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Lawyer Moves
JULY 2013
BAKER & MCKEnzIE ELECtS 71 nEW PARtnERS WoRLdWIdE
Global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced the election of 71 new partners across the Firm worldwide. the promotions will bring the total number of partners in the Firm to 1,450. Regionally, 27% of the promotions are in Asia-Pacific; 35% in Europe, Middle East and Africa; 13% in Latin America; and 25% in north America.
the Firm also reported that it has added 60 lateral partners in key practice areas and jurisdictions over the past year. these partners support clients in dispute
resolution, mergers & acquisitions, tax and securities, among other practices. Growth also came from the expansion of the Firm’s global platform, now totalling 74 offices in 46 countries, with new offices in Seoul, Republic of Korea; Lima, Peru; and Casablanca, Morocco.
“our new partners have consistently demonstrated exceptional service to our clients, and we’re very proud of this talented group of lawyers,” said Eduardo Leite, Baker & McKenzie’s Chairman of the Executive Committee.
K&L GAtES WELCoMES EXPERIEnCEd PRoJECtS PARtnER In London oFFICE
K&L Gates LLP has added Anthony Fine as a partner in its energy, infrastructure and resources (EIR) practice.
Previously a partner in the London office of White & Case LLP, Fine has more than 30 years of international experience in projects and project finance. His experience spans a number of sectors including social infrastructure, energy (including power and nuclear), defense, government, and transportation.
Fine stated: “K&L Gates is a law firm I have admired for some time and, with my experience in international projects, I look forward to the opportunity to play an important part in the international growth
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of the firm’s energy, infrastructure and resources practice.”
tony Griffiths, Administrative Partner of K&L Gates’ London office, said: “With his track record in projects and infrastructure and his significant market connections, I am delighted that Anthony has joined our growing practice.”
2013 has been an important year for K&L Gates’ international EIR practice, including the expansion of its capabilities through the establishment of a new office in Houston and the combination with Australian national firm Middletons, as well as the earlier additions of six other partners to the practice.
WHItE & CASE EXPAndS GERMAn tAX PRACtICE WItH AddItIon oF nEW PARtnER In
FRAnKFURt Global law firm White & Case LLP is strengthening its German tax practice with the addition of dr. Bodo Bender as a partner in its Frankfurt office.
dr. Bender, who will join the Firm’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, is a tax lawyer who has focused on the structuring of complex domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings, working on behalf of sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions and large corporates.
“Bodo is a top tier lawyer with extensive deal experience and an excellent reputation with his clients,” said White & Case partner Markus Hauptmann, the Firm’s Regional Section Head in Germany. “We will be very pleased to welcome him to the Firm.
“His established track record as a tax lawyer aligns with the Firm’s global strategy to strengthen our M&A practice, in which tax advice is structurally integral to transactions from inception to maturity. He’s therefore an ideal strategic fit for our German and cross-border ambitions and will bring additional breadth to our German tax practice.”
dr. Bender joins White & Case from Shearman & Sterling LLP.
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