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Legal Project Management - Global-wide
What the Team is Known For
Baker McKenzie's legal project managers work alongside the firm's lawyers to administer large, complex, process-intensive, multi-jurisdictional legal matters. Their responsibilities include developing project plans, managing timelines and budgets, coordinating resources across jurisdictions, and establishing tracking, reporting and governance procedures. The team has an established track record of supporting major clients in restructuring, group reorganisations, M&A transactions, compliance and risk management projects.
Strengths
Baker McKenzie's project managers keep track of all the loose ends. They take a heap out of my workload so I can focus on the bigger picture and the key elements.
Baker McKenzie is extremely knowledgeable and responsive. Their project management is hands-down the most organised I have seen.
The Baker McKenzie team is very professional, highly organised and has fantastic large project management resources.
Baker McKenzie provides fantastic global support. It has strong depth and breadth of expertise.
Work Highlights
Baker McKenzie's LPM team supported Expedia on its restructuring project spanning 20 jurisdictions and involving 29 legal entities.
Notable practitioners
Kevin O’Sullivan, global head of legal project management, and Irene Ivanova, lead for legal project management in the Americas, are key contacts.