Baker McKenzie covers the entire scope of employment law, providing counselling, transactional, and litigation support to domestic and international clients. The team places a strong focus on strategic workforce planning, managing a multinational workforce, addressing HR issues, and risk mapping. Leading the team from San Palo Alto is Susan Eandi, who assists clients with employment matters arising during cross-border mergers and acquisitions, separations, restructurings, and other spinoffs. Benjamin Ho, who is based in San Francisco, advises public and private companies, and private equity funds on employment issues related to workforce expansion and global corporate reorganization. Los Angeles-based Robin Samuel litigates class and collective claims, and single plaintiff actions, while New York’s Kimberly Franko Lower specializes in strategic workforce planning and management of multinational workforces. Amanda Cohen, who works out of San Francisco, supports clients with compliance matters across various jurisdictions. Another key name is Adeola Olowude, who is based in Washington DC.
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Testimonials
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- Benjamin Ho and Adeola Olowude are adept at summarizing complex issues for non-legal audiences and helping to assess the risk range of a decision or course of action. As well, they have a deep understanding of the practical implications of their legal advice, helping us bridge quickly and effectively from legal analysis to decision and action.
- Baker McKenzie offers clients the best of the best. Their approach, which includes dedicated support for the global working team, paired with effective communication with their local teams, is a great combination when trying to implement a global solution while ensuring local alignment at speed.
- Over the past two years, I worked closely with Ben Ho and several others on the Baker team. What stands out is their grasp of the various risk areas that we were dealing with, the comprehensive advice they were giving, a good overview of how to proceed, and timely responses.
Work highlights
Advised Thoma Bravo on the global employment and compensation aspects of its USD 10.55 billion all-cash carve-out acquisition of Boeing’s Digital Aviation Solutions business across 26 jurisdictions.
Assisted Western Digital with the successful completion of its global spin-off of its flash division, Sandisk Corporation, from the hard drive division.
Advised Ferrero with the drafting of its Short-Term Disability and Pregnancy & Parental Leave policies for use in the United States and Canada.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Kimberly Franko Lower
Practice head
Susan Eandi
Other key lawyers
Benjamin Ho; Robin Samuel; Kimberly Franko Lower; Amanda Cohen; Adeola Olowude