Leading global firm Baker McKenzie has hired Ash Tiwari and Rakesh Rathod as partners in the Firm's Corporate team. Both Ash and Rakesh join from Allen & Overy.
Ash is an outstanding M&A practitioner with an impressive deal-sheet. In addition to leading on complex deals for London head-quartered businesses, Ash will accelerate Baker Mckenzie's outbound strategy around Indian businesses. She helped found and was co-head of Allen & Overy's Indian M&A practice.
Rakesh is an exceptional corporate lawyer focussing on group reorganisations, carve-out sales/acquisitions and spin off/demergers. He joins Baker McKenzie's market-leading Corporate Reorganisations team and will bolster further its unique offering around carve-outs.
Ash joins Baker McKenzie on 31 January and Rakesh, on 2 May.
David Allen, Baker McKenzie's Head of Corporate, London, said:
"We are thrilled to welcome Ash and Rakesh to the partnership. They represent our 19th and 20th lateral corporate partner hires in London in the last 4 years as our London corporate team continues to experience significant year-on-year growth. Both fit perfectly into our strategy and reflect the breadth of our transactional offering. Ash will add to our growing bench-strength in M&A and help us build-out our Indian offering. Rakesh will add to our global market leading reorganisations and carve-out practices. As a firm we have undertaken 150 carve-out deals with a deal value exceeding $100m in the last 4 years."
Ed Poulton, Baker McKenzie London Managing Partner, said:
"We have made significant investments into our transactional teams to grow our bench-strength and to win a bigger share of the London M&A deal-flow. It's been fantastic seeing this investment pay-off. Ash and Rakesh fit perfectly with our strategy and I look forward to welcoming them to the Firm."
Ash is an outstanding M&A practitioner with an impressive deal-sheet. In addition to leading on complex deals for London head-quartered businesses, Ash will accelerate Baker Mckenzie's outbound strategy around Indian businesses. She helped found and was co-head of Allen & Overy's Indian M&A practice.
Rakesh is an exceptional corporate lawyer focussing on group reorganisations, carve-out sales/acquisitions and spin off/demergers. He joins Baker McKenzie's market-leading Corporate Reorganisations team and will bolster further its unique offering around carve-outs.
Ash joins Baker McKenzie on 31 January and Rakesh, on 2 May.
David Allen, Baker McKenzie's Head of Corporate, London, said:
"We are thrilled to welcome Ash and Rakesh to the partnership. They represent our 19th and 20th lateral corporate partner hires in London in the last 4 years as our London corporate team continues to experience significant year-on-year growth. Both fit perfectly into our strategy and reflect the breadth of our transactional offering. Ash will add to our growing bench-strength in M&A and help us build-out our Indian offering. Rakesh will add to our global market leading reorganisations and carve-out practices. As a firm we have undertaken 150 carve-out deals with a deal value exceeding $100m in the last 4 years."
Ed Poulton, Baker McKenzie London Managing Partner, said:
"We have made significant investments into our transactional teams to grow our bench-strength and to win a bigger share of the London M&A deal-flow. It's been fantastic seeing this investment pay-off. Ash and Rakesh fit perfectly with our strategy and I look forward to welcoming them to the Firm."
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