Baker Botts L.L.P.

Managing Partner: Danny David

Number of partners worldwide: Approximately 260

Number of other lawyers worldwide: Approximately 410

Total number of lawyers worldwide: Approximately 670

Firm Overview:

Baker Botts is a leading international law firm recognized for its exceptional service to clients across three core industries— energy, technology, and life sciences. With a global presence spanning 12 offices located in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the firm brings deep experience to high-stakes legal challenges. Since 1840, Baker Botts has worked on complex legal issues, including energy projects, antitrust, intellectual property, litigation, corporate transactions, environmental compliance challenges, and tax disputes. The firm has worked on behalf of clients in more than 100 countries, and routinely provides counsel on matters that have a local, regional, and global impact.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate Department:

Corporate lawyers handle complex matters, advising clients on a broad range of corporate, securities and financing matters, including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt for both issuers and underwriters or placement agents. In addition, the firm’s corporate lawyers have extensive experience in private equity and venture capital fund transactions and specialized financing in domestic and international markets.

Global Projects Department:

The Global Projects practice focuses on the development of large-scale energy and infrastructure projects around the world, as well as the many complementary functions often associated with such projects, whether in development or operational stages. The Global Projects Group brings extensive experience across all phases of project lifecycles, ensuring comprehensive support for complex initiatives.

Intellectual Property Department:

The firm offers a national and international practice including patent litigation, patent procurement, patent licensing and due diligence. Other areas of practice include strategic IP counseling, trademark acquisition, trademark and copyright litigation, franchise and distribution, and other intellectual property transactions. Leveraging deep technical knowledge and industry insight, the firm helps clients protect and advance their business objectives in technology-driven environments.

Litigation Department:

Baker Botts’ litigators handle a broad range of disputes spanning commercial, securities, professional liability, product liability, patent, white-collar, antitrust, international arbitration, as well as environmental and energy litigation. The firm’s litigators are seasoned advocates, achieving significant victories in high-profile and precedent-setting cases. With one of the largest and most diverse environmental practices in the legal industry, our lawyers excel in courtrooms across the United States and internationally, resolving clients' legal challenges across a wide array of industries.

Tax Department:

Comprised of four sections, including income tax, state tax, employee benefits and executive compensation, and private client services, the tax department provides advice to clients across the spectrum of business activities and investments. Lawyers develop plans and structures to achieve clients’ objectives while minimizing the impact of federal, state, and international taxes. The Firm also includes a strong employee benefits and executive compensation group, along with advisory services for individuals, families, and entrepreneurs on wealth transfer and succession planning.