Mergers & Acquisitions

Baker & McKenzie’s ability to act in local and multijurisdictional transactions has become increasingly important to our clients. Our roster of talented locally-qualified lawyers make us uniquely situated to serve as a “one stop shop” for all types of M&A, joint ventures, reorganizations, and other transactions for the world’s biggest corporations and their financial advisers. Few, if any, law firms can deliver the scope of services, across a truly global footprint, in such a rapid and coordinated fashion as we do at Baker & McKenzie.

Our US and non-US offices (and US-based foreign law experts) work together to execute all facets of transactions in a seamless manner across multiple jurisdictions. Our locally-qualified attorneys are able to assist clients in today’s complex, global environment without engaging multiple, outside firms as local counsel.

Our Services

• Creating value from acquisitions by planning tax-efficient deal structures and post-acquisition integration or post-divestiture reorganization as part of the deal process
• Structuring, drafting and negotiating master agreements for domestic and international application
• Protecting value, mitigating risks and achieving cost savings through deal tested transaction management procedures
• Complying with competition, antitrust filings and other regulatory requirements
• Advising on employee consultations/redundancy programs
• Creating local acquisition vehicles
• Advising on acquisition financing
• Preparing the local documentation for transfers of shares, assets and employees in ways that are consistent with overall deal principles
• Delivering required legal opinions