Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie recorded 55 practice and sector rankings and 104 lawyer rankings in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide.
The Firm maintained its Band 1 rankings in Nationwide Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (2024-2026), Nationwide Tax: Controversy (2013-2026), California: Northern Tax (2016-2026), California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (2013-2026), New York Tax: State & Local (2021-2026), and New Jersey Life Sciences (2025-2026), and achieved a new Band 1 ranking in Florida: South Bankruptcy/Restructuring.
The Firm also achieved five new practice and sector rankings. In the individual categories, Baker McKenzie received 104 lawyer rankings, including 17 newly ranked lawyers, and saw multiple lawyers move up in their respective bands.
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:
• Banking & Finance, New York
• Cannabis Law, USA – Nationwide
• Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional, New York
• International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy, USA – Nationwide
• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded, USA – Nationwide
Newly ranked lawyers include:
• Michael Brewer, Labor & Employment, California
• Mark Goodman, Litigation: General Commercial, California
• Benjamin Ho, Labor & Employment, California
• Tulsi Karamchandani, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Illinois
• Jennifer Kirk, Employee Benefits & Executive, California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
• Lawrence C. Lee, Corporate/M&A, California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
• Scott Levine, Tax, District of Columbia
• Stephen W. Long, Tax: State & Local, Texas
• Nick Macaluso, Employee Benefits & Executive, California, San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
• Samuel Pollack, Tax, Illinois
• Alysha Preston, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional, New York
• Dieter A. Schmitz, Corporate/M&A, Illinois
• Matthew Schonholz, Tax, California: Southern
• Eunkyung Kim Shin, International Trade: Customs, USA – Nationwide
• Stanislav Sirot, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional, USA – Nationwide
• Peter Tomczak, FCPA, USA – Nationwide
• Olivia Tyrrell, Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial, USA – Nationwide
A number of Baker McKenzie lawyers were also elevated in the 2026 guide across key practice areas, including Privacy & Data Security, Trade, Tax Controversy, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Corporate/M&A, Antitrust and Litigation, reflecting the Firm’s continued strength and depth of talent nationally.
A full list of the Firm’s rankings can be found here: Baker McKenzie, Global 2026 | Chambers Profiles