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Leading and closing complex deals - every day

Multinationals and financial institutions face a complex journey from shaping a deal to closing it, to managing post-transaction integration.

Transactions can have a strategically transformative impact, but they can be high-risk – as well as high-reward. More than 70% of transactions fail to deliver the value envisaged. Experience and efficiency are essential in coming out on top, as is picking the right partner.

Baker McKenzie can guide you through every step of the transaction process, from strategy, due diligence deal structuring and financing, to weighing tax, competition, employment and regulatory considerations, to all aspects of post-acquisition integration.

We combine global market knowledge with local cultural nuance and industry specialism. We utilize innovative technologies, underpinned by sound judgment and years of experience, to lead our clients through complex, multinational deals, every day. We are a transactional powerhouse.


What do others say about us?

"Baker McKenzie has been very good at handling international transactions. This has played an important role in our acquisitions in relation to various jurisdictions, which could not have taken place without the excellent co-operation of the [Firm's] offices. I perceive Baker McKenzie as a leading law firm in the field of cross-border M&A."  
Corporate Client, Chambers 2020		 "They were the only external firm we used, though the deal had a multi-country scope... They were very professional, experienced, well-staffed, with support immediately available."
Corporate Client, Chambers 2021
   
"It’s a one-stop shop for legal matters. They’re very thorough in whatever they do, and at the same time are very commercial." 
Private Equity Client, Chambers 2022 		"The Firm has exceeded our expectations, especially on complex issues."
Private Equity Client, Chambers 2022
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Baker McKenzie enhances energy leadership via Mayakan Pipeline financing
Baker McKenzie advised Engie on the closing of the first stage of financing for the Mayakan Gas Pipeline, for US$2.5 billion of senior debt and a US$300 million VAT facility.
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Baker McKenzie advises Sino Biopharmaceutical on its partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim to bring innovative cancer therapies to China
The two companies will develop and commercialize a number of Boehringer's innovative oncology products.
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Baker McKenzie advises Gaw Capital on its partnership with GDS to build a 40-megawatt data center campus in Japan
The 40-megawatt carrier-neutral data center campus in Fuchu City will be the largest in the city in terms of IT load.
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Healthcare and Life Sciences in Asia Pacific: 2024 sets to see rising investment and innovation
According to Baker McKenzie's new digital report “Unlocking and Accelerating Growth: Healthcare and Life Sciences in Asia Pacific.” 
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Baker McKenzie advises CapitaLand Investment on the first sustainability-linked panda bond issued by a Singapore company
This is also the first panda bond issued by an enterprise in ASEAN after the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
News | Case Announcement
Baker McKenzie advised Fibra MTY in its approximate $500 million international offering of Real Estate Trust Certificates
Baker McKenzie announced today that it represented Mexican real estate investment trust Fibra MTY in connection with its approximate $500 million offering of Real Estate Trust Certificates.
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Baker McKenzie client Iberdrola completes sale of part of its combined cycle business in Mexico for USD 6.2 billion
Divestment is equivalent to 55% of Iberdrola’s gross operating profit in the country.
News | Deal Announcement
Baker McKenzie advises APG on its investment into ESR's first perpetual South Korea logistics core fund
Baker McKenzie has advised APG Asset Management N.V. ("APG"), the investment manager of the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, on its investment into ESR Group's open-ended ...
News | Deal Announcement
Baker McKenzie Client Takeda Enters Worldwide License and Collaboration Agreement for Rusfertide
Rusfertide is currently in trial, VERIFY, for the treatment of Polycythemia Vera, a rare chronic blood disorder. 
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Baker McKenzie Further Strengthens its Corporate Transaction Practice in Germany
Baker McKenzie is further expanding its Corporate M&A/PE practice with Johannes Baumann as Partner. He joins from Hengeler Mueller to the Frankfurt office of Baker McKenzie.
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Baker McKenzie advised Commerzbank and Credit Suisse-led bank syndicate on a CHF 500-million senior multicurrency revolving credit facility agreement for Geberit
The Firm acted as the sole legal adviser to Credit Suisse, Commerzbank and the syndicate lenders on all Swiss and Dutch law aspects of the transaction.
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*Source: Refinitiv deal volumes

Baker McKenzie Adds Leading Cross-Border Transactional Team in New York
Team brings deep experience advising on transformative transactions across the Americas.
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Baker McKenzie announces new Global Practice Group and Industry Group leaders
All appointments will be effective from 1st July 2023.
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Baker McKenzie expands real estate practice in Bahrain with the rehire of Khaled Zowayed
Firm continues to invest in and develop its business in Bahrain by expanding its real estate practice with the strategic addition of Khaled Zowayed as a Partner.
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Deal Finance Lawyer Kevin Whittam Joins Baker McKenzie in New York
Kevin advises financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private equity funds in connection with complex domestic and global bank finance transactions.
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