Baker McKenzie. In 2004, she returned to the Firm’s Kyiv office and in 2010 she became a counsel. Ms. Marchuk advises Ukrainian and foreign clients on labor and migration law, focusing on employee compensation, terminations, transfers, data protection, and employee privacy. She is also experienced in dispute resolution and internal investigations, compliance and anti-corruption, international trade and commerce, consumer protection, mergers and acquisitions, information technology, and in matters concerning the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector.

Marie Roschelle Quintero

Marie has been a member of the Firm since 2016 and she is part of the practice groups of Corporate Law (M&A/PE), and Banking & Finance. She is a member of the Firm’s Sustainability Committee. She has been recognized as a B-Green Local Champion and an Innovation Local Champion by the Firm.

Marina Hurtado-Cruz

Marina Hurtado leads the Baker McKenzie's patent practice in Mexico. With more than fifteen years of experience handling sophisticated intellectual property matters, she advises on a broad range of areas, including prosecution, licensing, and litigation of patents, utility models, industrial designs and trade secrets. In addition to this, Marina has extensive experience in areas of life sciences, advertising and consumer laws, as well as in patent linkage matters that cover the communication between the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property with the local health authority in charge of granting marketing authorizations for pharmaceutical products. In October 2019, Marina was appointed by the secretary of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs as ad honorem external advisor on intellectual property issues to collaborate in the development of IP public policies in Mexico. In 2023, Marina was appointed as vice president of the IP Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce in Mexico.

Mario Cigno is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Italian office specializing in environmental, healthcare, energy, food, and regulatory matters. Mario advises on environmental, energy and healthcare law, to assess and manage environmental risk in complex projects, including remediation projects, circular economy initiatives and product life-cycle management. He is active in sustainability and climate change initiatives as well as in ESG, CSR and forestry projects, and carbon credits transactions. He has consolidated experience in working on projects located in Africa, Asia and South America. His practice also covers the regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, food, and a wide range of consumer and industrial products, acting for clients in connection with global projects, product manufacturing, marketing, supply and distribution, non-conformities, regulatory investigations and prosecutions. Mario has spoken in many events, symposia and training organized for or by clients and/or private organizations. He is co-editor of the Italian monthly newsletter on Energy and Sustainability, and author of several publications on sustainability and healthcare matters.

Mario Deketelaere

Mario Deketelaere is an of counsel in the Environment Practice Group in the Antwerp office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2002. He is experienced in administrative and public law. Mario is also a visiting professor at KU Leuven and a lecturer at Karel de Grote Hogeschool (Antwerp). Mario focuses on the regional, federal and European "environmental law" (Omgevingsrecht/Droit de l'Environnement), i.e. all law matters relating to the planning and protection of the human living environment, including the strengthening relations between environmental law, urban planning law, nature conservation and environmental impact assessment. In this field he is recognized as one of the most recommended and leading Belgian practitioners (International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers). He has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of soil clean-up and (hazardous) waste management, environmental liability issues, environmental and building permit procedures, product safety, and environmental taxes. He advises Belgian and foreign multinational companies from different industrial sectors (chemical, metal industry, raw materials, waste treatment, energy, construction, food, ICT) on authorisation procedures and regulatory compliance, and assists clients with litigation relating to those areas of law (i.e. in civil, criminal and administrative disputes and procedures) before the national courts, the Council of State, the Constitutional Court and the EU Court of Justice.

Mark Goodman is a partner in the Firm's San Francisco office who serves as co-chair of the Firm's North America Commercial Litigation group and is part of the North America Trial Team. Mark has led complex multidistrict litigation, handled class actions of numerous kinds and tried cases in state and federal courts across the US for both domestic and international clients. Mark regularly presents on product liability, risk mitigation and cross-border disputes. A Chambers-ranked lawyer, Mark is listed in Who's Who in American Law and a fellow of the American Bar Association. Mark has been regularly recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer, a member of the Legal 500 and as a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals.

Mark Bloom is the North America Chair of the Firm's Global Restructuring and Insolvency Practice. Based in the Miami office, Mark has over 40 years of experience representing clients in a wide array of US and cross-border financial restructuring, reorganization and bankruptcy matters. In recent years he has focused the majority of his practice on complex cross-border insolvency cases and situations involving the application of Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, and the insolvency regimes of various jurisdictions.

Mark A. Oates is listed in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers. He has litigated many high profile cases won by taxpayers in the last decade, and has actively consulted on other prominent cases. He has also handled various international tax litigation cases involving issues in tax treaty interpretation, Subpart F and foreign tax credit — and a host of domestic issues in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-out, valuations, research credit, inventory and civil fraud. Mr. Oates is the immediate past chair of the Firm’s North America Tax Litigation Practice, and has an active pro bono criminal practice.

Managing Partner

Mark Delaney heads Baker McKenzie's London Tax Practice and serves as member of the Firm’s Europe Indirect Tax Steering Committee. Prior to joining the Firm in 2006, Mark was involved in the technology, international trade and services, information communications and energy/environment sectors. Currently a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, he regularly advises on a broad range of UK, EU and global VAT law. Mark advises clients on a broad range of VAT-related issues. He has extensive experience assisting in the planning of financing arrangements. He provides VAT litigation and dispute support and helps conduct multijurisdiction VAT assurance reviews, among others. Mark has also advised on the VAT, customs and transfer pricing elements of international business arrangements.

Mark heads Baker McKenzie’s Financial Services Regulatory (FSR) practice group in London, co-leads the FinTech Group in London, co-chairs the FSR practice for EMEA and sits on the Global FSR Steering Committee. Mark advises clients on a broad range of financial services legal and regulatory issues. His clients span the financial services and FinTech sectors, and include payment and e-money institutions, asset and wealth managers, broker-dealers, cryptoasset firms, consumer lenders, banks, insurers and brokers. Mark advises clients on matters throughout the business lifecycle, including business launches and regulatory authorisation, expansion, business innovation, new regulatory developments, and on responding to internally identified regulatory issues as well as external regulatory enquiries and investigations. As well as his commercial client base, Mark has advised governmental bodies on the development of financial services laws. Mark is knowledgeable in AML and financial crime issues, and alongside his financial services and FinTech work, Mark advises the Firm's corporate client base on financial crime related issues. Mark is a member of the TheCityUK’s Technology & Innovation Group.

As an experienced VAT practitioner, Mark advises a large number of clients across the financial services industry, with a particular emphasis on banks, fintech and payments businesses, with a deep specialism in card and electronic payments. Mark works with the wider financial services tax practice in addition to Baker McKenzie's financial regulatory and reorganisations teams to advise on structuring and restructurings for financial services groups, particularly as a result of regulatory change or European expansion plans. In addition, Mark advises clients with tax authority disputes where he helps to defend positions taken, reach settlements or to litigate where necessary. He also advises on the tax treatment of new products and markets, and also M&A and real estate transactions. Mark focuses on US, UK and EU regulated groups, VAT disputes and litigation for financial services clients, structuring of intercompany charges, VAT recovery optimization, procurement and outsourcing structures, pan-European advice (new products etc.) and M&A and real estate transactions.

Mark Weiss is a partner in the Firm's North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. He is an experienced litigator and counselor with proficiency in antitrust litigation, class-action defense, federal multi-district litigation, and no-poach defense. Mark has vigorously and tirelessly represented clients in a variety of industries including manufacturing, mining, high-tech industries, banking, defense contracting, aerospace, and energy. As an experienced antitrust counsel, Mark has also conducted cartel investigations and internal compliance reviews, and regularly provides antitrust advice on a broad range of non-litigation matters, including sales and distribution advice, antitrust compliance, competitive merger analysis, and merger clearance strategy. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Mark worked at another global law firm with a focus on class-action antitrust litigation, including defending a global electronics manufacturer from price-fixing and collusion claims, defending a major global financial institution from antitrust collusion and boycott claims, and defending a large government defense contractor from claims alleging illegal no-poach agreements.

Mark is a senior associate in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Mark is also a member of the Firm's Investigations, Compliance & Ethics Practice Group. Mark graduated from Oxford University in 2010 and joined Baker McKenzie in 2016 from another international law firm. Mark advises clients in the following areas: 1. Commercial & civil fraud litigation: Mark acts for clients on high value litigation matters, including disputes relating to civil fraud, insolvency, sanctions and cross-border enforcement. Mark's cases are typically international in nature and often involve complex jurisdictional and conflict of laws issues. He has particular experience acting for clients in the banking and finance sector and has undertaken secondments in the litigation departments at HSBC and Credit Suisse. 2. Investigations, compliance & ethics: Mark acts for clients in connection with internal and external investigations and criminal enforcement proceedings. He also advises on the implementation of compliance and ethics programmes. Mark has particular expertise advising clients on corporate bribery and fraud offences, including under the UK Bribery Act 2010 and Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. 3. Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG): Mark advises clients on ESG-related disputes, investigations, audits and due diligence programmes, especially in the context of supply chain and forced labour issues.

Mark H. Hamer is Global Chair of the Firm's Antitrust & Competition Practice Group, comprised of over 250 competition lawyers in 60 offices across 43 countries. Before 2020, he served as its North America Chair. Mark's practice spans across all types of antitrust matters, from high-stakes litigation to strategic merger clearance to bet-the-company criminal and civil investigations. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Mark served as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, where he was involved in some of the DOJ's highest-profile antitrust trials.

Markus Meuller is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Banking & Finance Practice Group in Stockholm. He specialises in international and Swedish domestic financing transactions and has extensive experience from both Sweden and the U.S. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, he was a practicing attorney in the U.S. at major New York law firms. Markus represents private equity funds, corporations, investment banks and commercial banks in connection with a wide range of international and domestic financing transactions, including acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, bridge financings, mezzanine facilities, corporate recapitalizations, investment grade financings, asset-based loans, real estate financings and restructurings.

Dr. Markus Wolf is a partner in the Zurich office of Baker McKenzie. He is co-head of the Swiss Banking & Finance Practice Group and member of the Swiss Restructuring & Insolvency team. He has previously worked in the Firm's Sydney office and he was seconded to the legal team of one of Switzerland's leading banks. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2012, he worked as a visiting associate with The Boston Consulting Group. Clients say: "I appreciate working with Markus Wolf very much. His assessments are of very high quality and equally practical. He is also a very reliable contact, especially for time-critical enquiries." (Chambers Global, 2023). Markus is a lecturer on private law at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Markus advises on all aspects of banking and finance and restructuring and insolvency. He has extensive experience advising lenders, borrowers and sponsors on complex, multijurisdictional leveraged acquisition, corporate, project, export and property financing transactions. He also has experience in public sector (sovereign) financing. He regularly acts for Swiss and foreign creditors and debtors in domestic and cross-border financial restructurings and formal insolvency procedures. Markus has published numerous articles on banking and finance and restructuring and insolvency topics in Swiss and international journals.

Marnin J. Michaels

Marnin Michaels is a senior partner at the Baker McKenzie Office in Zurich. Marnin has been practicing for more than 25 years in the areas of tax and international private banking. He handles insurance matters relating to tax investigations and wealth management, as well as counsels clients on issues relating to US withholding tax, qualified intermediary rule and FATCA. He also advises on issues related to potential tax evasion and cross-border regulatory issues, as well as money laundering avoidance legislation. He is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital. Marnin was a member of the Firm's Steering Committee addressing the firm's US Department of Justice Initiative for Swiss Banks. In the end, the Firm acted for 45 banks and the project won Litigation Firm of the Year from American Lawyer Magazine Award in 2015. Widely regarded as one of the world's leading wealth management lawyers, Marnin is on the Firm's Tax steering committee, co-leads the EMEA Tax group, and co-chairs its European wealth management committee. Marnin focuses on all matters relevant to the wealth management industry and its clients. In addition to writing extensively for many publications, Marnin also authored two legal treatises: International Taxation and Withholding and International Estate Planning, which were both published by Thomson Reuters. He also lectures in several LLM and MBA programs on various tax issues.

Martin Altschwager

Dr. Martin Altschwager, a Partner, is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Practice Group in Frankfurt. Prior to joining the Firm in May 2013, he worked in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare group of a major German law firm in Stuttgart. Dr. Altschwager has completed a comparative PhD thesis on European and US drug law as well as co-authored a publication on the reimbursement of medicinal products. Dr. Altschwager advises national and international clients on all aspects of European and German pharmaceutical and medical device law as well as on compliance and unfair competition issues pertaining to healthcare products and services. In particular, Martin provides legal advice on regulatory issues regarding the market access, manufacturing, distribution and advertising of medicinal products and medical devices. He also regularly assists clients in negotiating and drafting agreements with research and development facilities, manufacturers and distributors.

Martin Hrodek heads the Dispute Resolution Practice Group at the Firm’s Prague office. In addition to his practice, Mr. Hrodek authored a section on Czech merger control regulations in The Global Merger Notification Handbook and has published several articles on the rights of minority shareholders and dispute resolution in major Czech periodicals, including Hosdoparske noviny and Ekonom. Mr. Hrodek works on litigation and arbitration matters, particularly those related to mergers and acquisitions. He also advises industry clients on a wide range of commercial matters, including private equity, divestitures and private competition claims.

Martín Müller

Martín Barreiro

Martina Marchand

Martina Marchand is a member of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution and Employment & Compensation practice groups in Prague. She represents clients in litigation, arbitration, commercial and civil law matters, as well as in labor law issues. In 2017, Martina participated in the Firm’s “Associate Training Programme” and worked in the São Paulo office as a member of the local arbitration team. Martina's practice focuses on litigation and arbitration matters. She has provided legal advisory to major Czech banks and key industrial players in both domestic and international arbitration proceedings (including proceedings pursuant to the Rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce). Martina has also participated in various business and labor-law disputes before the Czech civil courts. Additionally, Martina counsels on general labor law advisory services, such as employment and management agreements, organizational changes, discrimination, disability, health and safety regulations and non-compete issues. She also advises on trade union and works council matters and dismissals.

Márton Horányi

Márton Horányi heads the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the Budapest office of Baker McKenzie. He previously headed a Big Four accounting firm's antitrust and competition practice in Budapest and led the local competition practice of a boutique law firm. Between 2007 and 2015, he practiced in the competition team of Baker McKenzie, Budapest and was seconded to the Firm's Düsseldorf office. He also gained experience in competition law as a blue book trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels. Márton is a lecturer at the post-graduate competition law program of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University as well as at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He regularly speaks at conferences and client events, and publishes in reputable competition law journals. Márton focuses his practice on antitrust and competition, state aid, unfair commercial practices, consumer protection, compliance matters and European law. He has extensive experience representing clients in cartel, abuse of dominance and merger cases before the Hungarian Competition Office, the European Commission, and the Hungarian and EU courts. Márton also advises on distribution issues and assists clients in developing effective compliance programs. He frequently works with clients in the pharmaceutical, retail, energy, IT/telecom and automotive industries.

Martyna Czapska

Martyna Czapska graduated at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Law and Administration and she is now a PhD candidate in the field of new technologies law at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Martyna advises clients on personal data protection and IP law. She is experienced in representing individuals and entrepreneurs in court proceedings. Martyna has also provided current legal consultancy for businesses, including in employment law. Her expertise includes intellectual property law, in particular copyright, preparing license agreements and transferring monetary copyrights, representation of entrepreneurs and natural persons in disputes at the pre-litigation and court stages, advising on protection of personal data, and preparation of documentation in connection with the implementation of GDPR.

Marvin Masangkay

Masayoshi Kobayashi

Massimiliano Biolchini

Massimiliano (Max) Biolchini heads the Employment practice of Baker McKenzie Italy and is a member of the steering committee of the EMEA practice group. He joined Baker McKenzie in January 1999. He became local partner in the Milan office in 2004 and partner in 2011. His practice spans all areas of labor and employment advice, commercial agency and employment litigation. Massimiliano Biolchini’s main areas of practice include general employment advice as well as pension and benefits, employment litigation, labor relations with trade unions, restructuring and collective dismissals, commercial agency law and related litigation. His practice covers all main industry sectors, with particular focus on fashion and retail, chemical and pharmaceutical, automotive, financial, IT and TV entertainment industries.

Mateusz Cieślak

Mateusz Cieślak is a counsel in Baker McKenzie’s Warsaw office. Before joining the Firm in 2021, he worked at a leading international law firm for six years. He is a Polish qualified lawyer admitted to the Warsaw Bar association. Mateusz Cieślak specialises in institutional real estate transactions (industrial, office and retail sectors) and real estate law, with focus on construction and zoning law. He advised international and domestic investors, biggest domestic developers, financing institutions and private investors. He is experienced with both share and asset deals. Mateusz performed or supervised numerous due diligence exercises for investors or financing institutions.

Matías Herrero

Mats Rooth is head of Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance Practice Group in Stockholm. He specialises in financing and restructurings, particularly acquisition finance in relation to private equity transactions where he acts for domestic and international borrowers and lenders. Prior to joining the Firm in 2017, he was one of the founding partners and head of the Banking & Finance practice at Byström Rooth & Partners. Mats has also worked as a partner and head of the finance practice at Ashurst in Stockholm and at SEB Merchant Banking and Vinge. Mats focuses on finance and restructurings. He has advised Nordic and international companies, investors and institutions as borrowers and lenders on a wide variety of transactions that involve financing, refinancing and restructuring.

Matthew Gorman is an associate in the Global Immigration & Mobility practice of Baker McKenzie's Washington, DC office. Matthew advises on corporate and employment-based immigration law, including work visa petitions, permanent residence and immigration compliance. He regularly advises multinational corporations, start-ups, and high-net-worth individuals on the strategy, requirements, and procedures to secure visas, satisfy employment eligibility, and ensure compliance with immigration-related regulatory requirements. Matt holds more than ten years of experience in immigration law. He is adjunct professor of law in corporate immigration at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. He is regularly published in blogs and legal news sites in relation to trends and hot topics in the field of global immigration.

Matt is a partner in our London tax team, advising on all aspects of UK corporate taxation, with a particular focus on investment structuring and cross-border transactions. He advises a broad client base, including private equity and sovereign wealth funds, family offices and multinationals. Matt has a comprehensive range of high-value transactional experience, particularly cross-border M&A, real estate investment, group reorganisations, refinancings and fund raisings. He is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital.

Matthew is a Banking partner in Baker McKenzie's London office focusing on leveraged and acquisition financing and restructuring. Matthew has significant experience with UK and international transactions, as well as deep knowledge of both the borrower and lender side of complex financings and restructurings. He regularly advises private investment, funds and investment banking clients.

Matthew Martin is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Energy & Infrastructure Group. Matt advises clients on the development and construction of energy, mining, infrastructure and other construction projects. He has advised on projects sited all around the world, with particularly strong experience across the US, the UK, the Gulf and Sub-Saharan Africa. Matt has been recognized in Law 360's Top Attorney's Under 40 (US) and by Legal 500 (UK) as a lawyer who is "hands on [and] . . . into the legal detail," with "a deep commercial understanding of projects." He has practiced from the Firm's Chicago and London offices, and has also spent time in the Toronto, Mexico City and Moscow offices. Matt is admitted in New York, Illinois and England and Wales. Matt is a member of Baker McKenzie's Africa Steering Committee.

Matthew is an intellectual property and technology lawyer in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2022, after working at a large multinational firm where he also specialized in intellectual property and technology law. He received his JD from the University of Toronto. Matthew helps large and emerging businesses protect and commercialize their brands, ideas and technology. He has experience working with businesses, both new and established, to prosecute, manage and enforce their intellectual property. He also works closely with businesses to ensure that their IP and technology is properly commercialized at all stages of inception, development and use, by providing regulatory and licensing guidance in a number of fields, providing advice related to privacy law, and providing transactional support from an IP and privacy perspective.

Matthew Dening is Global Chair of the Firm's Banking & Finance practice group and a member of the Firm’s Structured Capital Markets Group in the London office. He focuses his practice primarily on cross-border structured finance transactions involving derivatives, repos and securities lending, as well as the regulation of financial products under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), MiFID II and the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). Matthew is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital. Matthew has received acknowledgement from numerous legal industry guides. He has been ranked as a leading expert by Chambers & Partners since 2005, and is currently ranked Band 1 in Structured Finance & Derivatives in the most recent Global edition. They highlight that he "understands complex problems very well, and is able to think about business issues in conjunction with legal requirements," as well as being "incredibly responsive and client-friendly." He regularly acts for buy-side derivatives firms. The UK Legal 500 note him as "a true expert in this area of law, a pleasant person who can explain very difficult matters clearly." Matthew is a member of the Editorial Board of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Finance Law and has served as a member of the City of London Law Society - Financial Law Committee. He is a frequent speaker and guest panellist at conferences in both the derivatives and structured finance area, as well as law firm management and social mobility.

Matthew Latella

Matthew Latella has over 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer and a track record of success in high-stakes matters, both acting for plaintiffs and defendants. He heads the Firm's Canadian international arbitration practice and has been lead counsel on several of the leading Canadian court cases involving international arbitration, successfully arguing precedent-setting cases up to the Supreme Court of Canada. He has been recognized by Legal 500 Canada as an "outstanding professional" and described by clients as "a brilliant advocate and cross-examiner." One client told Benchmark Legal: "Matthew is adept at identifying and nailing the core issues to successful conclusion. I’ve seen him simply out-work and out-strategize opposing counsel”, while another advised Legal 500: he “is an effective and calm presence in an arbitration hearing or in the courtroom.” Another client added: “He is always willing to help and positive, even after a long and exhausting day. He is always quick to respond and to the point.” Matthew has been named one of the 2025 Best Lawyers in Canada - Corporate Commercial Litigation, named a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Legal and was the recipient of the National Impact Case of the Year Award in 2024 by Benchmark Litigation. He frequently litigates and arbitrates multijurisdictional disputes, including ground-breaking asset recovery and enforcement matters. Matthew is a frequent author of multiple publications regarding commercial litigation and arbitration topics ranging from fraud and asset recovery to the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, as detailed below.

Matthias Töke is member of Baker McKenzie’s Global Leveraged Finance Steering Committee and advises private equity sponsors, corporates, debt funds, banks and other financial institutions on all aspects of complex domestic and cross-border leveraged buy-out financings, financial restructurings and general corporate financings. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in April 2022, Matthias was a counsel in the Frankfurt office of a top-tier Wall Street law firm, Head of Rule Enforcement at Deutsche Börse AG and senior associate in the Frankfurt, New York, London and Warsaw offices of a Magic Circle law firm. Matthias advises on financing deals across all sectors with particular experience in technology, industry, consumer and healthcare deals. Matthias is well experienced in all finance instruments involved in a leveraged buy-out including senior structures, senior / super senior (incl. first out/second out) structures, first lien / second lien structures, vendor loans, PIK / HoldCo loans and mezzanine instruments.

Maulik is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Commercial, Data and Technology team based in London. He joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in September 2017 and was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in September 2019. During his training Maulik was seconded to Google's commercial legal team for six months, and as an associate was seconded to Three UK's commercial and networks team. Maulik is ranked in the Legal500 as a Rising Star in IT and Telecoms and as a Key Lawyer in TMT. Maulik's practice focuses on drafting, negotiating and advising on complex, international technology and commercial contracts. He also focuses on complex telecoms transactions and regulation, outsourcing arrangements and new technologies, and advises on data protection and platform regulation.

Maurice A. Bellan is the Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office and a member of the Global Dispute Resolution and North America Litigation and Government Enforcement Steering Committees. He is a former trial attorney at the US Department of Justice and is experienced in a broad range of fraud and anti-corruption matters. Maurice was recently named by Savoy magazine as one of the most influential African-American lawyers in the United States.

Maurício Pacheco

Dr. Max Oehm is a partner of Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Max advises international clients on complex commercial disputes, in particular regarding professional services (advisors liability), post-M&A and IT-/ infrastructure projects. He represents his clients in state court litigation, international arbitration and in other ADR proceedings. The Legal 500 (2024) has recognized Max as "Rising Star Litigation" and Best Lawyers lauds him as "One to Watch" for International Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation since 2022. Max holds a doctoral degree from the University of Mainz, Germany, and obtained a master’s degree in law at Boston University, USA, where he was awarded the American Law Outstanding Achievement Award. Max writes and speaks regularly on international arbitration and professional services issues. He teaches at the University of Mannheim, Germany. Max focuses on advising clients on managing risks and resolving disputes relating to professional services (advisors liability), post-M&A and IT-/ infrastructure projects. He is experienced in resolving disputes through international arbitration, commercial litigation and other ADR proceedings, including mediation and adjudication. To help clients make informed decisions about whether to invest in dispute resolution and to ensure that they get the best possible return on their investment, Max relies on AI and legal technology risk analysis tools to calculate probabilities for clients to prevail on their claims. Max also uses these tools to efficiently determine key aspects of a case and to develop convincing arguments for his clients. Max regularly acts as an arbitrator in international arbitrations.

Megan Schellinger

Megan Schellinger is a New York and England and Wales qualified partner in Baker McKenzie’s Corporate Finance group in London. Prior to joining the Firm in March 2018, she worked at a multinational law firm based in London. Megan has extensive experience in US securities laws and transaction management. Megan advises corporate and investment banking clients in connection with Rule 144A and SEC-registered offerings and private placements of international debt (both investment grade and high yield), equity (including IPOs, rights issues and block trades) and equity-linked securities, as well as on SEC reporting and other compliance matters. She also has experience advising on liability management transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Megan has extensive experience in the FIG space and is active in a number of other sectors including Mining and Telecoms. She is active in a range of jurisdictions across the EMEA region including the UK, Türkiye, Benelux and Switzerland and also has experience advising on equity transactions in India.

Mehmetcan Atasoy

Mehmetcan Atasoy focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and domestic and international trade and commerce. He advises companies on structuring, drafting and the negotiations of M&A transactions. He represents strategic buyers and sellers as well as private equity funds in the acquisition and sale of both public and private targets. He participates in legal due diligence exercises and drafts legal due diligence reports, particularly for companies listed in the capital markets. Mehmetcan Atasoy also advises companies on consumer protection, intellectual property and information technologies and communications law. His industrial focus is on financial services, media, online business and consumer goods.

Melissa Allchin

Melissa Allchin is an Attorney in Baker McKenzie's Employment and Compensation Practice with more than eleven years of experience in corporate immigration law. She routinely advises multinational and domestic clients on the strategy, requirements, and procedures to secure visas and work and residence permits and satisfy employment eligibility and other immigration-related regulatory requirements for a global workforce. Melissa frequently speaks on global and US immigration and immigration compliance issues at Firm and client events geared towards global mobility, human resources, and legal professionals. She has been a Member of the Firm's Pro Bono and Diversity Committees.

Michael DeFranco

Michael F. DeFranco currently serves as a member of the Firm's Global Transactional Practice Group management committee. He is the past Chair of the Firm's Global M&A Practice Group. He advises clients on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, corporate governance issues and disclosure concerns. His extensive experience includes representing multinational companies in both public and private acquisitions and divestitures.

Michael Treis is Senior Counsel with the Firm's Intellectual Property Team in Switzerland. He advises on all aspects of IP protection and acts for companies before the Swiss courts. Michael has written on numerous related issues and has taught IP law at the University of St. Gallen. He began his career as an IP attorney of Baker McKenzie in 1989 and built up its Swiss IP practice from 1993 - 2022. He is ranked by Chambers Global and Legal 500 as a leading IP attorney in Switzerland. Michael has a wide range of experience in trademark, copyright, design and unfair competition issues and his practice covers IP advisory, prosecution and litigation. He advises a range of Swiss and global clients such as Apple, BAT, Dior and LVMH.

Michael Fammler

Dr. Michael Fammler is a partner in the Firm's Europe Intellectual Property Practice Group. He is a visiting lecturer for trademark law at the University of Constance, Germany. Dr. Fammler focuses his practice on all aspects of trademark and trade name law. He has extensive experience managing large, worldwide trademark portfolios, as well as drafting and negotiation of complex license agreements. Dr. Fammler's practice also covers all aspects related to antitrust and competition law. He also has experience working on IP enforcement and trademark litigation for well-known brand owners.

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Michael Garellek

Michael serves as the head of the Financial Services Regulatory Practice for Canada and is a Transactional Partner in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. His practice focuses on Canadian financial regulation and compliance for fintechs, financial institutions and financial market participants, online marketplaces, blockchain and web3 devs. Michael has assisted many global companies establish and grow their businesses in Canada. He is a co-author of Baker McKenzie's Doing Business in Canada, the Annotated Bank Act (2025-2023 editions) and the Jurisclasseur en valeurs mobilieres, a long leading treatise on securities laws in Canada.

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Practice Group and is based in the New York office. Prior to joining the Firm, Michael founded and served as head of the Latin America practice groups at two other prominent international law firms. As one of the first US lawyers to focus on corporate work in Latin America and a prominent thought leader, he has authored countless articles and lent his expertise on seminars involving international financial markets as well as relevant legal and business challenges and opportunities. Michael is recognized as a Band 1 leading lawyer by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Latin America; and is recognized by The Legal 500 US as one of the leading lawyers in the US for Global Offerings and other corporate financings. Michael is a thought leader on a variety of issues involving international financial markets and has authored numerous articles and presented seminars on related legal and business challenges and opportunities. Chambers Latin America International has awarded Michael more Band 1 rankings for Capital Markets work than any other US lawyer. Michael is also the only US lawyer to be ranked by Chambers Latin America as Band 1 in both Capital Markets and Banking and Finance.

Michael Schmidl

Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl is co-head of the German Information Technology Group and is based in Baker McKenzie's Munich office. He is an honorary professor at the University of Augsburg and specialist lawyer for information technology law (Fachanwalt für IT-Recht). He advises in all areas of contentious and non-contentious information technology law, including internet, computer/software, data privacy and media law. Michael also has a general commercial law background and has profound experience in the drafting and negotiation of outsourcing contracts and in carrying out compliance projects. Michael advises in all areas of contentious and non-contentious information technology law, including Internet, computer/software, data privacy and media law. He also advises on matters relating to intellectual property, unfair competition, compliance and general contract law. Michael is experienced in general commercial law, and is likewise seasoned in drafting and negotiating outsourcing contracts, as well as in carrying out compliance projects.

Michael Van Acker

Michael Van Acker is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance practice group in Brussels, having been with the Firm since 2004. Michael advises on international finance, with a particular focus on leveraged finance deals across a number of industries and asset types. He is also well accomplished in advising on financial restructurings. Michael has represented a wide range of lenders and private equity sponsors on the leveraging of domestic and cross-border buy-outs, real estate acquisitions, and property redevelopments, among others.

Michael Macapagal

Dr. Michaela Nebel is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Baker McKenzie. She obtained her Doctor of Law degree on a topic related to privacy in the Web 2.0 at the University of Passau. From July until December 2014 she practiced at the San Francisco office of Baker McKenzie. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US). She is also the author of numerous articles on information technology law, in particular on data protection law and e-commerce law, and the co-author of an English language commentary on the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Michaela advises German and international companies on all aspects of information technology law, data protection law, data related and digital laws, IT contract law as well as on e-commerce, IT / data litigation and artificial intelligence related matters. Her practice covers in particular data dispute matters, including proceedings with the data protection authorities and legal disputes regarding the GDPR, as well as cybersecurity and whistleblowing.

Michał is experienced in labor and employment matters. He advises on all aspects of individual and collective labour law, in particular on hiring staff, redundancies, compensation and benefits, employment policies, discrimination, employment litigation as well as trade unions. He has extensive experience in handling HR issues in M&A deals and reorganizations. Michał provides skillful advice on labor and employment matters, compensation and benefits, HR issues in M&A and reorganizations as well as employment litigation. He also counsels clients on cross-border employment and posting of workers.

Michal Malkovský

Michal Malkovský is a member of the Firm's Antitrust & Competition and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups in Prague. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Michal worked at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition on antitrust investigations in the telecommunications and digital sectors. Michal advises clients on merger control, foreign investments screening, abuse of dominance cases, cartel investigations and various antitrust compliance issues. In connection with M&A, Michal advises on cross-border acquisitions and divestments, performs due diligence investigations, assists with drafting of contractual documentation and handles follow-up corporate issues. Michal also provides complex structuring and regulatory advice in connection with corporate mergers, spin-offs and restructurings.

Michał Derdak has over 15 years of professional experience in international law firms. His main areas of practice are competition law, consumer protection law and distribution systems, as well as commercial contracts. He has broad experience in structuring distribution systems, including classic distribution, franchising and agency models. He has also advised clients on consumer protection issues, including consumer sales, as well as consumer communication and interaction. He has advised clients from various sectors, including pharmaceutical, FMCG (in particular food & drink, cosmetics and fashion businesses), energy, oil&gas, technology and others. His experience in advising clients covers the key competition law issues relevant for the sectors, such as rebates on dominant and near-dominant products, distribution and marketing models in various channels, parallel trade or relevant market definitions for advanced products.

Michał Głowacki

Michał Głowacki is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Warsaw office, where he co-heads capital markets practice. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2008. Previously, he worked for five years in law firms and a consulting company. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University and the Warsaw School of Economics. Michał is known as a leader of innovation in debt capital markets deals. He has been at the forefront of creating first-of-its-kind debt deals in Poland, and has experience in a whole range of capital market transactions, including equity (ECM) and debt (DCM) offerings (both private and public, by Polish and foreign issuers'). He advises in tender offers, managerial and incentive programs (including also ESPP, SOP, RSU), financial services regulatory (capital and banking law, mifid, MAR, BMR), complex debt restructuring, corporate and public M&A transactions. Michał due to its extensive experience and deep legal knowledge is very well perceived by market participants (issuers, banks, brokerage houses, but also WSE and NDS).

Michał Maj has over 11 years of experience in tax advisory services with a particular focus on M&A. Michał started his career in 2007 in KPMG and has worked in PwC since 2009. Michał provides advice on the tax effective structuring and acquisition transactions. He has been involved in numerous due diligence projects (including vendor due diligence) related to the acquisitions of Polish business entities. Michał's specialization also includes tax restructuring of business entities for the realization of unique business aims. He was involved in cooperation with private equity funds, multinational corporate clients as well as Polish firms and individuals. In addition, Michał supports clients during tax audits and further proceedings, including proceedings before the court. Michał has been a licensed Polish tax advisor (license no. 11530) since 2010. Michał's practice focuses on tax structuring, tax due diligence, general tax advice, management incentive plans and tax litigation. He has advised private equity clients, local and multinational corporations and Polish individuals in the energy, FMCG, media, real estate and retail sectors. He has experience in the jurisdictions of Poland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Michele Santocchini

Michele Santocchini co-heads the tax practice of Baker McKenzie Italy. He joined Baker McKenzie's Rome office as counsel in 2013. A certified public accountant, he is knowledgeable in international tax planning, including supply chain restructuring, cross-border reorganization and acquisitions, financial restructuring and transfer pricing. Mr. Santocchini also has vast experience in M&A matters, such as acquisition structuring, merger reorganizations and leveraged buyout. He has made several presentations on tax matters in events organized by the Rome CPA’s Association, and also lectures on advanced tax law at the University La Sapienza of Rome. Mr. Santocchini's practice focuses on international tax planning. He advises multinational and Italian companies with respect to cross-border transactions, international and local tax planning and tax litigation.

Michelle Porter-Wright

Michelle Porter-Wright is a partner and head of Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution practice group based in Johannesburg. Michelle is qualified to practice in South Africa, and England and Wales. Michelle is ranked by all major directories for her work in South Africa's construction sector, including Legal 500, Chambers, Who's Who Legal (WWL), and Best Lawyers. She is Lexology’s 2024 Client Choice award recipient for Construction in South Africa, Acquisition International’s 2024 Contract Administration & Dispute Resolution Advisor of the Year for South Africa, and she is also recognised as a Future Leader in arbitration in South Africa by WWL.

Michelle Pfeffer

Michelle is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance Practice Group in Mexico. She practiced in the Firm's Venezuela office before transferring to Mexico City in 2015. She has substantial experience in lending, project finance, domestic and cross-border credit transactions as well as financial regulatory issues.

Mihály Egon Budai

Mike Webster is a Senior Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Global Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Industry Group. Mike has more than 35 years experience working on transactions across the EMEA region, as well as in Asia and the Caribbean. Mike has worked in the Firm's London and Hong Kong offices. Mike specialises in advising on the development of major energy, mining and infrastructure sector assets, whether on a traditional construction or PPP, BOT or equivalent basis, and on commercial arrangements concerning such assets.

Michael Rubinger is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Intellectual Property Tech group. He regularly advises clients in connection with IP transactions and/or litigation, and assists clients with managing and enforcing their IP portfolios. Mike was recently recognized as a 2022 Rising Star in IPStars by Managing IP. He is on the Executive Committees for the Intellectual Property group of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and is co-chairing the Transactional IP subcommittee. Additionally, Mike is on the CBA's Legal Futures subcommittee, working with the team to maintain the Canadian legal profession in the face of change. Prior to law school, Mike received a Masters of Management of Innovation from the University of Toronto and a Bachelors of Engineering Science (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Mikołaj Piaskowski

Mikołaj Piaskowski co-leads the Competition and State Aid Practice Group in the Warsaw office. He has practiced in competition law, focusing on antitrust, merger control, consumer protection and State aid laws, for more than 17 years. He represents clients in numerous proceedings before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), the Competition and Consumer Protection Court (SOKiK), the Court of Appeals and the European Commission. He advises clients from various industries including pharmaceutical, FMCG, TMT, automotive, finance and energy sectors on all aspects of competition law relating to their business activity. He conducts many seminars and workshops on competition law, including workshops on practical aspects of dawn raids procedures.

Milena Hoffmanová

Milena Hoffmanová heads the Prague office Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare group. Her practice covers pharmaceuticals and healthcare matters, compliance, general commercial law, administrative law, as well as data protection and privacy law matters. She studied law at the University of Limerick in Ireland prior to graduating from the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague in 2008. Ms. Hoffmanová’s practice focuses mainly on ensuring compliance with legal regulations as well as ethical standards relating to medicinal products and medical devices, including assisting with drafting of internal company guidelines and policies and labeling/packaging requirements. She also advises on anti-corruption compliance matters, including the extraterritorial application of US law, such as application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and foreign bribery laws. She has experience in a broad range of compliance matters, including corporate and regulatory investigations, FCPA and global anti-corruption compliance, compliance program development and anti-corruption due diligence, including data privacy issues such as cross-border data flows, data security, whistle-blower hotlines, e-monitoring and other privacy-related issues.

Dispute Resolution

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Mireia Sabaté is the managing partner of Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office, a partner in the Employment and Compensation practice in Barcelona and a member of the EMEA Employment Steering Committee of the Firm. She practices mainly in the areas of labor and employment law. Mireia also regularly teaches at universities, having lectured on labor institutions and litigation at ESADE Law School in Barcelona and conducted training on employment termination at ISDE (Higher Education Law and Economic Institute). She teaches courses on social security law at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. She has also provided training in equity law at the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and in the free transfer of employees at the Barcelona Bar Association. Mireia regularly counsels clients on employment relationships (ordinary or special), employment contracts, individual and collective terminations (including top executives), implementing restructuring plans, and designing and negotiating collective bargaining agreements, noncompetition and other typical agreements, labor law issues in connection with due diligence matters, variable compensation plans, stock option plans and codes of conduct. She also focuses on labor litigation, social security matters, risk prevention, diversity law and human resources. She has participated in the design and implementation of a number of internal human resources policies for different clients.

Mirjam de Blécourt

Mohamed Ghannam

Mohamed Ghannam is the managing partner of Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. Mohamed heads the Banking, Projects, and Capital Markets Practice Groups.

Mohamed Elharmy

Mohamed Elharmy is a Partner at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Mohamed Abdelaleem

Mohamed Abdelaleem is a counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo. He heads the Litigation Practice Group. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he has more than 35 years of experience in judicial work, during which time he served in different court circuits, including the Administrative Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Legal Advisory Department, the General Assembly for Advice and Legislation, as well as the State Council's Legislation Department, where he headed the Technical Bureau of the General Assembly and participated in the review of many draft laws. He has also acted as an advisor to several ministries, authorities and governorates, including as a legal advisor to the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Legislation Department of the Council of Ministers in the State of Qatar, as an arbitrator in several important arbitrations and provided training for judges of the Board of Grievances in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mohamed El Far is a counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Mohammed Almarini

Monica Kurnatowska

Monica Kurnatowksa is a partner in the Firm’s London office. Monica is a member of the Consultation Board of PLC Employment On-line and is a regular speaker at internal and external seminars and workshops. Monica advises clients from sectors such as financial services, technology and manufacturing on the employment aspects of strategic projects. These include global M&A and restructuring, sensitive discrimination, whistleblowing and bonus disputes, investigations, and accountability reviews. Monica co-leads the firm’s global Inclusion and Diversity services for clients. She won the Women, Influence & Power in Law UK 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award for her efforts in championing diversity and inclusion initiatives. She has acted as a role model, active coach and sponsor throughout her career. Monica is highly regarded by clients for her ability to quickly gain an in- depth understanding of their business in order to offer the most strategic and commercial advice.

Monica Cavalcanti

Montserrat Llopart

Montserrat has extensive experience in pharmaceutical and health law, as well as in compliance, contract law, licensing, competition law and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector. She is the coordinator of the healthcare practice in the Barcelona office. She assists healthcare companies throughout the life cycle of healthcare products (drugs, IVD and medical devices, combination products, cosmetics and food supplements), from R&D to commercialization and more specifically in the areas of clinical trials (agreements, regulatory procedures, processing of personal data), market access (pricing and reimbursement), products and companies regulations (MA/CE-marking, vigilances, required licenses, product classification, labelling), commercial relations between healthcare industries (distribution, (co)promotion, manufacturing, supply, licensing, partnership agreements), relations with healthcare professionals and/or patients including compliance (anti-gift and transparency laws); communication and advertising, e-health (connected devices, telemedicine, hosting of health data) and product liability. Her practice encompasses both advisory and litigation matters. She also has considerable experience in the drafting of codes of professional ethics and conducting compliance audits, and advising on advertising and promotion of medicines and medical devices, including via the internet, online advertising and social media. Montserrat advises on a wide range of agreements related to the pharmaceutical industry, such as license and distribution agreements, clinical trial agreements, and supply and manufacturing agreements.

Mostafa Lotayef

Mostafa Lotayef is a Counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Muhsin Keskin leads the Istanbul office’s Banking and Finance and Capital Markets Practices. Muhsin also advises clients on various aspects of mergers and acquisitions including private equity investments. He currently specializes in banking and finance and capital markets law in various areas including acquisition finance, project finance, loans and credit facilities, securitization and structured finance, asset finance, Islamic finance, financial services and regulatory advice, equity offerings, debt offerings, derivatives, investment funds, compliance and corporate governance advice, and public company mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm, Muhsin Keskin spent six years at an international law firm’s Istanbul office and a major local Turkish law firm.

Munir Abdul Aziz

Energy & Infrastructure

Nadine is a Senior Trade Marks Associate in the Intellectual Property practice. Nadine has extensive experience managing multijurisdictional trade mark portfolios with a focus on the contentious trade mark disputes, multijurisdictional brand clearance advice, filing strategies, design and copyright registrations. Nadine's practice is mainly in the food, beverage and technology sectors. Nadine is a qualified solicitor in South Africa and started her practice in South Africa. Nadine was ranked as a "key name" in Legal 500 2023 and 2024 for PATMA Trade Mark Attorneys. Clients say "Nadine is a highly-experienced trade mark counsel with extensive knowledge of national trade mark regimes around the world." Nadine as also ranked in WTR 1000 in 2024 and clients say that Nadine "brings valuable expertise in the technology industry and when handling multi-jurisdictional instructions. Putting in flawless performances across the board." Most of Nadine's time is spent providing strategic advice on trade mark disputes such as infringements, oppositions, invalidity, cancellation actions and company name disputes; advising on new product launches through pre-launch brand clearance advice, preparing filing strategies in the artificial intelligence, food, confectionery and beverages sectors. Nadine has been actively involved in INTA since 2007 and is currently a member of INTA's Emerging Issues Committee. She has served on various INTA committees since 2008 and was the Sub-committee chair for the Model Law Trademark Guidelines sub-committee from 2014-2019. She also served on INTA's Africa Global Advisory Council from 2018-2019.

Nam-Ake Lekfuangfu

Nancy Hamzo is a principal in the North American Transactions Group. Nancy regularly advises clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and complex corporate transactions including multi-jurisdictional reorganizations across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on the life sciences and technology sectors. She further advises on Canadian antitrust and foreign investment matters. Nancy has been recognized as a Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40 and as a key lawyer in Legal 500 Canada 2021 for M&A. She has practiced in the Firm's Amsterdam and Chicago offices working on cross border transactions. She serves on the Firm's North America Transactions Steering Committee and sits on the steering committee for Cross-Border Transactions and Integrations. She also co-chairs the Women's Networking Initiative in the Toronto office.

Nandakumar Ponniya

Nick focuses his practice on project finance, renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric) infrastructure PPP, PFI, international procurement and acquisition finance, including MBOs, TOBs and LBOs. He also works on finance involving export credit agencies such as JBIC and NEXI, real estate finance, limited recourse loans, distressed loan transactions, structured finance and securitization. He has significant experience representing Japanese and foreign financial institutions and sponsors.

Napas Na Pombejra

Nastassja Walschot

Nastassja Walschot is a counsel in the Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Practice Group and the International Trade & Commerce Practice Group, based in Brussels. She worked as a trainee in 2014 and 2015 and joined the Firm as an associate in 2016. Nastassja is also a teaching assistant at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Nastassja's practice consists mainly of assisting national and international clients in their contentious matters before judicial courts and arbitral tribunals, as well as in investigations and compliance matters. She also advises clients in various legal aspects of business, commercial, public and contract law.

Natalia Ponce De León

Natalie is a Partner at the London office of Baker McKenzie in the Corporate Tax department. Natalie was seconded to Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Hong Kong in 2010. Natalie supports our clients to navigate corporate tax risks and opportunities in the context of complex business transformations, business critical corporate reorganisations and transformational corporate M&A throughout the transaction lifecycle. Natalie's transactions focus is underpinned by her strong corporate tax advisory capabilities. Natalie also has a keen focus on supporting our clients to mobilise robust and effective ESG and Tax strategies and to unlock the intersection between ESG and Tax. Natalie plays an integral leadership role in talent management and the development and growth of our people.

Natalie Ellerby

Natalie advises clients across a wide range of sectors, including the life sciences, consumer and tech sectors, on acquiring, disposing of, commercialising and protecting their intellectual property rights. She heads up Baker McKenzie’s IP transactional practice in London and focuses on advising clients on IP-critical acquisitions and disposals including complex cross-border carve-outs, IP licensing matters, franchising arrangements, intragroup IP reorganisations and joint venture and collaboration agreements. Natalie is a qualified High Court advocate with a Master's degree in Chemistry. She has over 13 years of experience advising on a range of contentious IP matters, including trade mark and patent infringement litigation, coordinating international actions, coexistence and licensing disputes and damages inquiries. Natalie has been ranked as a Notable Practitioner by Managing IP (IP STARS) and teaches on University College London’s IP Transactions course. Natalie’s practice comprises transactional, commercial and contentious work. She advises clients on all aspects of IP-critical transactions and has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating bespoke licensing arrangements and collaboration agreements. Natalie is a qualified High Court advocate with a Master's degree in Chemistry. She has over 13 years of experience advising on a range of contentious IP matters, including trade mark and patent infringement litigation, coordinating international actions, coexistence and licensing disputes and damages inquiries.

Nathalie Marchand

Finance & Projects

Ngoc Quan Hoang

Dispute Resolution

Nguyen Thanh Hai

Finance & Projects

Nicholas Kraegen

Senior Associate

Nick is a partner in Baker McKenzie's London office and a member of the M&A and Corporate Finance teams. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Nick was a partner in another international law firm for over 14 years and was the head of Middle East and based in Dubai from 2007 to 2010. Nick spent one year on secondment to a San Francisco law firm between 1999 and 2000. With over 25 years' experience, Nick focuses on public and private M&A, capital raisings, and corporate governance and advisory work. Nick has considerable experience advising on matters in a number of sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, infrastructure, industrials, consumer goods and healthcare. Nick regularly counsels the boards of public limited companies on a range of strategic, transactional and governance matters and regularly works on transactions involving Japanese and Middle East clients.

Nick Rainsford is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Private Equity and Funds group, based in London. He is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital. Nick's practice is focused on infrastructure M&A across Europe. He advises infrastructure funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and corporates. Nick has particular expertise in shareholder and management incentivisation arrangements.

Nick is a partner in the banking and finance team of Baker McKenzie. Nick is based in London and his experience includes a secondment to The Blackstone Group and to the Hong Kong office of his previous firm. Nick's practice focuses on cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing, real estate finance and distressed debt investing. Nick regularly advises private equity funds, debt funds, banks and corporates on a range of financing products and structures in particular, European TLB, Bank/Bond financings, Unitranche, Holdco PIK, Real Estate Senior/Mezzanine and special situations matters.

Nicolai is a partner in the Dispute Resolution group of Baker McKenzie, a member of the Global Investigations, Compliance and Ethics Steering Committee and co-heads the Investigations, Compliance and Ethics practice in Germany. Nicolai is a regular speaker and author on compliance, white collar crime, innovation and legal tech topics. He is the inventor of the automated risk assessment and risk monitoring platform Compliance Cockpit and the founder of Global Compliance News. Nicolai is the editor of the knowledge platforms Compliance Lexikon and Litigation Lexikon. Nicolai assists clients in a broad range of compliance and dispute resolution matters with a focus on internal investigations. The internal investigations cover a variety of topics including allegations for corruption, fraud, product compliance violations, discrimination, cyber and other white collar crimes. The prevention services include advice on the implementation of effective and digitized compliance programs including whistleblowing, corporate compliance, risk minimization strategies, money laundering issues, KYC checks and related civil litigation. He also focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, in particular with a tech focus and mass litigation cases. He develops innovative and digitized legal and compliance processes and scalable legal solutions and applications.

Nicolas Servente

Dr. Nicolas Kredel chairs Baker McKenzie's EMEA Antitrust & Competition Practice Group as well as the Firm's global Industrials Manufacturing and Transportation Group. He also chairs Baker McKenzie's German Antitrust & Competition practice. Nicolas advises clients in EU and German competition law matters, including domestic and international cartel investigations, merger control proceedings and abuse of dominance cases. He routinely leads global projects for clients in the area of antitrust risk prevention and compliance systems, international investigations and in transactions. He also provides competition law advice on cooperation agreements with competitors as well as supply agreements and distribution systems. He has extensive experience in a variety of industries, including the automotive, telecommunications, FMCG, retail, defense, aviation and pharmaceutical sectors.

Principal Associate

Noor El-Gohary is an associate at within Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution practice group. She has represented and advised a multitude of leading multinational companies, with a specific focus on civil, tax and commercial litigation, white collar defense and investigations, compliance and other complex commercial disputes with particular interest in telecom and tech. Noor is highly skilled in dispute project management, targeted discovery focused at securing key evidence required to resolve the most complex cases, efficient settlement and communication with key stakeholders. Noor received her LL.B. degree from German University in Cairo in 2020 after graduating with Honors and being ranked among the top five students. Over the course of her experience she has authored many legal publications. Noor focuses on civil, tax and commercial disputes, investigations, compliance and ethics, data and technology, media and telecommunications, commercial advisory and employment.

Nopporn Charoenkitraj

Nóra Óváry-Papp

Dr. Nóra Óváry-Papp is a Counsel in Baker McKenzie's Budapest office and a member of the Firm's Employment & Compensation practice group. She also acts as lead attorney for Investigations & Compliance matters. She is a lecturer at the Department of Labor and Social Law at ELTE Faculty of Law. Nóra is a seasoned expert in advising clients on a comprehensive range of employment and employment-related issues. Her areas of expertise encompass termination of employment, dismissal, breaches of fiduciary duties, enforcement of restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations, protection of trade secrets, and conducting thorough employee investigations. Nóra has a proven track record in conducting internal investigations, providing employment-related compliance advice, and managing work council and union relations. Additionally, she is adept at representing clients in labor safety matters, ensuring their compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

Nurgul Abdreyeva

Finance & Projects

Oksana Simonova

Oksana Simonova is a partner in the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie with over 12 years of experience in advising clients on a wide range of sophisticated cross-border transactions. In 2012, she was appointed to lead the Kyiv office’s Competition and Pharmaceuticals practice groups. Ms. Simonova advises international clients on Ukrainian merger control and competition law issues (including in the pharmaceuticals industry). She also has broad experience in various corporate finance transactions (including syndicated lending, Eurobonds and IPOs). She has worked on numerous international capital markets offerings from Ukraine and led the local legal team on the first main market London Stock Exchange listing of a mining company from Ukraine. Her practice also includes mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial law matters.

Oleksiy Stolyarenko

Oleksiy Stolyarenko is the Head of the IT/TMT industry group in the Kyiv office. A partner focusing on complex IP/IT, copyright, trademarks, patents, domain names, internet & technology matters (including protection of privacy & information), Oleksiy is well versed in issues related to technology transactions, start-ups, innovative services and products. He represents clients before the courts of Ukraine in trademark and patent litigation matters and carries out anti-piracy/anti-counterfeiting campaigns. Oleksiy joined Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie in 2008 from the State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine, where he worked in the copyright division. He frequently participates in the Firm`s Pro Bono projects and was awarded with the Firm`s RED award in 2015. Oleksiy Stolyarenko practices on all aspects of intellectual property, information technology, personal data protection, consumer protection, e-commerce and advertising law. He has extensive experience guiding clients through IP and IT law challenges in the IT, consumer electronics, media, wine and spirits, confectionery, food, and beverage, pharma, FMCG, chemical production and banking industries in Ukraine.

Olga Mikheieva is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Competition and Antitrust practice group with over 20 years' experience of advising on various issues concerning competition and antitrust law. Olga holds a PhD degree from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. Within the area of competition and antitrust, Olga focuses mainly on Ukrainian merger control, concerted actions and various competition law infringements. Her experience also includes pharmaceuticals, corporate and commercial law matters.

Oliver Jefferies

Oliver Jefferies is a banking partner in Baker McKenzie's London office. He is experienced in real estate finance and data center financings. Oliver advises a mix of sponsors, lenders and property developers, acting for a range of asset classes including hotels, data centres, build to rent, logistics, student housing and commercial. He has particular experience in cross-border transactions and development finance. He also has experience across a range of other financing transactions and products including acquisition finance, corporate lending and restructuring work. Oliver joined the Firm in 2021 having previously worked at another renowned law firm. Advised TPG and Point Park Properties on their EUR 1.5 billion financing of their pan-European logistics group. Advised a leading data center operator on the financings of their data center campus in Amsterdam, and joint venture arrangements with a financial investor. Advised a leading data center operator on the development of a data center in France Advised Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company on various financings secured on logistics warehouses, BTR residential offices, hotels and commercial property. Advised a private equity firm on their acquisition of a data center site in the UK. Advised National Pension Scheme of Korea on their GBP 1.2 billion acquisition of Goldman Sachs' London HQ and their GBP 700 million financing of the acquisition with Rothesay Life. Advised various Schroders funds on their financings from lenders including Canada Life and Wells Fargo. Assets are secured on UK property portfolios Advised Royal Bank of Canada in respect of a CAD 1 billion facility secured on a portfolio of UK and Canadian healthcare assets Advised Ares on their EUR 450 million acquisition and financing of 27 commercial properties across seven European jurisdictions financed by senior and mezzanine debt with Citi and Goldman Sachs. Advised Goldman Sachs in respect of a EUR 600 million loan on loan financing provided to Kildare to enable the acquisition and refinancing an insolvent hotel group. Advised Wells Fargo on the development financing of various logistics warehouses in Ireland.

Dr. Oliver Socher is EMEA Banking & Finance Chair and member of Global Banking & Finance Steering Committee. His practice covers banking and finance and distressed debt matters. Prior to joining the Firm in January 2006, he worked as an associate for a "Magic Circle" law firm in Frankfurt and London. He also worked as an associate for a Wall Street law firm in New York. Dr. Socher studied law at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, where he also earned his doctor’s degree in law, and at Fordham School of Law in New York. He was admitted to the German bar in 2001. Dr. Socher advises banks and investors in all aspects of banking and financing transactions, including national and international syndicated financing transactions.

Olivia Chriqui-Guiot

Olivia Tyrrell is a Corporate / M&A partner in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office. Olivia has also practiced in the Firm's Sydney and Barcelona offices. She is a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Transactional Healthcare group. Olivia was named a 2020 “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal, received the “Chicago 40 Under 40” award from The National Law Journal and was named among the "most influential women lawyers in Chicago in 2017" by Crain's Chicago Business.

Olivier Van Den Broeke

Olivier Van den broeke is a senior associate leading the Financial Services Regulatory, Fintech and Insurance practice in Belgium. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2013 and has more than 10 years of experience in advising financial institutions and Fintechs on a broad variety of financial services, Fintech and insurance regulatory matters. Olivier has authored several articles and contributions for leading journals on a variety of financial services regulatory matters. Olivier's practice focuses on complex financial services regulatory issues, regulatory driven strategic projects, transactions and restructurings, and financial services litigation and enforcement. He advises a broad range of clients active in the banking, insurance, Fintech, funds and payments industries. His clientele includes banks, insurers, payment and e-money institutions, investment firms, asset managers, pension funds, crypto asset firms, consumer lenders and various types of financial and insurance intermediaries. Matters that Olivier advises on include license applications, up-scaling and expanding of clients' businesses, digitisation and financial innovation, cross-border offering of financial services and products, obtaining regulatory approvals for strategic transactions and restructurings, complex financial contracting, securitisations, fund regulatory matters and supervisory enforcement. Olivier is also a trusted advisor in relation to governance requirements for financial institutions, sustainable finance, anti-money laundering and financial crime issues. From time to time, he is also involved in restructuring and insolvency matters.

Olivier Dal Farra

Olivier dal Farra is a Partner in the Tax Group of Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office. He has 15 years of experience in international and Luxembourg taxation. Before joining the Firm in 2019, Olivier worked as a senior tax manager for an audit firm in Luxembourg and in several international law firms in Paris and Luxembourg. In 2024, Legal 500 EMEA recognized him as a Tax “Next Generation” Partner in Luxembourg. Olivier's practice focuses on international tax planning and tax advice in connection with investment tax structuring and M&A transactions. Olivier routinely assists international clients, including asset managers and private equity firms, in tax structuring strategies concerning their debt or equity investments. He also advises financial institutions (asset managers/banks/insurance companies) on tax planning and international tax compliance aspects. He has significant experience in assisting high-net-worth individuals and families with international tax, wealth planning, regulatory and family governance issues and works closely with Baker McKenzie's Wealth Management Practice. He advises numerous family offices, HNWI and private bankers on the tax structuring of private investments, as well as on succession planning. He has also developed an in-depth expertise on matters relating to the EU Directive on Mandatory Disclosure Reporting (DAC6), assisting both intermediaries and taxpayers to detect and meet their DAC6 obligations. He is the author of a book on the taxation of Luxembourg holding companies titled "Luxembourg holding companies – Domestic and International tax aspects". He is a lecturer at Dauphine University (executive master in private estate and wealth management) and he is a member of the authors committee for the law review “Ingenierie Patrimoniale” (Editions JFA).

Senior Associate

Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Funds

Orhan Pala

Osama Audi leads Baker McKenzie’s Corporate practice in the UAE. He focuses on M&A, private equity, venture capital and investment funds matters. Recognized for his commercial-oriented approach to transactions and his work ethic, he represents sovereign wealth funds, private equity and venture capital funds, public and private technology and growth companies, family offices and multinationals. Osama is admitted to the New York Bar and has worked in New York, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Osama is ranked by Chambers Global 2024 as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A: Abu Dhabi based. Chambers Global 2024 identifies Osama as “an exceptionally bright, measured and effective M&A counsel” and further adds "he is responsive and commercially savvy". Moreover from 2018 to the most recent 2024 rankings, Osama has been and continues to be recognized by Legal500 and IFLR for his M&A, private equity and venture capital work. Most recently as a "Leading Individual" by Legal500 and "Highly Regarded" by IFLR. He is also recognized by Legal500 for his work in the oil & gas and real estate sectors and by IFLR for his work in the food & beverage sector. Osama advises clients on M&A and private equity transactions in the Middle East, Africa and South and Southeast Asia in sectors such as energy (with a focus on renewable energy) and infrastructure, oil & gas, technology and e-commerce, consumer goods and retail, healthcare and life-sciences, education, financial services, logistics and transport and real estate, hospitality and leisure. In addition, Osama regularly advises on transactions relating to technology and growth companies at all stages of their development and is recognized by Chambers Global 2024 for his Venture Capital & Emerging Companies work. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Osama was a partner in a US law firm's M&A and private equity practice and, before that, Osama worked in a Magic Circle law firm's Dubai and Riyadh offices. Osama received his JD from the Pennsylvania State University which he attended on a full-academic Deans Scholarship.

Ozan Kesim

Pablo M. Bentes is a partner in Baker McKenzie Geneva, where he heads the global WTO disputes practice of the Firm. Pablo focuses on representing WTO Members before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and assists private clients and trade associations on how to leverage WTO disciplines to resolve trade disputes. Pablo is one of very few practitioners in the world to have successfully represented WTO Members in all stages in WTO dispute settlement proceedings, serving as lead counsel in oral pleadings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Pablo was managing director at a leading law firm in Washington DC and a Legal Officer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO. While working at the Appellate Body Secretariat, Pablo advised on some of the largest and most complex appeals giving rise to the leading case law in areas such as import restrictions, subsidies, trade remedies, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, among others. Pablo was featured as "Next Generation Lawyer – Dispute Resolution: International Trade" in Legal 500 US for three years in a row. Law360 has repeatedly named him a "Rising Star." He is a welcomed speaker at international podiums and publishes regularly in professional journals and international media. Pablo advises sovereign states and private clients in every stage of complex WTO disputes dealing with the inter-section between economic and non-economic objectives. He frequently appears on behalf of WTO members in oral pleadings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body.

Pablo is a technology Senior Associate in Baker McKenzie's IPTech team, based in Madrid. He joined the Firm in 2018 and has over nine years of experience in providing legal advice to national and international clients on a multidisciplinary basis. Pablo's practice covers a broad range of aspects on regulatory, legal policy, product counselling, litigation and technology contracting. Pablo is ranked as an "Associate to watch" by Chambers Europe for TMT: Information Technology - Spain (2023). Pablo's main areas of expertise include tech law, e-commerce, intermediary liability, consumer protection, content moderation, adtech, data protection, cybersecurity, telecom and intellectual property. He practices law with autonomous management capacity and multidisciplinary approach, and strives to tailor advice to the client needs. Pablo regularly acts for clients in the digital space based on solid legal and industry knowledge. For example, Pablo has led complex content moderation litigation, including a precedent settling case in the Spanish Supreme Court. He also provides ongoing assistance on data protection and cybersecurity to clients in various industries, such as TMT, retail, healthcare and finance. His cybersecurity incident response experience includes advising clients in +20 incidents.

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Paloma Martínez-Lage

Paloma is a partner in the Madrid office. She has over two decades’ experience gained both in‐house in the Corporate Affairs and Regulatory department of a mobile operator in Spain and in private practice at a Spanish Competition boutique law firm. Paloma has been recommended as a leading professional by various legal directories, including Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal Iberia. According to Chambers & Partners, clients appreciate that Paloma is "dedicated, hardworking, and pays a lot of attention to detail" (Europe Guide, 2018). Paloma's practice is focused on Spanish and EU Competition law with a deep knowledge of regulation, in particular in the telecom and energy sectors. She has wide experience in antitrust infringement procedures and damages claims, antitrust compliance, internal audits and preventive counselling in a broad variety of sectors, as well as merger control, working for private companies and public entities alike.

Paloma Alcón is a Team Leader in the Real Estate Law Department of Baker McKenzie Madrid. She has more than 14 years of experience advising national and international funds in complex transactions involving the acquisition, sale, lease and construction of real estate assets, including logistics, commercial, residential, healthcare, student housing, and offices. Prior to joining the Firm, Paloma developed her career in multilateral organizations and international firms, including the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C., Unibail-Rodamco and Deloitte. She combines her practice with a solid academic background. Paloma has completed graduate studies at Georgetown University (LL.M.) and IE Business School. Paloma is recognized for her strategic vision, her ability to manage in demanding environments and her results-oriented approach. Clients and colleagues highlight her closeness, commitment and deep knowledge of the real estate market. She has also been recognized in the Legal 500 directory as a Leading Associate in the Real Estate department (2025). Paloma Alcón focuses her practice area on real estate law, advising national and international funds and investors in transactions involving the acquisition and transfer of real estate assets and companies, financing, sale and lease back, legal due diligence processes and regularization of the legal and registry status of real estate and assets, as well as real estate leasing and construction contracts.

Pamela Floriani

Pamela Floriani is counsel in the Tax department of Baker McKenzie Italy. Pamela focuses her practice on both domestic and international VAT issues, assisting several international groups. She deals with tax opinions, rulings, tax litigation and pre-litigation matters, and assist clients during investigations/audits and settlements with the Italian Tax Authorities. She has participated to various cross-border projects for several international groups, with VAT implications at European level. Pamela is experienced in the VAT tax aspects of cross border transactions, specially focusing on permanent/fixed establishment issues, intra-EU transactions, place of supply issues and complex VAT refund procedures. She also provides tax opinions and deals with tax rulings related to indirect taxes aspects among several industries: Consumer Products, Energy, Real Estate and Life Science & Health Care.

Pamela joined Baker McKenzie's Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Practice Group (Projects) in 2016. She has a solid industry expertise, with over four years of experience advising companies in cross-border transactions involving energy and infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisition, project development including regulatory and finance matters, as well as in government contracting. Prior to joining the Firm, Pamela worked in the Banking & Finance Practice, where she acquired experience on project finance and the negotiation of domestic credits, as well as in banking and financial regulatory issues.

Pamela leads our New York IP & Technology Practice. She is consistently ranked by Chambers USA and World Trademark Review, and was recognized as one of the "Top 250 Women in IP" by Managing IP in 2023. Clients describe Pamela as "a legal whizz. What sets her apart is her business expertise and ability to craft viable, actionable solutions. She responds quickly and is a pleasure to work with" (Chambers USA Client Interview - 2023). Pamela has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and implementing transactions involving the acquisition, development, exploitation and sale of IP rights, including mergers and acquisitions, licenses, joint ventures, strategic alliances, research and development collaborations, digital publishing, e-commerce, outsourcing and corporate finance transactions.

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Paolo Ghiglione

Paolo Ghiglione is a partner in the Corporate M&A practice group of Baker McKenzie's Italian offices and leads the private equity and the energy & infrastructure teams. Paolo Ghiglione has more than 20 years' experience in M&A deals, including disposals and acquisitions of assets and shares, mergers, de-mergers and joint ventures in a number of industries, including transport, energy, financial institutions, telecommunications, infrastructure and consumer goods. He has acted for both buyers and sellers in some of the top-end privatisation transactions in the Italian market and has been involved in a number of major restructurings and reorganisations. He also advises on corporate governance and regulatory matters for listed and non-listed companies including Italian private equity funds and financial intermediaries.

Paolo Galli is a partner of the IP & Technology Practice Group of Baker McKenzie Italy. Paolo is adjunct professor at the University of Piemonte Orientale, faculty of law, where he takes regular courses on IP and media law. He has a PHD in IP and private law and he is the author of many publications on IP and media-related matters, on both national and international reviews. Paolo provides assistance (both contractual and litigation) in the areas of media, advertising (including television and regulatory aspects) and intellectual property, including copyright and related rights, distinctive sign rights and competition law. He regularly advises leading industry and primary international media companies and is involved on an almost daily basis in his clients' relationships with major Italian and foreign rights holders and local regulatory authorities. Paolo joins us from Sky Italia, where he was responsible for content acquisitions, management of copyright and IP rights issues and litigation, after a long professional career in universities and boutique firms.

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Pascal Mallien is a senior counsel and leads the Environmental Law practice group in the Belgian offices. His experience is broader than environmental law; it also includes general compliance issues, construction law, renewable energy, zoning, and public procurement. Pascal's practice focuses on advice and litigation. He has developed extensive experience in these areas through defending landowners, contractors, architects and action groups. Pascal assists and represents clients in matters involving permit issues for all kinds of industries, including chemical plants, gas stations and wind farm projects. He deals with many soil contamination issues and related procedures on behalf of major industrial sites. His litigation knowhow comprises criminal, administrative and civil procedures, as well as environmental/product liability. His practical knowledge is very useful in ad rem advices.

Patricia Pérez

Patricia Perez joined the Information Technology & Communications Department of Baker & McKenzie in Madrid in 2013. Her prior experience includes working at national law firms in the Corporate and Intellectual Property and Information Technology departments. Patricia provides legal advice on a wide range of issues to international and national clients, including advising on data protection, privacy, consumer protection and telecommunications' issues, drafting and negotiating license and outsourcing agreements and assisting in proceedings before the regulatory authorities. Patricia has experience, among others, in data protection and privacy in: alignment projects, including to the GDPR; data protection audits and provision of training to employees on data protection compliance; day-to-day assistance with special focus on international data protection matters and assistance to the DPO; assistance in the management of personal data breaches involving multiple jurisdictions and notification filings before the Spanish Data Protection Authority; and assistance in the enforcement actions and management of the sanctioning proceedings.

Patrick Wilkening

Patrick Wilkening is a partner in the German Information Technology and Intellectual Property Group and is based in Baker McKenzie‘s Düsseldorf office. Prior to joining the Firm in the fall of 2022, Patrick practiced in the IT/IP group of a leading German commercial law firm for almost 14 years, including one year on secondment to the technology transactions group of a prominent Wall Street law firm. He studied law at the University in Passau and was admitted to the German Bar in 2008. Patrick's practice focuses on complex IT/IP-related contracts and projects as well as comprehensive advice on IT and IP topics arising in M&A transactions, joint ventures, IPOs, spin-offs and outsourcing deals. Patrick also works with clients on analyzing and introducing new business models. Patrick has extensive experience in drafting, negotiating and implementing complex commercial agreements, including license agreements, research and development agreements, service agreements, collaboration agreements, outsourcing agreements as well as contract manufacturing and distribution agreements. Patrick regularly supports clients in a broad range of industries such as life sciences, automotive, mechanical and plant engineering, software/IT, and private equity.

Paul Keenan is a partner with the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group based in the Firm's Miami office. His practice includes the representation of foreign and domestic corporate debtors and creditors in out-of-court restructurings, bankruptcy cases, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, distressed asset sales, corporate wind downs and UCC foreclosures. Paul has been recognized by Chambers & Partners in corporate restructurings every year since 2014. Paul has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the International Insolvency Institute.

Paulo Casagrande

Peder Oxhammar is Head of Baker McKenzie’s Intellectual Property Group in Stockholm. He has more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of intellectual property. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in December 2012, he worked in private practice in one of Sweden's largest patent firms as well as in his own law firm. He has also worked in major pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novartis, managing multijurisdictional patent and trademark litigation worldwide. Mr. Oxhammar practices mainly within the field of intellectual property with special focus on patents, contentious matters, strategy and licensing. He advises clients in a wide range of industries in Sweden, including pharmaceuticals, white-goods, electronics, and defense.

Pedro Reyes is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Practice Group and is based in the New York office. He has significant experience in a wide range of international and domestic corporate finance transactions with a particular focus on cross-border debt and equity securities offerings, restructurings and general securities law matters. Pedro has been recognized as a Rising Star, Capital Markets in the 2022 Legal 500 Latin America Guide in addition to being named a Top 100 Lawyer by Latinvex.

Peerapan Tungsuwan

Perrie is a prominent securities litigation attorney with over 30 years of experience, renowned for his unwavering commitment to providing top-tier service and delivering exceptional results. He currently serves as the Partner-in-Charge of Baker McKenzie's Los Angeles office, and holds the esteemed position of Chair for the Firm's North America Securities Litigation Group. Perrie's experience centers around securities class action and shareholder derivative litigation, as well as SEC enforcement matters. He is highly regarded as the "go-to advocate" for hedge funds navigating complex suits and CEOs facing off against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, earning accolades from prestigious legal publications such as Law 360. Perrie's exceptional reputation is further supported by testimonials from clients and other influential sources such as the Legal 500 US and Chambers USA, where he is praised for his problem-solving prowess, exceptional leadership, and outstanding legal acumen. He has earned the trust and approval of major companies like American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and XL Group PLC, making him one of the select few lawyers in California to represent directors and officers in complex (class action) securities litigation matters. As a key player in the growth and leadership of Baker McKenzie's North America Securities Litigation Group, Perrie has helped position the team among the top tier in the highly regarded US Legal 500 rankings for consecutive years. Recognized by US Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in Litigation: Securities in California, Perrie's influence extends beyond legal circles. He has been honored as a Leader of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers by the LA Business Journal and has been named one of the Top 100 Lawyers and Top 500 most influential people in LA. His dedication to pro bono legal work has been acknowledged with prestigious awards, including the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and the Wiley W. Manuel Award. He also received the prestigious Burton Award, revered as the Pulitzer Prize of the legal profession, for excellence in legal writing, where a work he co-authored was inducted into the Library of Congress.

Peryhane Gawish

Peryhane is a Senior associate at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Dr. Peter Reinert is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office. For more than 30 years, Peter has been advising numerous companies in complex labor issues and has successfully represented clients in court. He also advises healthcare companies on Swiss regulatory matters. Peter regularly publishes work in relation to all aspects of Swiss employment law and is a regular speaker at internal and external seminars. Peter focuses his practice on Swiss labor law matters, with an emphasis on executive compensation, business transfers and other forms of restructurings, as well as a myriad of issues related to pharmaceutical regulatory law. His corporate clients include many healthcare and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) companies. Peters knowledge is highly valued by clients. According to Chambers Employment Switzerland 2021, "he handled a case in court fabulously and was really well prepared. He has wide knowledge and expertise." Peter was also described as "very helpful, responsive and knowledgeable" by Legal500 Europe Employment 2021.

Dr. Peter Wand is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Baker McKenzie. He has more than 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A transactions for corporate, private equity and venture capital clients. Peter regularly advises on high-end M&A transactions, reorganizations, carve-outs and joint ventures with a focus on automotive, financial services and healthcare. He also has long-standing experience advising leading institutional investors on fund investments and other asset management-related transactions.

Peter George practices international commercial law and regularly advises clients, both on the buyer and provider side, on domestic and multi-jurisdictional sourcing transactions, complex business process transactions involving human resources, finance and accounting and other web enabled services. Peter is a recognized leader in the areas of electronic contracting, social media, contracting for cloud services, robotic process automation, Internet of Things and other disruptive technologies. He regularly advises clients on the issues these technologies raise, both domestically and from a global perspective. Peter also helps clients manage the complex technology and data rights issues that these technologies raise.

Peter Tomczak serves as Global Chair of Baker McKenzie's Global Investigations, Compliance and Ethics practice. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Firm's Global Dispute Resolution practice, and also serves on the Firm's Global Professional Responsibility and Practice Committee and Cross-Alliance Pricing Committee. Peter previously served as Chair of the Firm's North America Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group, and on the Steering Committee of the Firm's Global Industrials, Manufacturing and Transportation Industry Practice Group. Peter joined Baker McKenzie in 2003 after having served as a law clerk for the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Péter Mezei

Petr Vojtěch is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Banking and Finance Practice Group in Prague. Petr mainly advises major Czech banks and key industrial players in domestic and international markets on regulatory issues, due diligence projects, and general financial and commercial law.

Petra Jilgová-Benešová

Petra Jilgová-Benešová serves as head of Baker McKenzie Prague’s Corporate Registration Department. She supervises all client corporate changes and their subsequent registration with the Commercial Register. Petra graduated from the Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague in 1997. Petra's practice focuses on corporate law, banking and finance, and mergers and acquisitions. She handles a broad range of banking and finance matters, providing complex structuring and regulatory advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions — including privatization transactions — and corporate restructurings.

Phelim O’Doherty

Phelim O'Doherty is a partner in the Firm's Corporate Group in London. He joined the Firm in 2008 and is a member of its Healthcare and TMT Industry Groups. Phelim advises corporate clients on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments and licensing arrangements. He has a particular focus on the Healthcare and TMT sectors. He was seconded to Accenture's legal team as an associate.

Philip is a Partner based in the London office who specialises in transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Philip focuses on development and financing of large-scale projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He is particularly recognised for his work in the midstream and downstream oil and gas sector. His experience also includes joint ventures, commercial contracts, M&A transactions and restructuring transactions in the energy sector. Philip has a strong track record of leading on both commercial and financing documentation, and has a broad experience of deals across Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as Asia and Latin America. Philip is particularly well-known in the LNG sector, having been solely featured in Chambers Singapore for "his expertise in the LNG sector." Clients describe Philip as having "good knowledge of project finance in the oil/gas sector" and "having a very calming influence when it comes to those big issues".

Philip Annett is a partner based in Baker McKenzie’s London office focussing on complex investigations, litigation and compliance matters. He has an in-depth knowledge of working with UK and international regulators and enforcement agencies, having previously been a senior lawyer in the Enforcement Division at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) where he led some of the regulator's highest-profile enforcement cases. He also previously worked in the Bribery and Corruption Division at the Serious Fraud Office. Philip advises clients on complex investigations, litigation, regulatory and compliance matters, often with cross-border aspects. He has particular experience in the financial services, EMI, technology and healthcare sectors in a wide range of complex, high-value regulatory/compliance matters, investigations and litigation, both domestically and cross-border.

Philipp Schütt

Dr. Philipp Schütt, a counsel and member of the Firm’s International Commercial & Trade Practice Group, began his career in law in 2009. He advises companies on all aspects of commercial law, contract law and distribution law. Moreover, his work focuses on cross-border litigation and arbitration proceedings in a variety of areas of private commercial law. Dr. Schütt advises companies on all aspects of commercial law, contract law and distribution law. He particularly drafts and advises on agency and distribution agreements, customer and supply agreements and general terms and conditions. He also represents German and international clients in complex disputes before German courts and domestic and international arbitral tribunals and is working as arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. In 2014, he was appointed as Certified Specialist for International Commercial Law.

Philipp Maier is partner and head of the Baker McKenzie Employment Law Practice Group in Vienna. He joined Baker McKenzie Austria in 2009 as associate of the employment law practice group. Prior to that Philipp worked for several years in the employment law department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and in the litigation department of Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte. He also completed an internship at Aichelin Heat Treatment Systems (Detroit, USA). Philipp Maier advises national and international clients on a wide range of employment law matters, including employment contracts, pension and compensation plans, transfer of undertakings, restructurings and rights of the works council and unions. He has also expertise in employment litigation.

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Special Counsel

Phyllis Townsend

Phyllis Townsend is partner in the Wealth Management practice in London and the EMEA Wealth Management practice group lead. Phyllis works with clients on a broad range of wealth management matters, with a focus on investment structuring. Phyllis is ranked Band 1 for “Family Offices and Funds Structuring” and as a "Foreign expert in Middle East-wide" and for "Private Wealth Law" in Chambers HNW Guide, Next Generation Partner for "Private Client (Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate)" in Legal 500 and is listed in Legal Week's "Private Client Global Elite - Ones to Watch" and ePrivateClient's "Next Generation Leaders". Phyllis joined in 2012 from Rothschild Wealth Management & Trust where she was legal counsel in London and Zurich. She is also a member of the Firm’s global Alternative Capital team that provides best-in-class investment solutions for family offices, founders, sovereign wealth, and other sources of private capital. Phyllis' main practice is advising trustees, family offices and high-net worth individuals on cross-border tax, succession, asset protection and investments via trust, funds and family office structures. Phyllis often advises on pre-UK arrival planning and provides ongoing advice to UK resident non-UK domiciled individuals and those with connections to the Middle East, Europe and the US. Phyllis has experience in tax investigations. Phyllis advises financial institutions on regulatory and compliance issues and in relation to their wealth management offering.

Pietro Bernasconi

Pietro Bernasconi heads the Corporate & Commercial and M&A practice groups of Baker McKenzie's Italian offices. Mr. Bernasconi is highly knowledgeable about various legal issues, particularly in the real estate, media and corporate sectors. He advises Italian and multinational companies on acquisitions, reorganizations, commercial issues and capital market transactions. He also provides assistance to leading corporations and financial institutions in initial public offerings and capital increases.

Piotr Rawski is the head of the Employment Practice Group in the Warsaw office. He is also a member of the Firm’s European Employment Steering Committee in Warsaw. Highly experienced in general employment law, Mr. Rawski is often invited to a wide range of international conferences, where he is a guest speaker on topics related to his field. Mr. Rawski provides skillful advice on the legal aspects of restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, especially with regard to employment and corporate law. He also counsels industry clients on various outsourcing transactions.

Piotr Wysocki works in the Firm’s Tax Practice Group in Warsaw. His practice is focused on income tax and international tax law issues. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2005, Piotr advised on tax issues as a practitioner at some of the largest international tax advisory firms. Piotr's practice is focused on advisory in the field of M&A, capital market and financial transactions. He assists leading private equity funds in structuring their Polish investments, and has significant experience advising on complex domestic and international restructurings, financings and securitizations. He also advises Polish HNWI on their M&A transactions, and in optimizing the legal model of business operations. His clients include local and multinational companies from variety of industries (financial, real estate, telecom, energy).

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Priyanka Usmani

Priyanka Usmani is a Partner in Baker McKenzie’s Banking and Finance Department based in London. Priyanka predominantly acts on restructuring and insolvency matters, often with multijurisdictional aspects, representing a range of clients both on the debtor side (acting for companies and financial sponsors), the creditor side (acting for institutional lenders and funds) and insolvency officeholders. Priyanka is accustomed to acting for the full spectrum of stakeholders in any restructuring and insolvency situations, including investors and directors of distressed (or potentially distressed) companies. Since joining Baker McKenzie, Priyanka has spent six months on secondment with the workout team at Barclays.

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Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy

Rachel is partner in the Trade Mark Unit within the Intellectual Property department of the London office of Baker McKenzie. Rachel advises on all aspects of trade mark and design protection and enforcement, including global filing strategies, clearance searching and transactions involving intellectual property for the UK, EU, Madrid Protocol and overseas. Rachel specialises in trade mark disputes such as infringements, oppositions, cancellation actions, company and domain name disputes and dispute resolution. Rachel has worked with clients in a broad range of different fields, including pharmaceuticals, finance and fashion, as well as assisting NGOs in a number of sectors on a pro bono basis. Rachel also has considerable experience in advising on IP and regulatory issues involving parallel trade in the EU, particularly in the context of the life sciences sector, and the interplay between trade mark and regulatory naming clearance. Rachel is actively involved in the Chartered Institute for Trade Mark Attorneys ("CITMA"). She is currently the CITMA President and was the Chair of the Law & Practice Committee for many years, so has regular interaction with government officials at the UK IPO, EUIPO and WIPO, amongst others.

Rachel Ehlers is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group, based in the Firm's Dallas and Houston offices. Throughout her early career, Rachel served in multiple in-house legal and compliance roles, including chief compliance officer and chief privacy officer, and has provided guidance and training to multinational companies globally. She also served as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. Rachel is recognized by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Privacy Law Specialist and a Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Radosław Nożykowski

Radoslaw Nożykowski is a Counsel and Co-Head of the IP Tech and Defense practices at the Baker McKenzie Warsaw office. He has over 15 years of professional experience working for high-tech industry clients. Radosław is experienced in compliance, tech regulatory, information technology and cybersecurity. He has participated in transactions for leading technology companies and has advised defense clients on regulatory and compliance matters. In addition, he has coordinated internal investigations concerning business conduct breaches and assisted in white-collar crime investigations as well as advised on matters involving data breaches and cybersecurity crimes.

Rafael Gregorin

Raffaele Giarda

Raffaele Giarda co-heads the Italian Corporate/M&A practice and he is a member of the Information Technology & Communications Practice Group. Raffaele assists domestic and multinational clients in the areas of IT/C, media, mergers & acquisitions, corporate law, and commercial contracts. He focuses on regulatory matters, particularly in the information technology and communications industry, as well as in areas such as wireless networks and services, infrastructures roll-out and provision, wireline services, satellite networks, media platforms, MVNO, interconnection and access, Internet of Things, disruptive technologies, Machine-2-Machine and other internet protocol scenarios. He has contributed articles to law journals, and often moderates and speaks at Italian and international conferences and seminars on tech legal and regulatory issues. Raffaele is a lecturer at the University of Rome as well as at the Italian National School for Public Administration.

Rakesh Rathod is a partner in the Corporate Department of Baker McKenzie London, and advises clients on a wide range of corporate law matters. Rakesh advises clients from multiple sectors on a broad range of corporate transactions, including private M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance, listings on the main market of the LSE, on-going public company listing/disclosure obligations, corporate redomiciliations and general corporate advisory work. Rakesh has extensive experience, and a particular focus, on advising global corporates in relation to complex, multijurisdictional and multifaceted spin-offs / demergers, carve-outs (sales and acquisitions), post-acquisition integrations and group reorganisations and restructurings.

Ramon Quisumbing

Raphaël Hendrickx

Raphaël Hendrickx is a junior associate in the IP and Technology Group in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2021. Raphaël advises clients on intellectual property and ICT-related matters, with a focus on tech, e-commerce, telecom and audio-visual content services regulation.

Senior Associate

Raymundo Enriquez

Raymundo Enriquez is a senior counsel in Baker McKenzie's Antitrust Practice Group in Mexico City. He was a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and a previous chairman of the Latin America Regional Council where he also served as the Latin America chair of the Global Diversity and Regional Pro Bono Committees. Mr. Enriquez is recognized as a leading lawyer for competition / antitrust and for business by Chambers Latin America. He served as a board member for several Mexico companies. In addition, he was a visiting lecturer at the Mexican Bar Association and a part-time tax and foreign trade law professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, where he obtained his JD from the university’s School of Law.

Reena Mitra-Ventanilla

Réka Vass

Reynaldo Vizcarra Méndez

Reynaldo is a member of the Firm’s Corporate and Transactional Practice Group. He is a professor at the University Anáhuac del Norte where he teaches foreign investment as part of the master of laws program, and an instructor at Universidad Panamericana's Baker McKenzie Seminar. He joined the Mexico City office in 1986, handling foreign investments, banking and finance matters and international agreements. He also worked in the Chicago office's Latin America Practice Group, advising on investments and acquisitions in Latin America (1996-1997). In 2000, Reynaldo co-founded the Firm’s Guadalajara office, where he led the Banking & Finance Practice Group. In August 2005, he transferred to Baker McKenzie's Cancun office as a founding member and director mainly handling tourism and real estate projects. In 2009, he transferred back to the Mexico City office, where he was local managing partner for four years and thereafter became national managing partner of the Firm in Mexico until August 2018.

Reza Nader is a partner based in the New York office of Baker McKenzie and advises multinational companies on US tax matters. Reza is the former chair of the New York Tax Practice and the office's Associate Recruiting Committee. He currently serves as co-chair of Baker McKenzie's North America Tax Planning and Transactions Practice, and is a member of the Firm's Pillar Two Steering Committee and the Firm's Blockchain Steering Committee. Reza is an active participant at seminars and conferences. He has also served as an adjunct professor of international tax at the Georgetown University Law Center and Fordham University School of Law.

Rhiannon Williams

Rhiannon Williams is a partner in Baker & McKenzie's Global Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Industry Group and Projects Practice Group, based in London. Rhiannon has over 10 years of experience working on construction and project development matters and related commercial arrangements across the EMEA region and also the Caribbean. Rhiannon has been recognised as a "Rising Star" in the Legal 500 2021 directory. Rhiannon specialises in advising on the development of major energy, mining and infrastructure sector assets, whether on a traditional procurement or PPP, BOT or equivalent basis. Rhiannon also advises on the commercial arrangements relating to such assets. Rhiannon has a particular specialism in construction both in the UK and on an international basis and the use of the FIDIC suite of contracts. Rhiannon has worked on a large variety of projects and concessions, including mining and natural resources projects, process plants, ports, airports and more general infrastructure.

Ricardo Castro leads as Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Mexico's Baker McKenzie offices. Ricardo is also a professor of labor law in the business law master’s program of the Universidad de Monterrey, and is also a member of its board of directors. He has been a member of the labor mission in Mexico since 2004, representing the Mexican business sector in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland and other countries. He lectured on employment-related matters for business and union leaders in the state of Nuevo Leon. Ricardo represents the maquila sector in Mexico before the National Council of the Export Maquila Industry. He also represents businesses before the Mexican Permanent Labor Mission in the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Senior Associate

Employment & Compensation

Richard leads our Corporate Energy team in London and is chair of our global Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group. Richard is a transactional energy lawyer focusing on energy, mining and infrastructure transactions. Richard focuses on the representation of clients in the resources and energy sectors throughout Europe , Africa, the CIS and the Middle East with a focus on M&A, joint ventures, private equity and project development.

Richard Fletcher

Richard Fletcher heads the UK Transfer Pricing Group in London. A seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience as an international tax adviser, he has published a number of articles in various tax technical journals. Richard has presented at the International Tax Review’s Global Transfer Pricing Conference for a number of years and at meetings of tax directors of UK multinationals for the UK branch of the International Fiscal Association. Richard has extensive experience in transfer pricing and related taxation issues. His work includes dealing with HMRC, particularly advising on the negotiation of advance pricing agreements and other controversies related to transfer pricing. He also advises clients on the transfer pricing consequences of actual and potential transactions and assists in documenting transfer pricing policy reviews.

Richard Needham

Richard is a Corporate Partner from Baker McKenzie's global reorganisations practice group in London. Richard is recognised in the Legal 500 (2023) as a leading individual for International Business Reorganisations. He regularly advises clients on structuring and implementing complex cross border reorganisations, legal entity rationalisation programmes and carve-out transactions. His practice focuses largely on the IMT sector. After a short period away from the Firm, Richard re-joined Baker McKenzie in 2023 as a Partner in our London office. Richard originally joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in September 2006 and was first elected as a Partner to our London office in 2018. Richard has spent time in working in our London, Melbourne and San Francisco offices.

Richard Molesworth

Richard is a Senior Associate in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution Department based in London. He is a member of the firm's Arbitration Practice Group. Richard primarily advises on arbitration and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on post-M&A and joint venture disputes.

Rita Marchetti joined Baker McKenzie in 2000 and currently is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. She is admitted to practice in Italy and in the state of New York. Ms. Marchetti’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate issues as well as commercial transactions with a special focus on the hotels, restaurants and tourism industry and real estate transactions. As a corporate and M&A lawyer, she has represented US-based, European and other multinationals in a broad range of M&A transactions in such diverse industries as automotive products, consumer electronics, fashion products, home appliances and fixtures, gaming, medical products and devices and hotels and real estate.

Rob Mathews is a partner in the Firm's Capital Markets Group. Rob's clients benefit from his significant experience in multinational corporate and finance transactions, notably high-yield debt offerings. Working with investment banks and corporates, he brings insight and rigour to securities and other finance transactions, including cross-border Rule 144A and Regulation S debt and equity offerings and restructurings.

Robbie began his career as an EU/antitrust lawyer at Baker & McKenzie. In 1990, he joined IBM as an in-house lawyer and later became a law lecturer at King’s College, London. Robbie returned to Baker McKenzie in 1995, becoming a partner in 1998. He has specialized for over 25 years in data protection and telecoms. He is ranked as a Thought Leader for Data - Telecoms & Media by Who's Who Legal. Since the 1990s, Robbie has specialized in data protection and telecoms. Recent projects include major global privacy compliance projects as well as specific privacy challenges such as international transfers, security breaches and rolling out new technology. He has also led numerous multinational telecoms compliance projects especially for new entrants.

Dr. Robert Wippel is a partner in the banking and finance team of the Vienna office and specializes in banking law and financing transactions. He advises lenders, borrowers and sponsors with respect to all types of financing transactions including project-, acquisition- and real estate financing. Robert also has a strong knowledge and track record in structured financing as well as regulatory matters. Robert started his career 2011 as a banking associate in the Vienna office of a Magic Circle firm and joined Baker McKenzie in 2019.

Roberto Cardona

Roberto Macías-Saltijeral is a transactional partner in Baker McKenzie's Guadalajara office with more than 14 years of experience with the Firm. Roberto mainly advises on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, contractual law, and foreign investment.

Robin Chesler has more than 25 years of experience advising US-based multinational corporations with respect to international tax planning and implementing restructurings. She is co-author of BNA Tax Management Portfolio No. 555, Federal Taxation of Software and E-Commerce.

Robin Samuel leads Baker McKenzie’s US Labor & Employment team, is co-chair of the Firm’s Workforce Redesign service line, and is a Steering Committee member for the North American Employment and Compensation practice. Robin also serves on the California offices’ leadership team. Robin is a Chambers-ranked attorney for California employment law, a Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star, a 2024 Thompson Reuters Stand Out Lawyer, a 2024 Law360 Editorial Advisory Board member for Employment Authority (Discrimination), and a 2023 L.A. Business Journal Top 100 Lawyers award recipient. In May 2024, he received a Litigator of the Week 'Shout Out' from the American Lawyer Litigation Daily for his defense work in a precedent-setting COVID-19 vaccination case in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Robin is also a frequent author and speaker for organizations such as SHRM, ACC, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Rocío Rojas Iglesias

Rod Hunter, a partner based in the Washington, DC office of Baker McKenzie, practices trade and investment law. He previously served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and senior director for international economics at the National Security Council (NSC), the White House office that coordinates trade policy and supervises CFIUS. In that role, he managed CFIUS cases, including negotiating resolution of the most sensitive cases. A recognized expert in the field, he has testified before Congress during the legislative process leading to recent amendments to CFIUS’ authorizing legislation. Previously, in addition to coordinating U.S. trade policy at the White House’s NSC, he served as senior counsel at the US Trade Representative’s office, where he litigated cases before the World Trade Organization. He has also taught trade law and policy at the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and has testified before the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Earlier in his career, Rod practiced regulatory law in Brussels, Belgium for a decade, served as a judicial clerk to Judge Boyce F. Martin, US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, served as an associate to Chief Justice Sir Anthony Mason, High Court of Australia and served as an assistant to Senator John W. Warner, US Senate.

Rodrigo Ogea is Co-Managing partner of Baker McKenzie in Spain. He regularly advises corporations, family offices and funds in transactions and reorganizations. Recognized as one of the most prestigious lawyers by Chambers & Partners, Rodrigo is a member of the Advisory Board of CID/ICADE, of the Board of the American Business Council, of the Advisory Board of the Chairman of CEOE (Spanish Trade Board), as well as a member of the Tax Committees of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the US Chamber of Commerce in Spain. He has also been a trustee of the Foundation for Taxes and Competitiveness and the Spanish representative to the European Commission Expert Group for the Removal of Tax Obstacles for cross-border European Private Equity Investments. Rodrigo advises large companies, family groups and private equity funds on the structuring of investments and reorganizations. His practice also includes fund structuring: private equity, real estate, infrastructure or renewable energy, and structured finance transactions: project finance, asset finance and securitization.

Rodrigo Montemayor Villarreal

Rodrigo Montemayor is a partner in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group in the Firm's Monterrey office. His practice areas include corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, infrastructure and real estate.

Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés

Local Parter. Rodrigo Díaz de Valdés heads the Dispute Resolution and Antitrust practice groups of Baker McKenzie's Santiago office.

Roel Meers is a partner in the Corporate Finance Practice Group of Baker McKenzie's Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1997. Roel is head of the Corporate Finance Practice Group of Baker McKenzie in Belgium. He is also chair of the EMEA Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group, and a member of the steering committee of the Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group and the EMEA Capital Markets Practice Group of Baker McKenzie. Roel advises clients in the field of corporate finance, covering mergers and acquisitions (public and private), private equity transactions, as well as security offerings, listings and other capital market transactions. He also advises on complex corporate restructurings, corporate governance matters, and shareholder activism.

Roger Thomi is a partner at Baker McKenzie Switzerland and the co-head of the Swiss Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Roger is specialized in antitrust & competition law, in commercial law – in particular distribution, franchising, and joint ventures – and regulatory matters. He has practical industry expertise in the food & beverages and the healthcare industries. The Legal 500 ranked Roger as a “Next Generation Partner" in competition law, praised for his "solution-oriented" approach and extensive "knowledge comprising a significant range of antitrust law issues." Roger Thomi has vast experience in all aspects of Swiss and European antitrust and competition law. He represents Swiss and international clients before competition authorities and courts, including in national and international cartel investigations and abuse of dominance proceedings, merger control or investment control filings, as well as in civil antitrust disputes. Roger's experience includes the introduction of selective or exclusive international distribution systems and the structuring of horizontal cooperation agreements (e.g., R&D cooperation, joint purchasing and joint production) and strategic alliances between competitors, setting up robust antitrust compliance programs, as well as advice on unfair competition law and advertising law. As an experienced commercial lawyer, Roger assists clients in drafting all kinds of commercial agreements, particularly distribution, franchise, agency, e-commerce, manufacturing, supply and joint venture agreements. In addition, he helps clients to strengthen and transform their supply chains and to pursue their sustainability goals and manage sustainability-related legal risk. Roger has extensive industry expertise in the food and beverages and healthcare industries. With his practical knowledge in food regulatory matters, he supports clients in launching food innovations, in food labelling and marketing, as well as in sustainability. He also regularly advises healthcare and pharmaceutical companies in connection with distribution of their products.

Rolando Ramirez-Gaston Horny

Roman Koren

Principal Associate

Ronald Evans is managing partner in Venezuela, and chairs the Firm's Global Wealth Management practice group as well as the Tax Practice in Venezuela. He represents Latin America in the Firm's Tax Policy Group, and is highly recommended by various legal directories. He was the first chief of the Venezuelan tax administration’s (SENIAT) international affairs division, and served as Venezuela’s official negotiator for double taxation treaties from 1994 to1996. Ronald was an advisor to the minister of foreign affairs on double taxation issues from 1997 to 1999. He has chaired the Venezuelan branch of the International Fiscal Association since 2007, and is a member of STEP’s Advisory Committee for Latin America.

Rosario Lombero Gonzalez

Maria del Rosario Lombera-González is a partner and member of Baker McKenzie's Employment Practice Group in Mexico City. She was a member of the Mexican Commission of Employers before the International Labour Organization at annual conferences in the Commissions of Social Security and Globalization and Employment, and has participated in several meetings of seasoned practitioners in the field of social security. Rosario joined Baker McKenzie Abogados in 1985 and became a partner in 2005.

Senior Associate

Rossanna D'Onza

Rossanna D’Onza is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Madrid office. With more than 25 years of experience, Rossanna leads the Firm’s Transactional Banking & Finance practice in Madrid. She has been acknowledged by the Latin Lawyer and Chambers & Partners directories as a leading lawyer in Insolvency & Restructuring and Projects, respectively, and as a leading lawyer in Banking & Finance by Legal 500. She is a member of the European R&I Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie. Rossanna focuses mainly on advising banks, alternative lenders and sponsor/borrower groups in a wide range of cross-border and local finance and restructuring transactions, including cross-border lending, debt restructuring and NPLs, project finance, acquisition finance and LOBs, real estate finance, trade finance, film finance and securitizations.

Roxana Gómez Orta

Roxana Massiel Gómez Orta has been recognized as one of Mexico’s leading tax lawyers by Defensa Fiscal and International Tax Review in their Tax Controversy Leaders and Women in Tax Leaders editions. She joined the Firm in 2001, and was appointed a national partner in July 2007. Roxana has more than 20 years of professional experience, and is currently a member of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group, which has been recognized as a highly recommended global tax practice by Chambers Global. She is also a member of the Academia de Derecho Fiscal de Nuevo León, A.C and was appointed as a member of the board, acting as the treasurer during 2008-2009 and as advisor during 2015-2016. She has published articles in Defensa Fiscal, IDC Asesor Jurídico y Fiscal, Puntos Finos, Players, Práctica Fiscal, Corporate Business Taxation Monthly, Maquila Reynosa, Inter-American Trade Report and Tax Notes International, among others.

Ruslan Drobyazko

Ruslan Drobyazko heads the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in Kyiv. Throughout his career, Mr. Drobyazko participated in many international and national conferences and seminars regarding intellectual property and commercial law issues. Ruslan provides comprehensive services in connection with structuring transactions related to intellectual property and information technologies. He secures the intellectual property rights of its clients in Ukraine and protect clients against unfair businesses.

Sabrina Bodson is a counsel in the Employment Practice Group of Baker McKenzie's Luxembourg office. She has over 15 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm in 2022, Sabrina was a counsel in the employment department of a Magic Circle firm in Luxembourg. She is a frequent speaker on employment law issues in seminars and conferences and contributor to various employment law related publications. Sabrina focuses on employment-related advisory work. She covers the full life-cycle of the employment relationship, from hiring to termination, including the drafting of complex contracts, the negotiation of senior employee exits and the assistance in the context of investigations around conduct issues, notably harassment. Sabrina routinely advises clients on employment matters relating to reorganizations and restructurings, including negotiations of collective dismissals with staff representatives and unions, in all sectors including industry and financial services. Sabrina is particularly recognised for her ability to deliver strategic advice combining both commercial and technical capabilities and manage the fine line between shareholder expectations, local culture and practices and local management's own expectations. Recently, she successfully handled a high profile and very visible matter concerning a job reduction programme affecting 160 employees, leading negotiations with government representatives (including Ministers) and unions as well as press management, with a positive negotiation outcome in a particularly tense context. Additionally, she has a broad experience in all contemporary employment law and HR topics, including diversity and inclusion, remote working, employee mobility and relocation, staff sharing arrangements as well as office build-ups. Sabrina also focuses in personnel questions in the regulated environment and is in particular a renowned professional in remuneration policies in the financial sector. She regularly assists banks, management companies, other financial players, insurance and listed companies in the design and drafting of remuneration policies, incentive plans, recruitment, retention and termination packages as well as in relation to regulatory audits.

Salim Rahim is the chair of the Firm's North America Tax Practice Group. He has extensive experience in transfer pricing matters, including transfer pricing planning, compliance, and tax controversy. He has represented clients in all administrative phases of a controversy. Salim has also represented companies in various alternative dispute resolution forums, particularly the Advance Pricing & Mutual Agreement Program. Salim is a frequent speaker on transfer pricing matters in seminars sponsored by various organizations and universities. He also participates in programs sponsored by Bloomberg BNA, Alliance for Tax, Legal and Accounting Seminars (ATLAS), Tax Executives Institute (TEI), International Tax Review, Organization for International Investment and the American Bar Association.

Salvador Pasquel

Salvador Pasquel Villegas joined Baker McKenzie in 1994 and became a partner in the Firm’s Mexico office in 2002. He is a member of the North America Employment and Compensation Practice Group and chair of the Mexico City Labor Practice. He has extensive experience advising on collective bargaining, employment counseling in corporate restructures, labor policy planning related to acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, plant closings, redundancies, executive compensation and employee benefits, as well as investigation procedures, labor compliance, diversity and inclusion programs, and flexible working conditions. Salvador has also represented Mexican employers before the International Labor Organization (ILO) in 2003 and 2010.

Salvador Pasquel-Villegas

Salvador Pasquel Villegas joined Baker McKenzie in 1994 and became a partner in the Firm’s Mexico office in 2002. He is a member of the North America Employment and Compensation Practice Group and chair of the Mexico City Labor Practice. He has extensive experience advising on collective bargaining, employment counseling in corporate restructures, labor policy planning related to acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, plant closings, redundancies, executive compensation and employee benefits, as well as investigation procedures, labor compliance, diversity and inclusion programs, and flexible working conditions. Salvador has also represented Mexican employers before the International Labor Organization (ILO) in 2003 and 2010.

Samantha Mobley

Samantha Mobley is a senior partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice of Baker McKenzie's London office. She is a former chair of Baker McKenzie's Global Antitrust and Competition Group, a team of over 300 competition and antitrust professionals worldwide. Samantha is a member of Baker McKenzie's India Steering Committee. Samantha has extensive experience in all areas of competition law. She is an experienced merger control professional and regularly advises the boards of UK plcs in numerous industry sectors on antitrust compliance matters. Samantha also represents clients in foreign investment review cases.

Sam Kramer is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice. He represents customers in managed services, IT procurement, complex licensing, and supply chain agreements, with a focus on the financial services industry. He is a frequent speaker on outsourcing, cloud services and blockchain. Mr. Kramer is Chair of the Firm's North American FinTech practice and is a member of the Firm's Global FinTech Steering Committee. He is recognized in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, the Legal 500 USA and Who's Who Legal.

Samuel Marbacher

Samuel Marbacher is the co-head of the Firm’s Real Estate practice as well as Banking & Finance practice in Zurich. He joined the Firm in January 2007 and was made partner in 2015.He graduated from the University of St. Gallen Law School and earned his LL.M. degree at the University of Sydney. Mr. Marbacher holds a bachelor's degree in business and finance from the University of Applied Science in Lucerne. Samuel Marbacher teaches at University of Zurich in the CUREM master and executive classes and at the IFZ Institute for Financial Services, Zug. Mr. Marbacher focuses on advising domestic and international client in the area of real estate transactions (including environmental and Lex Koller), real estate financing and syndicated debt financing (including export financing). He also advises on general banking and corporate matters as well as financing related aspects of private insurance law.

Sandra Wittinghofer

Sandra Wittinghofer — a member of the Banking and Finance Group — advises national and international banks, trustees and corporations on matters of banking and finance law, particularly on structured finance and relating banking regulatory matters. She studied law in Bayreuth and Paris (Assas) and is admitted as a German Rechtsanwalt and as Solicitor (England and Wales). Sandra advises national and international banks and corporations in matters of finance and regulatory law. She has extensive experience in ABCP securitization transactions as well in term transactions, covering a range of asset classes.

Local Principal

Santiago Maqueda

Sarah Williams is a senior associate in the financial services practice in London. Sarah advises a broad range of clients on financial services legal and regulatory issues. Sarah's practice includes advising on the regulation of payment services and electronic money, investment firms and consumer credit providers and anti-money laundering compliance issues. Sarah advises both traditional financial institutions and fintech clients, with a particular focus on advising clients in relation to new and innovative business models and products, including payments products, retail investment platforms, consumer lending and crypto-assets. She has particular experience on cross-border matters and has advised large fintech clients on their global expansion strategies, including advising on application of regulation and international compliance obligations.

Sarah Porter is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Structured Finance Group in London. Sarah advises arrangers, originators, trustees, issuers, rating agencies and other market participants on securitisation transactions across numerous asset classes, including residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, trade receivables, consumer loans and leases, corporate loans and synthetic structures. She has acted for arranging banks and originators in both commercial paper conduit and term issue securitisations, for a major rating agency in their review of European CMBS transactions for rating purposes and for trustees and issuers on term deals. In addition, she has acted for Issuers on straight debt capital market transactions, LPN transactions and on MTN Paper Programmes. Sarah has been recognised as "one to watch" and a "rising star" in the Legal 500, with reference to her being " smart, pragmatic, and a delight to work with". In 2017 and 2018 she has also been listed as a "Next Generation Lawyer" in Legal 500.

Sawanee Sethsathira

Partner, Head of Energy, Mining, and Infrastructure

Sebastian Schwiddessen

Sebastian Schwiddessen is a counsel and a member of Baker McKenzie's TMT Practice in Berlin. Sebastian has been working in the entertainment and video games industry for over 20 years. At the age of 21 he founded his own media news related business and web portal where he oversaw up to 50 content creators and was responsible for content creation, data protection, advertisement and regulatory matters. After joining Baker McKenzie in 2014, he sold his business to fully focus on his career as a legal advisor in the media and IT sector. Sebastian studied law in Berlin and Australia, where he specialized in platform, media and IT matters. During his time as a law clerk he worked for two international law firms, one of them specialized in entertainment law. Due to his experience in the fields, Sebastian is responsible for most media and platform related matters in Germany and regularly coordinates global projects for clients. He is one of Baker McKenzie's EMEA key contacts for interactive entertainment clients and is also part of the firm's global working group for interactive entertainment. Sebastian maintains good contacts to a number of regulators in Germany, where he has been invited several times to speak as legal expert on regulatory and other matters. Sebastian is Baker McKenzie’s designated contact for the GAME association in Germany and regularly visits video game industry events such as the Gamescom, VGBA Law Summit and the Games Industry Law Summit. Sebastian’s clients range from various platform providers over market leading video gaming, film, video on demand and entertainment companies to indie publishers. Sebastian is well-known as an advisor in the video games and entertainment sector. He also regularly advises a wide range of leading social media companies and video-sharing platforms on regulatory and copyright related matters. Sebastian's practice focuses on all matters of platform, media and IT law such as platform liability matters, the EU Copyright Directive, media related youth protection and criminal laws, advertisement regulation, hate speech laws, data protection law, copyright law, gambling laws, eCommerce, app commerce, contract law, film taxes, etc. Sebastian also regularly advises on the media and IT aspects of M&A activities and was involved in several entertainment industry related M&A transactions.

Sebastian Tytgat

Sebastian Tytgat is a counsel in the International Commercial & Trade Practice Group in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2021. Sebastian has also been a civil procedure teaching assistant at KU Leuven from 2018 to 2024. He started his career as a lawyer at a first-tier independent Belgian law firm and continued as in-house counsel at the world's largest beer brewer, where he advised on contentious and non-contentious matters for the leisure and hospitality business in Belgium and Luxembourg. Sebastian advises national and international clients on contentious matters before judicial and arbitral courts. He also advises clients in various legal aspects of business, commercial and consumer protection law as well as the drafting and negotiating of a wide range of commercial agreements inter alia in the fields of agency, franchising and distribution.

Sebastian Pabian

Sebastian Pabian is a partner in the Warsaw Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Practice Group. He is an author of numerous publications on the subject of insurance law as well as dispute resolution. Mr. Pabian has extensive experience in advising clients on a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters. He focuses on financial institution litigation, particularly on insurance litigation, and regulatory disputes. The cases he has dealt with include, in particular, directors and officers liability (D&O), Bankers Blanket Bond (BBB) and professional indemnity (PI) insurance claims, disputes related to large infrastructure projects, currency derivatives, insolvency and white collar crimes, as well as litigation concerning consumer protection. His practice also focuses on group action/collective redress issues. He also provides day-to-day legal advisory services to insurance companies.

Sebastián Nastari

Sebastian Nastari has been an attorney in the Firm since 2008 and is a member of both the employment and compensation and sports law practice in Baker McKenzie Venezuela. He is recognized in the field of employment law by Legal 500 as a rising star.

Sebastián Doren

Sebastián Vivanco

Partner. Mr. Vivanco is the leader of the Banking & Finance Practice Group in Chile.

Sebastien Marcelin-Rice

Sébastien Marcelin-Rice is a banking partner in Baker McKenzie’s London office specialising in real estate finance, real estate private equity, distressed investing and the financing of special situations mostly in the real estate space. Sébastien advises a mix of sponsors and lenders in these areas and has extensive experience in advising on cross-border European financings. Sébastien leads our Real Estate Finance practice in London and sits on our Global Real Estate Finance steering committee. Sébastien also has broad experience across a range of other financing transactions and products including restructuring work. Sébastien joined Baker McKenzie in 2012 from another leading law firm where he trained and qualified in 2002. He is fluent in English, French and Italian and speaks conversational German.

Seong Hoon (Sean) Yi

Sepideh Nassabi

Sepideh Nassabi is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Intellectual Property Practice Group in Toronto. She has been a Trademark Agent for over a decade and has significant experience in trademark prosecution. Sepideh graduated from the University of Windsor Law School and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University.

Serena Fantinelli

Serena Fantinelli joined Baker McKenzie as counsel in October 2015. She advises on all areas of labor, employment and employment litigation. Serena has extensive experience in domestic and international transfer of undertaking procedures, outsourcing and redundancy processes. She advises on managing executive employment contracts and dismissals, including negotiations for consensual termination. She also assists in labor-related litigation and actions related to employment contracts with journalists.

Serge Pannatier

Serge Pannatier worked as a trade negotiator with the Swiss Federal Administration before joining Baker McKenzie. Mr. Pannatier currently serves as head of the Employment Law and the WTO and International Trade practice groups in Geneva, and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Firm's International Trade Compliance and Customs Practice Group. In addition to working for the Firm, he is also a faculty member of the World Trade Institute of the University of Berne (Switzerland). He is a key member of the Employment Law and the WTO and International Trade practice groups in Geneva, and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Firm's International Trade Compliance and Customs Practice Group. He regularly advises multinational companies and governmental clients on a broad range of employment and international trade-related issues.

Serhiy Piontkovsky

Serhiy Piontkovsky is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Kyiv office, where he heads the Firm's Energy, Chemicals, Mining and Infrastructure and Real Estate practice groups. Serhiy is heavily involved in major privatization projects in Ukraine within the steel, mining, energy and industrial sectors. He has acted in numerous M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Ukrainian enterprises in the privatization process, particularly those via commercial tenders organized by the State Property Fund. In the real estate sector, Serhiy represents major international hotel chains, developers, construction companies, investment funds, embassies, religious organizations and private investors on various Ukrainian law issues related to property pre-lease and long-term leasing, acquisition of land lease rights, construction, design and letting.

Serhiy Chorny is a co-managing partner of the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie and head of the Kyiv office's Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Group. Serhiy's primary focus vests in cross-border lending, structured finance, securitization, debt capital markets and debt restructuring. His clients include international financial institutions, major international banks and their subsidiaries in Ukraine, Eurobond issuance arrangers, state-owned and privately owned Ukrainian commercial banks, other financial institutions, international payment systems and a broad array of significant and mid-sized Ukrainian borrowers, issuers and security providers. Serhiy has successfully led a number of landmark transactions in the Ukrainian market, including debut Eurobond issuances, pioneering international securitizations and significant debt restructurings.

Serviliano Abache Carvajal

Serviliano Abache Carvajal is a Venezuelan tax attorney. He advises domestic and multinational enterprises in several industries, such as cleaning products manufacturers and industrial cleaning services, banking and finance, insurance and reinsurance, retail and wholesalers, rice industry, advertising and marketing, graphic arts, construction, real estate, security, technology and telecommunications, among others. Serviliano is also a law professor at Universidad Central de Venezuela and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela. He is a regular speaker in tax forums and seminars, has authored and coordinated 19 books, and is the author of over 200 articles.

Shane Johnson is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Johannesburg. Shane's experience in knowledge management, human resources and graduate recruitment makes him a unique professional with a diverse skillset. Shane has extensive experience in South African employment law and labour relations including commercial and contractual issues and dispute resolution. He regularly advises local and international clients on employment related matters. He is also involved in multijurisdictional employment and employee relations projects on behalf of various multinational clients.

Shinichiro Kitamura

Partner; Co-chair, US International Tax Practice

Simon Porter is a member of the Firm’s Structured Capital Markets Group in the London office, where he works on a wide range of capital markets and structured finance transactions. His practice includes specialist advice to corporate trustees in capital markets transactions. Simon acts on a wide range of capital markets transactions, including debt, equity, equity linked and structured products. He advises issuers, trustees and arrangers on a wide range of matters relating to securities and finance, and is often involved in transactions involving Middle Eastern debt capital markets. Simon has worked on a number of technically demanding transactions, including the first ever pre-IPO convertible bond for a Ukrainian company, as well as a number of secured convertible bonds for AIM listed companies.

Simone Rieken is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Frankfurt office and a member of the Information Technology Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm, she worked for a large German corporate law firm, focusing on IT and data protection law. She studied law at the University of Trier and at Queen Mary, University of London and clerked in Hamburg and Los Angeles. Simone advises national and international companies on all aspects of IT and data protection law. She focuses on IT (outsourcing) contracts and (agile) software developments. Another focus of her practice is on data protection with regard to direct marketing and related tracking and profiling activities.

Simone Liebmann-Slatin

Mag. Simone Liebmann-Slatin, MSc. joined Baker McKenzie as a partner in 2003. Since 2011, Ms. Liebmann-Slatin is a senior counsel in the Vienna office and is a member of the employment law practice group. She regularly delivers presentations on issues related to employment law in Austria, and is an active contributor to various publications, webinars and workshops. Ms. Liebmann-Slatin advises national and international companies on a wide variety of employment-related matters, including contract drafting and negotiations, drafts of company benefits and compensation systems as well as helping clients to expand or reduce their business in Austria. She is also knowledgeable in complex restructurings, cross-border transactions, as well as negotiations with works councils and unions. She also covers immigration and employment litigation.

Sinead Kelly is Chair of Baker McKenzie's Compensation practice group in California. She has practiced in the compensation field for 20 years, specializing in executive compensation and global equity. Sinead frequently speaks and publishes on compensation-related topics and is a contributing author to Lexis Practice Advisor and Wolters Kluwer's "Practical Guide to SEC Proxy and Compensation Rules," as well as a founder of the Firm's Compensation Connection blog. She is on the Advisory Board of the Certified Equity Professionals Institute (CEPI) of Santa Clara University and serves on the Firm’s International Benefits Committee. Sinead has been recognized by Chambers USA for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, where clients have described her as "extremely intelligent, responsive and solution-oriented.” She is a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer for 2024 and is ranked by Legal 500 as a "Leading Lawyer" for Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plan Design.

Sirirasi Gobpradit

Sivapong Viriyabusaya

Sławomir Boruc

Mr. Boruc provides comprehensive tax advice to foreign and local companies in the chemicals, printing and IT industries. He serves as trusted counsel to one of world’s largest telecommunication firms, and routinely represents clients before tax authorities and the Supreme Administrative Court.

Somika Phagapasvivat

Special Counsel

Sophie Schubert

Sophie Schubert is a senior associate at Baker McKenzie and a member of the Corporate Practice Group in Vienna. She joined Baker McKenzie’s Vienna office in August 2014 and has more than 9 years of experience advising clients in complex national and international corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions. She worked also in the Munich office of Baker McKenzie. Sophie is focused on complex corporate national and cross-border reorganizations and restructurings as well as mergers and acquisitions with a strong track record in the healthcare, infrastructure and energy sector. She advises multinational and domestic clients on private equity, M&A transactions, reorganizations, restructurings, joint ventures and all aspects of general corporate law.

Sorachon Boonsong

Sphesihle Nxumalo

Sphesihle Nxumalo is a director designate in Baker McKenzie's Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Johannesburg. His experience spans the entire spectrum of antitrust and competition law across Africa. Sphesihle has a wealth of experience partnering with clients and businesses to devise novel and business-oriented solutions to their merger control, antitrust and competition law needs and requirements. He advises and represents blue-chip multinational companies on high-value and complex antitrust matters and merger transactions that are highly technical and unique in nature across all key African countries. His experience spans several industries including private equity, telecommunications, media, technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial institutions, automotive, industrials, petroleum, mining and construction.

Stan is a partner practicing primarily in the areas of infrastructure projects and finance. He serves as counsel in a broad range of complex transactions with both sponsors and lenders on all aspects of energy and infrastructure projects' development, project financing, investments, joint ventures, operations, asset management, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate structuring. Stan has been trained as a lawyer under common law and civil law systems.

Stefan Balazs is a member of the Firm's Capital Markets Group in Stockholm and specialized in EU Prospectus and Market Abuse Regulation. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Stefan worked in the field of capital market law as a legal counsellor at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen), focusing primarily on prospectus law. He has also conducted studies in Business Administration and Economics at the Stockholm University. Furthermore, Stefan is the only Nordic representative of the Consultative Working Group within the Corporate Finance Standing Committee at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Stefan focuses his practice mainly on Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, and public mergers & acquisitions. Stefan has extensive transaction experience from representing both issuers and investment banks in IPOs, public capital raisings (preferential rights issues and directed issues), bond listings, MTN-programmes and representing clients in SFSA imposed Market Abuse Regulation-sanctions.

Stefanie is a partner in the Real Estate group and practices in all aspects of real estate law. In particular, Stefanie handles high-value real estate transactions for clients including investors and high-profile corporate occupiers. She has notable experience in a range of asset classes, including student accommodation, prime office space and logistics sites. Additionally, Stefanie advises on corporate transactions involving real estate assets, as well as having a specialism in the consumer goods and retail sector.

Steffen Scheuer

Dr. Steffen Scheuer is a member of the Firm’s European Labor Law and Global Labor Law practice groups. He is experienced in all aspects of employment law and compliance matters. Dr. Scheuer’s dissertation on stock options was awarded the Price of Honors by the Employers Association for the Metal Industry. He regularly delivers speeches for Baker McKenzie’s clients on employment law and compliance issues, and conducts management trainings in labor law and compliance policies. Dr. Scheuer also practiced in the Firm’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. Dr. Scheuer routinely advises companies on the labor law aspects of outsourcing projects, complex reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions, especially in relation to the conclusion of collective agreements with works councils. He is experienced in handling mass dismissals, employee benefits, compensation, executive terminations and transfers, pension issues, discrimination laws and employment litigation. Dr. Scheuer is knowledgeable in a wide range of matters concerning the relations between employers and works councils, as well as the mandatory representation of employees in companies’ supervisory boards. Dr. Scheuer is an experienced litigator and a member of the firm’s Compliance group.

Stéphane Davin

Stephanie Magnus

Stephanie Arias-Marruffo

Stephanie is a national partner of the Mexico City office and has been a member of the Firm since 2008. She also worked for over two years in the Firm's New York office.

Stephanie Vaccari

Stephanie Vaccari heads Baker McKenzie's Intellectual Property Tech Practice Group in Toronto. She leads the Toronto office Industrial Design and Transactional IP team and co-leads its IP Portfolio Management and Trademark Enforcement teams. Stephanie also serves as co-chair of Baker McKenzie's Toronto Consumer Goods and Retail Group, its Baker Women's Networking Group and is spearheading the Toronto office's Luxury and Fashion Group. Stephanie is described in the 2018 World Trademarks Review as a lawyer who has “complete mastery of the law and is practical and commercially minded.” She graduated from the University of Western Ontario Law School and received a Bachelor of Sciences degree (Biology Specialist) from the University of Toronto, where she graduated with distinction.

Stephen Crosswell

Stephen's practice focuses on multistate tax issues. He successfully handles complex state and local tax matters across the US, including tax controversy, transactional, and planning matters, for some of the largest companies in the world. He has deep experience with variety of state and local taxes, including corporate income tax, sales and use tax, gross receipts taxes, and oil production tax. He regularly represents clients during audit, through administrative appeals, and if necessary, in court. He has successfully helped clients resolve thorny state tax issues in a multitude of states and has a particular focus on the taxes and appeals system in Texas. He also helps clients manage the state and local tax impact of major acquisitions, dispositions, and combinations in transactions that often feature international as well as domestic tax aspects. While many of his clients are large multinational companies, Stephen also represents high net worth individuals with individual tax issues, such as domicile and residency issues.

Steve Holmes co-leads Baker McKenzie’s EMEA IP, technology and data teams. Steve’s practice focuses on drafting and negotiating major life sciences, technology, outsourcing, telecommunications and digital transactions, acting for both customers and suppliers across a range of sectors. He also provides regulatory advice to clients operating in the life science, technology and digital space.

Steve Abraham is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London and serves as the firm's Dispute Resolution chair for the EMEA region. Steve has a particular focus on international arbitration and ADR in the energy, mining and infrastructure projects, often involving projects in Africa, the Middle East and CIS countries. In addition to acting in commercial disputes Steve advises in relation to investment treaty issues and in relation to risk and project management issues during the course of projects. Steve writes and speaks regularly on international arbitration and construction law issues. Steve's work is predominantly international, with projects in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and CIS countries. His practice focuses mainly on international arbitration, and he is experienced in working with all of the major arbitral institutions. In addition to commercial dispute resolution, Steve regularly advises on investment treaties and public international law issues. As well as representing clients in disputes, Steve advises on dispute avoidance and project management issues. He also sits as an arbitrator.

Steven Sandretto

Steven Sandretto is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Practice Group and is based in the New York office. Steven has extensive transactional and advisory experience on a wide range of domestic and cross border transactions, particularly in Brazil, Mexico and throughout Latin America. Prior to joining the Firm, Steven worked for several global law firms in their New York and São Paulo offices, and in-house at a large multi-national media company.

Stewart Lipeles

Stewart Lipeles practices in the area of corporate tax law, with an emphasis on international tax planning. He joined the firm in 1996 and became a partner in 1999. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Lipeles was an associate at the law firm of Jenner & Block. From 1994 to 1996, he was also an Adjunct Professor at IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law, where he taught classes on International Taxation and other subjects. Mr. Lipeles served as a law clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in 1992 and 1993.

Sue is a partner in Baker McKenzie's IP, Data and Technology team based in London. Sue advises on complex technology and commercial deals and projects. Sue has advised on technology projects for over 24 years. She advises on strategic technology deals including cloud, outsourcing, digital transformation and development and licensing. She also advises on a range of legal and regulatory issues relating to the development and roll-out of new technologies including AI, blockchain/DLT and crypto-assets. Sue is a key member of our global AI practice and leads on responsible AI governance and AI related transactional projects at the firm. Sue co-leads our Commercial practice in London. On the commercial side, Sue's practice involves advising on a range of strategic commercial agreements including supply and distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements, warehousing and logistics agreements, IP licensing and assignment agreements, joint development agreements, collaboration agreements and franchising agreements. She also supports clients in preparing terms of business and related documentation for new offerings and coordinating global roll-outs. Sue also co-leads our transactional practice in London supporting our Corporate teams and providing strategic support on the commercial, technology and intellectual property aspects of M&A transactions, including advising on complex and strategic ancillary commercial, IP and transitional agreements related to acquisitions, disposals, carve-outs and JVs. Sue is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers for Information Technology & Outsourcing and Fintech Legal and in Legal500 for IT & Telecoms, TMT, Commercial Contracts and Fintech. Clients say of Sue: "She is pragmatic and focused on getting a sensible deal done" and "She quickly builds relationships with ease and leverages her network to gain valuable insight. Her knowledge of technology and the impact of existing and upcoming laws is evident. Her professionalism builds trust and we have been grateful for her responsiveness on urgent matters". Sue's practice involves advising clients across a range of sectors including TMT, healthcare, financial services, consumer goods and retail, EMI and IMT. Sue is a key member of our global financial services industry group. She is also an active member of our HLS and CGR industry groups. Sue is vice chair and a trustee of the Society for Computers and Law and founder and chair of the SCL Women in Tech Law network.

Sumet Orsirivikorn

Sunny Mann is a Partner in Baker McKenzie's London office and co-leads the UK Compliance and Investigations Practice, as well as the UK International Commercial and Trade Practice. Both these practices are ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500 UK. He has also worked in our Firm's Washington DC, New York and Sydney offices. Sunny also advises many clients on risk matters in India. He advises clients (including numerous FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 businesses) on compliance and investigations with respect to export controls, trade sanctions and anti-bribery rules. The Legal 500 ranked Sunny as a “Leading Practitioner", and as "excellent", with a ‘calm’ and "very practical" approach. The India Business Law Journal also noted that Sunny is "excellent and has deep experience in India". He is a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, the leading institute for post-graduate European studies, where he teaches a course on Corporate Compliance.

Suriyong Tungsuwan

Susan Eandi is the Immediate Past Chair of the Firm’s North America Employment & Compensation Practice, leads the Global Employment and Labor Law Practice for North America, and is a member of the Firm's North America Regional Management Committee and the Client Advisory Board. Susan was recognized on the shortlist of honorees in the prestigious Women in Business Law Americas Awards for 2024 for Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year. Susan speaks regularly for organizations including ACC, Tech GC, Silicon Valley AGC and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Susan publishes extensively in various external legal publications in addition to handbooks/magazines published by the Firm. Susan is a recognized leader in employment law by International Employment Lawyer, The Daily Journal, Legal 500 PLC and is a Chambers-ranked attorney.

Susanne Liebel-Kotz

Susanne Liebel-Kotz is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Zurich office. She has more than 10 years' experience in the fields of international tax planning and M&A. Susanne is a member of the Firm's Global Tax and Real Estate practice groups. She is a frequent speaker on seminars and other events regarding various taxation issues, particularly with respect to international taxation. Susanne is also a lecturer in the fields of international and real estate taxation. Susanne's work is focused on international tax planning and tax advice in connection with M&A transactions and corporate restructurings, including private equity, venture capital, real estate and capital markets transactions. She also has a strong focus on transaction-related VAT and new technologies. Susanne advises Swiss and international clients on inbound and outbound tax planning strategies. In addition, she gives advice on tax matters in all phases of a transaction process: from designing tax-optimized acquisition and joint venture structures, carrying out tax due diligence reviews to the drafting and negotiation of the transaction documentation's tax-related aspects, and implementing tax-efficient post-merger integrations.

Susie is a partner in Baker McKenzie London's Corporate Group and is a member of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure team. Susie's practice focuses on advising domestic and international clients in the resources and energy sectors on M&A, joint venture arrangements, regulatory matters and corporate reorganisations. Susie has also spent eight months on secondment with a leading international mining group based in their London offices, working as part of the in-house legal team.

Sven Bates is Of Counsel for International Trade at Baker McKenzie. He has spent the majority of his career at the Firm's London office, focusing on international trade compliance, trade remedies and anti-bribery. He has also practiced in Amsterdam and has previously worked for the European Commission and the Shadow Attorney General. Sven has extensive experience in particular in the financial services sector, and has undertaken secondments at a Tier 1 UK bank and the Lloyd's insurance market. Sven's practice focusses on a comprehensive spectrum of trade compliance areas, including export controls, sanctions, trade remedies, foreign investment rules and anti-bribery. Sven has significant multi-jurisdictional experience in advising in these fields in the context compliance and investigations and broader government engagement. Sven has supported a number of clients in connection with investigations by the UK (and other) authorities and has counselled companies on negotiations with the highest levels of government on approaches to sensitive licensing matters, amending new legislation and international trade remedies. Sven has also advised extensively on the application of trade compliance and foreign investment rules to global mergers and acquisitions, supporting clients on a full range of pre-acquisition due diligence processes and post-acquisition integration strategies. Sven's expertise and profile is reflected in the Legal 500, where he is ranked as one of the top 10 lawyers in the City for international trade compliance. Sven is also periodically quoted in the press and is a regular speaker at external events hosted by the Financial Conduct Authority, the British Bankers Association and the London Institute for Banking and Finance, reflecting his recognised experience in the financial services sector in particular.

Ms. Lis has extensive experience advising companies on US laws relating to exports and reexports of commercial goods and technology, defense trade controls and trade sanctions — including licensing, regulatory interpretations, compliance programs and enforcement matters. She also has advised clients on national security reviews of foreign investment administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), including CFIUS-related due diligence, risk assessment, and representation before the CFIUS agencies.

Takeshi Yoshida

Tamim AlKhudhayri

Tamim's practice focuses on corporate transactions. He is actively assisting in relation to ongoing corporate matters to both Saudi-based and foreign entities in the health and pharmaceutical, IT/C, industrial and food sectors. Tamim interacts with regulators on a regular basis, including SAGIA, MoCI, SFDA and CITC.

Tania joined Baker McKenzie 2007. She completed her training contract and qualified as an associate in the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Industry Group in September 2009. Tania Arora is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Group based in London. She is experienced in project development, infrastructure and construction transactions in the UK and across Asia and the EMEA region, with a particular focus on power projects.

Tanja Schmid is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance and Capital Markets Groups in Zurich. She graduated from the University of Bern in 2016 and was admitted to the bar in 2019. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, she worked as a law clerk at a Bern based law firm and a tax court of first instance. She gained additional experience by working at the legal service of a Swiss bank for five years. Tanja focuses her practice on Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, general corporate law matters as well as financial services matters.

Tatiana Garcés

Telirio Saraiva

Thales M. Stucky joined the Firm in 2004 and became partner in 2015. He integrates the Tax Planning & Controversies practice group, with focus on tax litigation (judicial and administrative), as well as tax planning in general for Brazilian and foreign companies. Thales has a wide experience in tax issues related to the automotive and IT industries.

Thanh Vinh Nguyen

Theeranit Pongpanarat

Theo Ling heads Baker McKenzie's Canadian technology and data practice and is a member of the Commercial, Data, IPTech, and Trade Practice Group, as well as the Technology, Media & Telecoms and Financial Institutions Industry Groups. Recognized for his expertise in artificial intelligence, data privacy, cybersecurity, information governance, technology media communications, and procurement law, Theo's practice lies at the intersection of technology, data, and law. Theo is ranked by several legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, and Best Lawyers, where he is described as "a knowledgeable technology lawyer, with a practical, 'can-do' attitude who is excellent at getting things done." Named by the Financial Times as one of the Top Ten Most Innovative Lawyers in North America, Theo founded the legal industry's first global legal innovation lab focused on multidisciplinary collaboration.

Thinawat Bukhamana

Partner, Head of Banking & Finance

Thomas Asmar has over two decades of experience advising public and private companies, as well as private equity funds, on all employee benefits and compensation issues arising out of mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, financings and other corporate transactions.

Thomas Gilles has more than 20 years of experience representing German and international clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law matters. He is the Chairman of the EMEA-China Group of Baker McKenzie. Thomas Gilles's practice is focused on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, ESG-related due diligences, as well as general company law and compliance matters. His clients include companies in a broad range of industries, including automotive, pharmaceutical, technology, energy and infrastructure. Dr. Gilles likewise advises clients from emerging markets in their outbound investments into Germany and Europe.

Thomas Schänzle

Dr. Thomas Schänzle is co-head of the German Tax Practice Group. He has extensive experience (more than 26 years) in providing tax advice to German and foreign groups, including German family-owned groups, on complex domestic and international corporate tax issues with strong focus on deal-related tax structuring and internal group reorganizations. Thomas joined Baker McKenzie in April 2018. Before he was an international partner with PwC and a highly ranked German tax law firm and held key positions in the central tax department of Siemens in Munich and Brussels. He holds a diploma in International Business Administration from the European Business School (ebs) and is a certified German tax advisor since 2001. On top of that, Thomas holds a PhD in International Taxation and a Certificate in International Accounting (CINA). Thomas has published numerous tax articles during his professional career and is a frequent speaker at national and international tax conferences and, inter alia, a member of the Tax Committee of Frankfurt's Chamber of Commerce and IFA. Thomas' tax practice focuses on the structuring of inbound and outbound investments and (cross-border) corporate restructurings. He also has ample experience in advising on all aspects of transactions including acquisition and carve-out structuring, as well as post-deal integration and joint venture structuring.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Thuy Hang Nguyen

Senior Associate

Tímea Bodrogi-Szabó

Tímea focuses on tax law. She has an outstanding expertise in representing clients in tax controversy both in front of the tax authority, and in front of the courts in case of a judicial review of the tax authority's resolution. She represented several Hungarian and multinational companies in complex tax audit procedures and the litigations following such audits. Tímea also advises our clients on VAT matters. Further to the above, she regularly advises the Hungarian subsidiaries of multinational companies regarding corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. She is also advising regarding liquidation and related tax issues."

Tobias Höfling

Dr. Tobias Höfling is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Tobias is a specialist in corporate litigation and has many years of experience in advising shareholders, companies and their boards in corporate law. Tobias represents clients in rescission actions and appraisal proceedings and all other corporate disputes in and out of court. Tobias has also represented clients in major arbitration proceedings involving post-M&A cases and disputes that arose during major infrastructure and construction projects. Tobias advises clients on international arbitration and litigation matters. Tobias has a special expertise in disputes related to major infrastructure projects such as power plants, offshore wind farms and underground gas storages. His second main area of practice are commercial and corporate disputes including appraisal proceedings and actions for annulment of shareholders’ resolutions.

Tom is a senior associate in the Corporate Finance practice group in London. He joined the Firm in 2015 as an associate having previously trained in-house and has also undertaken a secondment to the Investment Banking and Capital Markets (Legal) team at an investment bank. Tom's practice comprises a mix of UK PLC advisory, corporate reorganisations, public and private M&A and equity capital markets transactions. He has extensive experience in the FIG sector and is also regularly active in a number of other sectors including Energy, Resources & Infrastructure, Food & Beverage and TMT. He acts for both corporates and banks. Tom has established a corporate governance practice which encompasses PLC advisory for listed companies and corporate reorganisations for a range of multinational clients. Tom has also worked on a wide range of high profile public M&A transactions, including consortium, hostile and competitive offers, acting for a range of bidders and targets as well as financial advisors on cash confirmation exercises. He also has extensive UK PLC experience including IPOs, demergers of premium listed companies, several redomiciliations and a number of other primary and secondary offerings. On the private M&A side, Tom regularly acts on complex transactions involving pre-sale carve-outs and has experience of transactions across a range of jurisdictions.

Tom is a partner in the London office's Pensions Practice Group. Tom advises both pension scheme trustees and their sponsoring employers in various industries, with particular experience in relation to industry-wide schemes. He covers a variety of areas including advising in relation to pension scheme mergers, de-risking exercises, corporate transactions and re-organisations, scheme benefit redesigns and restructurings (including closures to accrual and other liability management exercises). He also advises on a number of contentious matters as part of the Pensions Department's pensions disputes practice.

Tomáš Skoumal

Tomáš Skoumal is the managing partner of the Firm’s Prague office, where he also heads the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Tomáš has vast experience with all aspects of M&A, private equity and corporate restructuring in various CEE jurisdictions (including Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Austria) as well as in former Yugoslavia, and represents public and private companies on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions across a diverse range of industries. Tomáš focuses in particular on complex cross-border M&A assignments, energy and infrastructure related assignments and transactions in healthcare/pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and educational sectors.

Tomasz Krzyżowski

Tomasz Krzyzowski co-heads Baker McKenzie’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Warsaw. He routinely works on corporate acquisitions and disposals, and has led a series of private equity transactions and real estate projects. He is recommended by leading publications such as Chambers Global, Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer? and IFLR1000, and was recognized among the BTI Client Service All-Stars in 2016. Tomasz is also actively engaged in pro bono activities and has worked for the non-profit organization Hospice for Children in Warsaw. Tomasz focuses his practice on takeovers through the acquisition of shares or assets, as well as reorganizations of companies. He also advises on private equity transactions for a range of funds active in the Polish market. He is seasoned in cross-border multijurisdictional transactions, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Southern and Eastern Europe.

Tomasz Chentosz

Tomasz Chentosz joined Baker McKenzie Warsaw in March 2005 as a member of the office’s Tax group. He has a decade of experience working for international tax consultancy firms and has written several articles regarding taxation issues in the real estate sector. Mr. Chentosz advises real estate companies on tax matters and helps in the preparation of tax efficient transfer of buildings by foreign investors. He assists clients in preparing tax projections and accompanying reports relating to real estate investments.

Tomohisa Muranushi

Tomoko Sasaki is a Senior Immigration Specialist with over 12 years' experience advising in UK corporate immigration law and she heads the Japan Practice within the Firm's Global Immigration & Mobility practice in the London office. She is the Vice Chair of UK Japan Connect, which is a Baker McKenzie business group focused on connecting the business, culture and people of the UK and Japan. Tomoko is an appointed member of the trustee for The Japan Society and her work for Japanese clients has been noted in Legal 500. She is also a member of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and acts for clients under Coram, which is a pro-bono scheme for eligible children to apply for their British Citizenship. Tomoko advises on all areas of corporate immigration with an increasing emphasis on post-transactional due diligence work and strategic advice on immigration / global mobility policy. Tomoko also advises on the day-to-day work permit applications, management of sponsor license systems and on compliance requirements, indefinite Leave To Remain and British citizenship applications as well as on discretionary applications. Tomoko provides training to many of the firms clients, and presents at seminars and webinars, which includes an annual seminar in Japanese for the Firm's key Japanese clients.

Tony Haque is a senior associate with over 20 years' experience advising in all areas of UK immigration and nationality work, and related European Union law. He is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Global Labor Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group, where he advises on related corporate, tax and labor law issues, and leads the Firm's Global Immigration & Mobility department in London. Tony is an appointed member of the Law Society's Immigration Law Committee which provides expert guidance to practitioners and seeks to influence the direction of policy. Tony acts principally for multinational companies and other corporate clients, entrepreneurs and wealthy individuals offering creative solutions to effect international transfers as expediently and cost-effectively as possible. He also coordinates immigration work for a number of clients on a global and regional basis. He advises on all aspects of immigration including business visitor visas, expatriate planning, end-to-end immigration services (including Tier 2 and other points based categories), sponsorship licenses, and applications based on EU law. Tony also advises on the day-to-day management of sponsor license systems and on compliance requirements, indefinite Leave To Remain and British citizenship applications as well as appeals and judicial review work.

Tricia Oliveira

Trishelea Ann Sandosam

Tristan Grimmer

Tristan is a Partner at Baker McKenzie, advising clients on sanctions and export controls, anti-bribery and corruption and other corporate compliance risks. He provides compliance advice to clients across these risk areas, including in the context of complex cross-border transactions, as well as supporting clients in the management of related internal and external investigations. Tristan has advised clients in respect of investigations by the Serious Fraud Office, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, and the Competition and Markets Authority, as well as in related investigations by overseas agencies, including the US Department of Justice and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He also counsels clients in the design and implementation of their corporate compliance programmes. Tristan is the UK head of Baker McKenzie’s market leading international trade practice, which is ranked as Tier 1 by Legal 500. Tristan also advises clients – including multinationals, private equity, SOEs and SWFs – on the impact of national security policy and regulation on their business and transactional strategy, and has supported clients on numerous filings under the UK National Security and Investment Act, as well as coordinating strategy and national security filings before multiple other European and non-European agencies.

Dr. Ulf Wauschkuhn is head of the German International Commercial & Trade Practice Group of Baker McKenzie. Furthermore, he is co-publisher of the German Journal on Distribution Law and the legal commentary on all aspects of distribution law published by the leading German publishing house C. H. Beck. Ulf advises companies on all matters of commercial law, with particular emphasis on the setup and restructuring of distribution systems, the termination of distribution contracts and supply, logistics and commercial lease agreements. He is also adept at handling commercial law disputes — both in and out of court.

Ulrich Ellinghaus

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ellinghaus joined Baker McKenzie in Frankfurt in 1996. He has extensive experience in regulatory law, with a focus on environmental, health & safety and product safety law. Ulrich is Head of the International Commercial & Trade Global Steering Committee Focus Group, Product Liability, Anti-Corruption and Compliance Liaison. Ulrich Ellinghaus advises and represents international clients on product-related regulatory matters including technical, product safety and environmental law and regulatory compliance in the supply chain.

Ursula Diale-Ali

Ursula Diale-Ali is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Johannesburg. Ursula provides support to the tax practice in advising medium to large corporations in indirect matters, particularly customs, excise and international trade, and value added tax (VAT). The interplay between VAT and customs has sparked her interest in the regulation of the healthcare, as well as consumer goods and retail (CGR) sectors. Her role in the Johannesburg Tax Practice Group extends to other industry sectors, enabling her to advise clients on various indirect tax matters and mitigation of tax risks; and represent clients in audits, investigations and disputes with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and/or other regulatory bodies.

Usman Sheikh is Chair of the Blockchain, AI & Fintech Practice (Canada). He is a Partner in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office, a member of the Firm's Transactional Practice Group and is also a member of the Litigation and Government Enforcement Practice Group. He leads the Firm's blockchain team (consisting of over 150 lawyers) globally, and co-leads the Firm's artificial intelligence (AI) team in North America. A highly regarded thought leader on emerging technology, Usman is often called upon globally by heads of governments, as well as key regulatory and governmental bodies, to provide insight and strategic input on legal and regulatory developments relating to emerging technologies, including FinTech, blockchain technology / digital assets, artificial intelligence (AI), Web2/Web3, quantum computing and the internet of things (IoT). Usman was named as one of the "Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers" by Canadian Lawyer (2018) and he is the only lawyer in Canada to be ranked Band 1 for FinTech by Chambers for five consecutive years (2020 - 2024). He was also recognized in Toronto Life's The Influentials 2021 list, an annual feature that highlights Toronto's most influential people over the last 12 months. Author of over 25 legal and academic publications, Usman is set to publish The Law of Blockchain Technology (Thomson Carswell) in 2025. As a global thought leader on emerging technology and digital transformation, Usman has addressed the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He has also co-lectured with the heads of blockchain for Nasdaq and the TMX, and has also presented to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) (then, IIROC and the MFDA), the Law Society of Ontario (LSO), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA), and several other regulatory and industry organizations on a range of topics including AI regulatory / legal developments, AI governance frameworks, decentralized finance (DeFi), crypto custody, digital wallets, NFTs, crypto exchanges (crypto asset trading platforms), the metaverse and more. Since 2019, Usman has also been serving as an Adjunct Professor with the University of Toronto (Faculty of Law), teaching a course entitled "Blockchain, Digital Assets, and the Law."

Valentin Paniagua Jara

Valentina Venturelli

Sreenivas (Vas) Vedantam is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dallas office, where he practices intellectual property law. Mr. Vedantam has several years of experience providing strategic legal advice and procuring patents for a range of hardware and software technologies. He was named to the Lawyers of Color Southeastern Region Hot List in 2014. Mr. Vedantam has significant experience successfully dealing with Section 101 issues for patent portfolios in areas such as electronic commerce, fintech, business management software, gaming, real estate, mobile apps, etc.

Verónica Rejón-Avina

Veronica is a Partner in Baker McKenzie's International Commercial Practice Group based in Guadalajara. She has more than 18 years of experience in customs and trade matters and has been part of the Firm since 2005. Veronica has served as guest speaker at seminars and lectures organized by INDEX (National Council of the Manufacturing, Maquiladora and Export Services Industry) and COMCE (Foreign Trade Mexican Commercial Council); as well as in internal events organized by the Firm. She has also been recognized as a "Rising Star" for Legal 500.

Véronique Millischer

Viacheslav Yakymchuk

Viacheslav Yakymchuk is a co-managing partner of the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie and heads the Firm’s Corporate/M&A and Private Equity Practice Groups in the Kyiv office. He also served as assistant corporate counsel in Europe for Archer Daniels Midland from 2005 to 2008. He frequently speaks on the diverse aspects of M&A and private equity transactions in Ukraine. Viacheslav is admitted to practice in Ukraine and in New York, USA. Viacheslav is seasoned in handling European M&A transactions and has extensive experience in private equity and equity capital markets. His client focus is on the industrial and TMT sectors.

Victoria Acevedo Freixas

Viet Trung Nguyen

Finance & Projects

Vin is well regarded and considered to be a ‘long-standing recognised leader in data privacy and regulatory matters stemming pre-GDPR to present day, arguably making him the go-to person’. Vin leads our London Data Privacy practice and is also a member of our Global Privacy & Security Leadership team bringing his vast experience in this specialist area for over 22 years, advising clients from various data-rich sectors including retail, financial services/fin-tech, life sciences, healthcare, proptech and technology platforms. Vin supports clients on all aspects of data protection advisory, compliance and risk management. He will guide you from a strategic and governance perspective, as well as provide advice on audit/assessment and implementation projects, cross-border data flows and solutions, enterprise security and data breach counselling and incident response. Vin is a highly technical advisor who can guide you through the compliant implementation of cutting-edge technologies and data transactional processing models. He also works with clients to develop data protection solutions for third-party collaborations, and very frequently acts as regulatory liaison for UK, EU and global projects.

Virginie Louvigné

Viroj Piyawattanametha

Virusha Subban is a partner and head of Tax in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Johannesburg. She has over 20 years' experience in tax matters relating to customs, excise and international trade.

Viviana Chávez

Principal Associate

Local Principal

Weronika Guerquin-Koryzma

Weronika Guerquin-Koryzma is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Warsaw office. She is the head of the Warsaw Office Real Estate Practice. Before rejoining the Firm in 2021, she worked at a leading international law firm from 2006, and before that - from 2001 to 2006 - at Baker McKenzie's Warsaw office. She has been recommended by Chambers Europe and Legal 500 EMEA in the Real estate category. Weronika advises domestic and international investors, developers, investment funds and financial institutions on real estate transactions in the office, logistics, retail, hotel and residential sectors in Poland and CEE, in the field of acquisitions (including portfolio), real estate M&A transactions, structuring of joint ventures, sale and lease back transactions, as well as consultancy in the development process and in the commercialisation of projects.

Weronika Achramowicz

Weronika Achramowicz is a managing partner of the Firm’s Warsaw office. She also co-heads the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and the International Commercial & Trade team at the same office. Weronika is also the country lead for the Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Group and the Foreign Investment Restrictions Task Force, two of Baker McKenzie's key global initiatives. Weronika's practice principally involves advising Polish and foreign clients on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and general corporate and commercial strategy or compliance matters, with a focus on businesses operating in complex global environments. She leads clients through all stages of their investments and international transactions in a wide range of product and service sectors. Weronika also actively supports Polish businesses expanding abroad, focusing on greenfield investments and acquisitions in the consumer and industrial sectors.

Will Clifton is a senior associate in the Employee Benefits Group, part of the Employment Department of the London office of Baker McKenzie. He is a member of the Firm’s Global Employment and Compensation Practice Group, which provides tailored advice in respect of a variety of corporate, tax and labour law issues. Will joined Baker McKenzie after more than 8 years at PwC where he worked in the Reward & Employment and Global Mobility business units. Will advises on a wide variety of matters relating to employee taxation, including share incentives, executive remuneration, disguised employment and the impact of corporate transactions. Will has a particular focus on employees with an international working pattern and the associated complications which arise with this.

Will Holder is a partner in the corporate division of our London office and a member of the Firm's TMT Industry Group. Will’s practice focuses on public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures, private equity and portfolio company transactions. His clients include global corporations, asset managers and private equity houses, advising on their strategically important transactions across consumer, sports, media and technology sectors. Will worked for one year in China.

Will is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution Department based in London. Will acts for clients on a broad range of commercial disputes. In addition to significant experience in conducting commercial litigation, Will has extensive knowledge in the areas of judicial review and public procurement. He is also qualified as a solicitor advocate. Will acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, and has particular knowledge of the life sciences and healthcare; media and technology; and financial services industries. He has spent time on secondment at the pharmaceutical company, AbbVie, where much of his work focused on market access and public procurement issues. The instructions Will works on invariably have an international element to them, and he regularly assists clients with developing dispute resolution strategies with a multijurisdictional dimension. Will is fluent in Spanish, and has previously been seconded to Baker McKenzie’s Madrid office.

William is an Of Counsel in the Restructuring and Insolvency team within the Firm's Banking and Finance practice group in London and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales. William’s practice is centred around financial restructuring and advising on distressed investments, on trading in distressed debt, and on special situations. William has spent the majority of his career assisting buy-side institutions in their capacity as creditors and investors (often acting through ad hoc groups) on complex, cross-border situations, frequently subject to the insolvency and restructuring legal frameworks of the relevant jurisdictions. During the course of his career, William has acted as in-house counsel for two investment managers, in each case as a member of those firms’ distressed investment teams. William has a commercial and operational familiarity with buy-side investors’ investment and trading strategies and processes. In these roles, William advised on financial restructurings and distressed, special situations and event-driven opportunities (including litigation funding and direct lending transactions) and structured, negotiated and drafted documentation for a range of complex transactions and trades spanning multiple asset classes and jurisdictions. Additionally, William has worked as a member of the senior analyst team on the par and distressed trading desk of a US-headquartered global bank. William spent the first eight years of his career as a qualified solicitor in the London office of a large American law firm, working within the restructuring practice. During that period, he spent 18 months in the Tokyo office of that firm, primarily assisting US and European buy-side clients with their investments and finance matters in Japan, including restructuring and bankruptcy-related transactions.

William Devaney

William (Widge) Devaney is the chair of Baker's North American Litigation and Government Enforcement Group, and co-chair of its Global Disputes Group. A former federal prosecutor, Widge represents corporations and individuals in internal and government facing investigations and enforcement actions, often cross-border. An experienced trial lawyer, he also routinely represents clients in complex civil litigation and provides compliance advisory advice, particularly in the anti-corruption sphere. Widge is ranked in Chambers for both White Collar Crime and the FCPA, as well as New York Super Lawyers. He is the author of multiple publications involving such topics as the FCPA, cross-border investigations and corporate compliance programs. He appears often in the print media commenting on current criminal matters.

Yada Yuwataepakorn

Yada Viseswongsa

Senior Associate

Dispute Resolution, Investigations, Compliance & Ethics

Mergers & Acquisitions

Yindi is a partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London, and a member of the Compliance and Investigations group. Yindi’s practice includes a broad spectrum of complex and high-value international and domestic commercial litigation for multinational clients, with specialist expertise in anti-bribery and corruption investigations, compliance and trust disputes.

Yosuke Takenaka

Yuliana Salamanca

Yuriria Mascott

Yuriria Mascott joined Baker McKenzie as a legal consultant in April 2019. Prior to this, she worked as the undersecretary of transportation of the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT), appointed by the President of Mexico. She has also worked as the general director of the Mexican Postal Service, has headed up the acquisitions department and supply management of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and has held advisor positions for the Airports and Auxiliary Services Administration (ASA) and the SCT. Yuriria has also worked in several law firms, some of which specialize in criminal law and in aeronautical and corporate law. She was also a member of the Corporate Legal Consortium, S.C.

Zahi is a partner in our Saudi Arabian Corporate and Securities team. He has over 23 years of experience helping companies with complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, securities, and capital markets. Zahi’s main focus includes Telecommunications & Technology, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical, and Retail & Consumer Goods sectors. Known for his deep understanding of Saudi Arabian law and regulations, Zahi is a trusted advisor to leading international and regional companies.

Zeki Nizam Cebe

Local Principal

Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi

Dr. Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition and IPTech practices of the Budapest office. Benchmark publications consider him as one of the most recognized competition law practitioners in Hungary. Zoltán is the president of the Hungarian Competition Law Association and vice-president of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC). He is a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN), and a member of the Scientific Board of the Competition Law Research Institute at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE). He regularly speaks on competition law related matters at Firm and third-party conferences and also lectures at postgraduate competition law courses at PPKE and ELTE Universities. Zoltán is highly experienced in competition law, IP law and pharmaceutical regulations, including litigation work in these areas. He represents companies in unfair competition, cartel, dominant position and merger control cases before the Hungarian Competition Office and the European Commission, as well as before Hungarian and EU courts. He regularly advises on antitrust compliance programs. Zoltán also represents clients in trademark registration, as well as IP infringement matters. He works for major international and Hungarian companies in a number of sectors, including the banking, energy, telecommunications, automotive and pharmaceutical industries.

Zuzana Ferianc practices mainly in the areas of employment and labor law, restructuring and corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions. She earned her Master’s Degree in Commercial Law at the Economics University in 2002, and her Master’s Degree in Law at the Law Faculty of Charles University in 2004. Zuzana focuses on labor law (employment agreements, organizational changes and restructurings, employee transfers, discrimination, non-compete issues, incentive schemes and dismissals) and in M&A transactions.