Baker & McKenzie

Baker & McKenzie, founded in 1949 is a multinational law firm headquartered in Chicago. As of August 2015 it is ranked as the largest international law firm in the world, with 11,500 employees including 4,365 lawyers on a full-time equivalent basis in 77 offices across 47 countries. It is ranked as a top three law firm in the world in terms of revenue with US$2.43 billion in annual revenue in FY2014-2015.

Baker & McKenzie is ranked as one of the top five international law firms in the majority of countries where it has an established practice. Clients prize Baker & McKenzie for its breadth of access to markets, as it can individually guide cross-border transactions without using external local counsel. In 2014, Baker & McKenzie opened offices in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Brisbane, Australia; and Yangon, Myanmar as well as a second Global Services Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In April 2015 Baker & McKenzie announced it was the first international law firm to enter into a Joint Operation in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone with the PRC law firm FenXun Partners.