Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie recorded 53 practice and sector area rankings and 96 lawyer rankings in the 2025 Chambers USA Guide.
The Firm maintained its Band 1 rankings in Nationwide Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (2024-2025), Nationwide Tax: Controversy (2013-2025), California: Northern Tax (2016-2025), California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (2013-2025), and New York Tax: State & Local (2021-2025), and received a new Band 1 ranking in New Jersey Life Sciences. The Firm received Band 2 rankings in 16 practice and sector areas, including in the inaugural Nationwide Artificial Intelligence category.
In the individual categories, Baker McKenzie received 96 lawyer rankings, 26 of whom were recognized in Bands 1 and 2. Five lawyers ranked in two practice area categories. Other highlights include the Firm’s 12 entries in the Up-and-Coming/Associates-to-Watch table and 15 lawyer promotions.
Chambers and Partners ranks law firms based on technical legal ability, client service, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence, value for money, and depth of team. Rankings are based on interviews with clients and peers as well as firm submissions.
New practice area and sector rankings include:
- Artificial Intelligence, USA - Nationwide
- Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation, USA - Nationwide
- Product Liability & Mass Torts: Highly Regarded, USA - Nationwide
- Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional, USA - Nationwide
- Antitrust, District of Columbia
- Life Sciences, New Jersey
Newly ranked lawyers include:
- Jeffrey D Martino, Antitrust: Cartel, USA - Nationwide
- Adam Aft, Artificial Intelligence, USA - Nationwide
- Sylwia A Lis, International Trade: CFIUS Experts, USA - Nationwide
- Brian Zurawski, REITs: Tax, USA - Nationwide
- Julia Ushakova-Stein, Tax, California: Northern
- Ethan S Kroll, Tax, California: Southern
- Creighton Macy, Antitrust, District of Columbia
- David J Malliband, Corporate/M&A, Illinois
- Piotr Korzynski, Corporate/M&A, Illinois
- Betsy Stelle Morgan, Immigration, Illinois
- Randall B Sunberg, Corporate/M&A, New Jersey
- Oren Livne, Life Sciences, New Jersey
- Randall B Sunberg, Life Sciences, New Jersey
- Thomas R May, Tax, New York
Lawyers promoted in the rankings include:
- Brian Hengesbaugh, Privacy & Data Security: Privacy, USA - Nationwide
- Daniel Cullen, REITs: Tax, USA - Nationwide
- Scott H Frewing, Tax: Controversy, USA - Nationwide
- Perrie M Weiner, Litigation: Securities, California
- Alexandra Minkovich, Tax, District of Columbia
- Daniela Fonseca Puggina, Litigation: General Commercial, Florida
- William V Roppolo, Litigation: General Commercial, Florida
- Robert Moore, Tax, Florida
- Aimee Soodan, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Illinois
- David P Hackett, Environment: Mainly Transactional, Illinois
- Melissa K. Allchin, Immigration, Illinois
- Maher Haddad, Tax, Illinois
- William Devaney, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, New York
- Stephen W Long, Tax: Litigation, Texas
- Michelle Hartmann, Litigation: General Commercial, Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
A full list of the Firm's rankings can be found here: Baker McKenzie, USA 2025 | Chambers Profiles