Baker & McKenzie LLP
10/02/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/02/2025 09:50
Baker McKenzie earns 66 practice area and 107 individual rankings in The Legal 500 UK 2026
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has received 66 practice area and 107 lawyer rankings in the recently published 2026 edition of The Legal 500 UK.
Practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are:
• Corporate and Commercial: Customs and Excise
• Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition: Trade, WTO Anti-dumping, Customs, and Sanctions
• Corporate and Commercial: International Business Reorganisations
• Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
• Crime, Fraud and Licensing: Fraud: Civil
• Employment: Employers
• Industry Focus: Emerging Markets
• Industry Focus: TMT
• Insurance: Product Liability: Defendant
• Private Client: Contentious Trusts and Probate
• Risk Advisory: Corporate Governance
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): IT and Telecoms
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Digital Content & Social
Among the Firm's 107 individual rankings, it had new rankings for the following lawyers:
Corporate and Commercial: International Business Reorganisations
• Rakesh Rathod - Next Generation Partner
• Christina Khoo - Leading Associate
Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
• Kathryn Sewell - Leading Associate
Employment: Employers
• Julia Wilson - Leading Partner
Employment: Immigration: Business
• Tony Haque - Leading Associate
Finance: Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
• Kevin Heverin - Next Generation Partner
Industry Focus: Life Sciences and Healthcare
• Jane Hobson - Leading Partner
• Phelim O'Doherty - Leading Partner
• Patrick Edwards - Leading Associate
Retail and Consumer
• Helen Johnson - Leading Partner*
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Funds
• Nick Benson - Leading Partner*
Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing: Corporate and M&A
• Lesley-Anne Wilson - Leading Associate
Risk Advisory: Corporate Governance
• Tom Quincey - Next Generation Partner
Risk Advisory: Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
• Vinod Bange - Leading Partner
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): IT and Telecoms
• Carinne Kamdar - Leading Associate
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams and areas of specialisation.
*Ranking transferred over from previous firm
Practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are:
• Corporate and Commercial: Customs and Excise
• Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition: Trade, WTO Anti-dumping, Customs, and Sanctions
• Corporate and Commercial: International Business Reorganisations
• Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
• Crime, Fraud and Licensing: Fraud: Civil
• Employment: Employers
• Industry Focus: Emerging Markets
• Industry Focus: TMT
• Insurance: Product Liability: Defendant
• Private Client: Contentious Trusts and Probate
• Risk Advisory: Corporate Governance
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): IT and Telecoms
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Digital Content & Social
Among the Firm's 107 individual rankings, it had new rankings for the following lawyers:
Corporate and Commercial: International Business Reorganisations
• Rakesh Rathod - Next Generation Partner
• Christina Khoo - Leading Associate
Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
• Kathryn Sewell - Leading Associate
Employment: Employers
• Julia Wilson - Leading Partner
Employment: Immigration: Business
• Tony Haque - Leading Associate
Finance: Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
• Kevin Heverin - Next Generation Partner
Industry Focus: Life Sciences and Healthcare
• Jane Hobson - Leading Partner
• Phelim O'Doherty - Leading Partner
• Patrick Edwards - Leading Associate
Retail and Consumer
• Helen Johnson - Leading Partner*
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Funds
• Nick Benson - Leading Partner*
Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing: Corporate and M&A
• Lesley-Anne Wilson - Leading Associate
Risk Advisory: Corporate Governance
• Tom Quincey - Next Generation Partner
Risk Advisory: Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
• Vinod Bange - Leading Partner
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): IT and Telecoms
• Carinne Kamdar - Leading Associate
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams and areas of specialisation.
*Ranking transferred over from previous firm
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