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Combining the knowledge of local laws and cultures with a global reach is just one of the ways Baker & McKenzie separates itself from other firms. Our genuinely global perspective allows us to operate without boundaries around the world, in every jurisdiction that is important to your business.

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Welcome to Baker & McKenzie in Australia

Our Australian team understands the global language of business.

Baker & McKenzie is unique among law firms in our ability to deliver our global knowledge, experience and capabilities to our clients in the local market. Companies benchmark themselves against the best practice in their sectors, globally, not just domestically. We provide our clients with the innovative legal solutions they expect from the global top-tier law firm, together with commercial pragmatism and seasoned experience. Baker & McKenzie has been an integral part of the Australian legal landscape since 1964.

The results speak the global language of success.

Baker & McKenzie's Australian lawyers have advised on many of the headline Australian transactions of the last four decades – including the capital raising and listing for International Ferro Metals Limited, the first Australian company admitted to the FTSE 250; the AUD4 billion KKR joint venture with the Seven Network; the groundbreaking AUD1.85 billion Sims Group merger with the US company Metal Management Inc; and the AUD1.2 billion acquisition of Schweppes Australia by Asahi Breweries.

We are the trusted advisors to leading Australian and multi-national corporations, State and Federal governments, Australian, international and multilateral institutions.

We continue to bring the experience of our global classroom to our clients in Australia through every transaction and every piece of advice. We actively ensure that we have harnessed the best legal solution as tested through our global platform. Our ability to do this is underlined by our leadership in legal thinking – bringing our experience across legal and regulatory boundaries to clients in their home markets.



A significant new report, written by Baker & McKenzie in association with Austrade and KOTRA analyses the clean and renewables energy market in the two countries.
Chris Freeland has joined Baker & McKenzie as the Firm's new National Managing Partner of the Australian offices. Chris has many years' experience as a lawyer, strategy consultant and professional services manager in leading global and domestic firms.
International Tax Review survey ranks Baker & McKenzie as a Tier One tax transactional firm in Asia Pacific.
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National Managing Partner 
Partner
+ 62 2 8922 5241
National Chairman 
Partner
+ 61 2 8922 5641
 
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We understand your industry, culture and goals. Our innovative solutions extend beyond practices and borders, just as your business needs do.

Our global perspective is based on our knowledge of local laws and customs everywhere we operate, while our lawyers understand issues across a broad spectrum of business and legal practices. This fluency allows us to bring the right talent and knowledge to deliver world-class commercially pragmatic advice.

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Every day our more than 3,900 lawyers, economists, tax advisors and other professionals share insights and best practices across borders and practices. We speak more than 75 languages and represent more than 55 nationalities, and the close relationships among our people fosters the trust needed to develop and deliver world-class solutions to multinational clients.

We share an uncompromising commitment to excellence, which explains why more of our lawyers are included as leading lawyers in the Chambers Global Guide to the World’s Best Lawyers than any other Global 20 law firm.

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Passionately global
We are passionately global — it's in our DNA.

We started with a vision of going global and were in eight countries before our 10th anniversary. Today we have 67 offices in 39 countries -- including the emerging markets so important to the growth of your business.
We offer world-class career opportunities around the globe, while our entrepreneurial culture makes Baker & McKenzie a unique place to develop professionally.

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