Baker McKenzie (recognized as Baker & McKenzie) was set up in 1949, is a global law company. Together with 77 offices in 46 states and more than 6,000 attorneys worldwide, Baker McKenzie is currently among the greatest law firms in the world by headcount and earnings.                                                                       

Since 2010, Baker McKenzie continues to be recognized with the Caritas Global Elite Law Company Brand Index since the strongest law company manufacturer on the planet.  Baker McKenzie attained record earnings of US$2.92 billion, again in earnings of 40%. Baker McKenzie's present worldwide seat is Milton Cheng.

Earnings up 4.4percent with growth in most areas

PPP up 3 percent

Important program to induce international digitization and optimal customer service delivery

Major the industry for our visitors via Diversity & Inclusion

Concerning steady money, Baker McKenzie's earnings were up 4.4percent compared to the preceding year. In US dollar terms, the Business's reporting currency, translates into an increase of 1.2%, following the impact of the adverse currency market.

Baker McKenzie stays the most geographically varied worldwide law firm and all our areas recorded growth as follows: EMEA +5.2 percent, AP +2.1 percent, LA +9.0percent, and NA +4.0%

All our key financial metrics rose over this past year: earnings growth, earnings, gain, Profits per Partner (PPP), Revenue per Partner, and Profits each Lawyer. We're particularly happy to achieve this amid a marketplace with level demand. Total net earnings or profit climbed by 2 percent to $1 billion. Throughout the past ten years, the Business has increased by 40 percent concerning earnings and 50 percent concerning PPP, outperforming the majority of our opponents.

Baker McKenzie Acting Chair Jaime Trujillo states, "Recording a 4.4 percent increase in an industry as hard as this while keeping our dedication to everyone our workplaces and our entire service offering is a fantastic outcome. The investments that the Business continues to create in lawful services, the centers of excellence we've opened in lower-cost places, and much more effective partnering with customers, backed by long-term investments in business, practice, and customer programs have allowed us to reveal profitable expansion.

We're also among the most geographically varied professional services companies in the entire world, both among our key strengths, and also sometimes a struggle in markets affected when the US dollar is so powerful, as it had been last year."

Our FY19 Annual Report captures a number of the key highlights throughout the Business from the previous 12 months along with the progress we have been making from our approach.

Directing the industry for our individuals throughout Diversity & Inclusion

Baker McKenzie underpinned that devotion to Diversity & Inclusion by declaring in May the launching of our PointONE app - our Firm-wide dedication to providing a respectful, safe, and inclusive working environment. PointONE has been executed throughout the Business and has proved effective in conveying clear expectations for behavior and providing accessible, secure avenues for increasing and handling issues.

Purchasing a more powerful Baker McKenzie for our customers

FY19 proved to be a busy season for those investments Baker McKenzie has made in serving our clientele. We've expanded the footprint of our facilities into Tampa in the USA and Buenos Aires in Argentina. Together with our present facilities in Manila and Belfast, these can offer a blend of business support in addition to legal aid, in the instance of both Tampa and Belfast.

This has been complemented with added substantial technology investments, such as updating our community to enhance the nimble work experience for everyone our people throughout the world, in addition to choosing Intapp's DealCloud to handle our strong client development and participation activities.

We're growing the services that generate value for our customers and save on prices. We've made significant hires at the job management and pricing area of our services groups in our driveway to provide our customers with the most efficient and innovative solutions to their requirements. Our International eDiscovery & Data Advisory service doubled in earnings this year because of an increased demand from our customers for our technology-related services.

Purchasing a much better world

We took important steps this year to align our Business's strategy together with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, conducting a comprehensive feasibility analysis to determine where we as a Business can make the best impact. We're blessed to be working together with our customers, governments, multilateral organizations, and civil society on those attempts. That can be in addition to creating a new international pro bono work, which can pursue initiatives throughout the globe where our Business can be of the best support.

Our  businesses

Notably strong practices in FY19 contained Trade and Employment. Despite tough market conditions in several nations, our transaction-related clinic places -- M&A, Private Equity and Capital market -- nevertheless showed moderate growth.

Our job

The Business advised on a number of the planet's most important prices and instances throughout the year, for example:

Advising Facebook about the development and layout of the Organization's proposed Oversight Board for articles moderation.

Advised Hitachi Ltd. on the purchase of ABB Ltd.'s energy grid for approximately $6.4 billion.

Baker McKenzie and Legal Advisors informed Saudi Arabian-listed bank Alawwal Bank, on its merger with fellow Islamic recorded lender, The Saudi British Bank. The price value was roughly US$4.9 billion and has been the very first of its kind in Saudi Arabia involving two recorded banks and among the biggest mergers of 2 Saudi-listed businesses.

Advised Peruvian power firm Corporación Transmantaro on the current issue of a US$400 million green bond, a first for the nation's energy industry.

A cross-border group from Singapore and Hong Kong informed LGT Group Foundation on its foundation investment in China Renaissance Holdings Limited, an investment bank committed to China's new economy companies.

Our manufacturer and customer recognition

Many major organizations comprehended Baker McKenzie's creation and leadership in FY19, such as:

Thomson Reuters has rated Business No. 1 for cross-border prices for the previous 12 decades. More than 70 percent of our prices are cross-border.

For the 14th consecutive season, the Company was rated for bargains with emerging market participation, by the number of announced and completed deals.

Law360 rated the Business as the major international law firm in its yearly survey.

Caritas acknowledged the Business as the planet's most powerful legal brand for its ninth year in a row.

The Business has been honored to be among Stonewall's 2019 Top worldwide Employers and the top-rated International LGBT+ Network of the Year, also as among just 10 companies to feature from the top Trans Employer' list for another consecutive year.

Chambers Global recognized Baker McKenzie over every other law firm at its 2019 international manual.

Our individuals

Throughout FY19, we hired 34 lateral spouses; gifted attorneys from other leading companies, and seasoned in-house counselors from major multinationals. This latest investment in gift takes the number of partners globally to 1,500 as of 1 July 2019. Almost 40 percent of the promotions are girls.

44 percent of our attorneys and 26 percent of our spouses are girls. This goal applies to exemptions, senior business professionals, Business committee leadership, and candidate pools for recruiting.