Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
USA Guide 2024 : New York
Band 4
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Provided by Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie's New York Corporate / M&A practice advises public and private companies, with a focus in the pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, specialty chemicals/building products, financials, energy, media and telecommunications industries. Our clients range from small-cap emerging growth private companies and venture capital funds to top global private equity funds, public companies and their investment bankers. These deals range from small, private domestic acquisitions to multi-billion dollar, complex cross-border transactions. We are an acknowledged leader, particularly on cross-border transactions, and our practice is helping our clients rethink their growth strategies and extract greater value from their transactions. This full-service capability is rare for transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions and sets us apart from other global law firms.
For nearly 70 years, we have guided clients on the buy-side and sell-side of complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. Over the past decade, we completed more cross-border transactions than any other firm in the world. Not only do we offer a unique combination of local expertise with an experienced team of global deal lawyers, but we are fully integrated and truly know one another—the key to a seamless multi-jurisdictional transaction. We invested in and refined our processes to drive efficiencies and provide the highest standards and deal practices, enabling us to execute deals with more precision than our competitors.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie has an esteemed corporate group with pronounced capabilities in handling transactions with significant cross-border elements. Its lawyers act for a broad client base of public and private companies in deals spanning a great many sectors, including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and media.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie advised Johnson & Johnson on the $50 billion spin-off of Kenvue, its consumer products business.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm is excellent in every aspect. The team is competent, great at communicating, and very thorough. Its absolute strength, however, is how it collaborates between global offices."
"The team is good at breaking down complex matters and simplifying issues."
"The firm has many specialists across all disciplines and partners pull in their colleagues to ensure the best service for their clients."
"The firm is excellent in every aspect. The team is competent, great at communicating, and very thorough. Its absolute strength, however, is how it collaborates between global offices."
"The team is good at breaking down complex matters and simplifying issues."
"The firm has many specialists across all disciplines and partners pull in their colleagues to ensure the best service for their clients."
Notable Practitioners
Alan Zoccolillo offers clients deep expertise in complex international transactions. He's active in the life sciences, professional services and industrials sectors.
"Alan provides the best service that I've experienced in my career. That, along with his pragmatism and commercial awareness, makes him my go-to lawyer on commercial deals."
Ranked Lawyers at
Baker McKenzie
New York
Members
Provided by Baker McKenzie
Airi Hammalov
Alan Zoccolilli
Head of Department
Mark Mandel
Michelle Heisner
Steven Canner