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Baker Botts L.L.P.

Asia-Pacific Guide 2024

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Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Provided by Baker Botts L.L.P.
Asia-Pacific

Managing Partner: Danny David

Number of partners worldwide: 252

Number of other lawyers worldwide: 410

Total number of lawyers worldwide: 662

Languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese


Firm Overview

Baker Botts is a leading international law firm recognized for its service to clients across three key business sectors — energy, technology and life sciences — and throughout 11 offices located in Asia, the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Dating back to 1840, Baker Botts lawyers have worked on complex legal issues, including energy projects, intellectual property disputes, litigation, corporate transactions, environmental compliance challenges and tax disputes. The firm has worked on behalf of clients in more than 182 countries.


International Work

Singapore:

Acting as an Asia-Pacific hub for the firm’s energy, infrastructure and project finance capabilities, and working closely with our colleagues in the U.S., London and the Middle East, our Singapore office is a center for cross-office collaboration, providing premier legal solutions for clients on their most critical opportunities and challenges in Asia and beyond. Singapore is an important shipping and commodities trading hub, and a center for LNG, oil and gas and power. The broader region also presents significant opportunities for the development of hydrogen and CCUS projects, as well as renewables and other energy transition initiatives. In addition, there are very significant regional requirements for infrastructure investment, including in transportation and logistics, as well as new digital infrastructure, sectors in which Baker Botts has deep experience


Middle East:

The team in the Middle East represent clients in multiple and diverse industry segments, including energy and natural resources, finance, technology and telecommunications, defense and national security, construction and engineering, real estate, manufacturing and healthcare. Baker Botts’ broad base of experience includes transactional work, project development and finance and international arbitration and dispute resolution. The firm has offices in Dubai and Riyadh and a long history of advising clients in the region.


Brussels:

The Brussels office covers the full spectrum of antitrust matters including securing EU, U.S., U.K., and international merger approvals for transactions; and handling competition litigation including numerous complex class actions, and suspected cartel and abuse of dominance investigations (representing defendants and complainants). Each of the partners in the office has more than two decades of experience in these areas having been involved in cutting-edge, high stakes cases. The firm’s Brussels lawyers are a multi-lingual team of lawyers qualified in a number of EU jurisdictions with experience in handling matters at a national and international level.


London:

The London office has one of the largest dedicated oil and gas and energy practices in the UK. The office additionally represents clients in industries including technology, media, telecoms, petrochemicals, life sciences and financial services. It plays a pivotal role in the firm’s international activity, serving clients in the UK, continental Europe and beyond, and has advised on matters in over 120 countries worldwide. The London office is deeply entrenched in transactional work in all its forms, from M&A, to joint ventures, to advice on capital markets, as well as having a thriving disputes practice encompassing litigation, international arbitration and mediation.


Clients

Baker Botts is legal and business counsel to many of the world’s leading companies, with a particular focus on energy, technology and life sciences. The firm’s clients include private and public companies, banks, insurance companies, investment banking and venture capital firms, non-profit organizations, individuals, estates, partnerships and government agencies. Its lawyers work with clients in almost every area of the law, including international and domestic corporate and financial matters, corporate governance, international arbitration, antitrust, technology, intellectual property, business litigation, appellate matters, white-collar criminal defense, government contracts, federal and state legislative matters, energy and oil and gas matters, real estate, administrative and regulatory matters involving energy, environmental and international trade.

Ranked Offices

Provided by Baker Botts L.L.P.

USA - Head office
Singapore
  • Singapore
    8 Marina View Asia Square Tower 1 Level 43-01 , Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 018960
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Baker Botts L.L.P. rankings

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Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
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Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
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Projects & Energy (International Firms)
2 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Daniel Reinbott
Daniel Reinbott
Singapore expertise based abroad
Andrew Roche
Andrew Roche
Singapore expertise based abroad
Singapore
Energy & Natural Resources: International
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3 Ranked Lawyers
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Energy & Natural Resources: International
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Energy & Natural Resources: International
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Band 2
Lawyers
Daniel Reinbott
1
Daniel Reinbott
1
Band 1
Michael Harrison
2
Michael Harrison
2
Band 2
Jessica Ham
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Jessica Ham
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Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison
Spotlight
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Daniel Reinbott
Daniel Reinbott
Spotlight
Projects & Infrastructure: International
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
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Projects & Infrastructure: International
4
Projects & Infrastructure: International
4
Band 4
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Andrew Roche
2
Andrew Roche
2
Band 2
Richard R Guit
4
Richard R Guit
4
Band 4