We appreciate all of our clients, attorneys and guests who joined us in Dallas for Baker McKenzie’s Doing Business Globally 2025. The program united legal professionals who shared best practices on guiding organizations through a rapidly evolving environment. Baker McKenzie’s Global Chair, Sunny Mann, and Texas Managing Partner, Michelle Hartmann welcomed keynote speaker, Jason Schenker, before breakout sessions that covered topics including AI, Criminal and Civil Enforcement Risks, Cross-border M&A, Post-Acquisition Integration, Tax Considerations, and Extended Producer Responsibility. The program concluded with a featured General Counsel panel moderated by Baker McKenzie’s John Quattrocchi. Thank you to Sarah Crow (KFC), Kevin Hammonds (Fluor), Susan Hudson (Flowserve), Jeffrey Kaplan (LyondellBasell), and Debra Stockton (H&P) for sharing your valuable insights on challenges facing global businesses in today’s complex geopolitical environment and navigating compliance across jurisdictions.
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Mark Mandel
Partner at Baker McKenzie LLP; Chair-North America Capital Markets Practice Group; North American Representative-Global Capital Markets Steering…
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Alain Sauty de Chalon
Partner at Baker & McKenzie - Corporate - M&A
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Laurent Szuskin
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Steve Holmes
Partner at Baker McKenzie, London and EMEA Head of Commercial, Technology and Transactions
Updates
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🏆 Celebrating our Paul Rawlinson Award winners... We are proud to announce the 2025 recipients of this award, honouring our late Chair’s legacy and commitment to social mobility. ✨ Winner: The Ambitious Together Foundation, led by Carl Richards and John Bracken (London), empowering care-experienced young adults in the UK to overcome early-life challenges and improve social mobility. ✨ Highly Commended: Ukraine University Scholarship (Kyiv) and Hotel Etico (Sydney). Congratulations to all of this year’s winners for their incredible impact!
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Bilateral trade agreements may be the answer to tariff headwinds, especially for India. How are #India’s partnerships with the US, UK and Europe reshaping trade flows? Read more in our latest article: https://bmcknz.ie/4idJ8mb Featuring insights from: Mini Menon vandePol Amar Budarapu Ash Chandhok Tiwari Philippe Reich Samantha Mobley
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We are delighted to have earned, collectively with our joint operation partner, FenXun Partners, 63 practice area and 71 lawyer rankings in The Legal 500's Greater China 2026 Guide. Read more: https://bmcknz.ie/3XCl2rA The Firms achieved 45 Tier 1 & Tier 2 practice rankings and 44 Hall of Fame/Leading Partner recognitions. Baker McKenzie recorded two improved rankings in Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Hong Kong), moving up from Tier 2 to Tier 1, and in Regulatory: White Collar, Compliance and Investigations (Hong Kong). Meanwhile, FenXun recorded two improved rankings in Antitrust and Competition: PRC Firms and Real Estate and Construction: PRC Firms. In the lawyer categories, among the 71 individual rankings, 62% (44) are ranked in the Hall of Fame/Leading Partner table. Baker McKenzie gained eight new individual rankings and three improved ranking, while FenXun gained one new individual rankings and one improved ranking. A huge congratulations to all teams and individuals for making this possible!
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We are pleased to have advised Twinwood Family Holdings Limited, part of the Sampoerna Strategic Group, on the divestment of its entire stake in PT Sampoerna Agro Tbk, a listed agricultural company in Indonesia, to AGPA Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of the listed Korean conglomerate POSCO International Corporation. Through this transaction, POSCO will acquire 128,000 hectares of palm plantations – more than twice the size of Seoul. The cross-border deal team was led by Theodore Heng and Bee Chun Boo, with the support of Alexa Jiang, Gerald Lim, and Willy W. in Singapore, as well as Daniel Pardede, Bimo Harimahesa, Bratara Damanik and Naztasha Cesty in Jakarta. The core team was further supported by multidisciplinary experts across Singapore, Indonesia, Seoul and Dubai. Learn more about the transaction: https://lnkd.in/gpVX74Bp
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🌎 As tariffs and #AI reshape healthcare and life sciences, regulators are introducing flexible approval pathways and prioritizing data safeguards and human input. Indradeep Bhattacharya and Lim Ren Jun discuss how these changes are accelerating market access and supporting innovation... Read now: https://bmcknz.ie/4pkU57U
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We’re thrilled to welcome Sebastian Mailei as Transfer Pricing Partner in our London Tax team! Learn more: https://bmcknz.ie/4pjwFQf Edward Poulton, London Managing Partner: “It gives me great pleasure to be announcing Seb’s hire into our London office. His deep client relationships, and expertise across established and emerging industries like renewables and technology will be a tremendous asset to our team.” Jessica Eden, Head of Tax in London: “Seb’s stellar experience in transfer pricing for insurance and reinsurance clients is the perfect complement to our top tier tax practice.” We're excited to have you on board, Seb!
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What does ‘deal certainty’ really mean in today’s M&A landscape? For Laura Estrada Vasquez, it’s about predictability in an unpredictable world – and why involving the right experts matters. Read more in our latest article with Custom Content from WSJ: https://bmcknz.ie/4oFmENg
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In the EU, recent developments are bolstering the regulation of green claims. What does this mean for luxury brands? Explore now in the Green Claims Guide, developed in collaboration with Positive Luxury: https://bmcknz.ie/43A8HI7
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Our leading global Investigations, Compliance and Ethics Team is proud to have ranked 9th in the GIR 100 2025, climbing four spots from last year! Read more: https://bmcknz.ie/44fbqXv The GIR 100 is an annual guide spotlighting the world’s top investigations practices based on market research and proven expertise in cross-border matters. This achievement highlights our commitment to helping clients navigate complex global investigations with confidence. Congratulations to our incredible team for this outstanding achievement!
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