Baker Mckenzie Legal Advisors
As part of our social responsibility efforts in North America, we offer our Diversity Scholarship to minority applicants. This program reinforces our commitment to recruiting, retaining and developing talented lawyers who help foster diversity within the firm and the legal community. Legal Advisors` long-standing collaboration with leading international law firm Baker McKenzie allows us to offer a comprehensive service offering that supports all types of cross-border transactions such as multinational mergers and acquisitions, international finance and complex multi-jurisdictional litigation. Legal Advisors provides international clients with the appropriate advice and support to navigate the Saudi legal system and assist local clients in international transactions in coordination with relevant Baker McKenzie offices or affiliates worldwide. Abdulaziz I. Alajlan & Partners is a Saudi law firm founded in July 1998 with staff to provide clients with expertise in a variety of legal matters, including: We also advised Baxter on the international aspects of the spin-off of its $6 billion biopharmaceutical division and represented 44 Swiss banks negotiating with the US Department of Justice, to avoid allegations of tax evasion – a project that was considered one of American Lawyer`s top “global litigation of the year” in 2015. The quality of our work is reflected in the number of national and multinational companies that seek our advice as they grow and conduct their business, as well as in the recognition we receive in the legal sector. Legal counsel Abdulaziz Alajlan & Partners, in collaboration with Baker & McKenzie Limited, advised the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a landmark agreement signed with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for an indefinite subordinate instrument of SAR 167.92 billion ($44.78 billion). As the leading cross-border law firm in the United States, our more than 700 lawyers represent clients in some of the world`s largest legal matters. Our successes include the unprecedented victory in the U.S. Financial Court for chipmaker Altera Corp. in a 15-0 decision that not only eliminated part of an IRS cost-sharing order and saved millions of dollars in taxes, but also set a new standard for IRS rule-making.
Barclays and Carnegie acted as joint global coordinators and bookrunners. Baker McKenzie acted as legal counsel to Barclays and Carnegie in an international capital markets team consisting of Joakim Falkner and Johanna Flink of Stockholm, James Thompson, Luke Hackett and Reema AlSalem in London in English law, and Adam Farlow and Charles Farnsworth in London in US law. Our North American offices demonstrate a successful combination of local and international experience, providing clients with the legal knowledge and practical business advice they need to overcome challenges and achieve their business goals. As a market leader in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, litigation, employment, intellectual property, tax and international trade, we help our clients succeed in an increasingly complex global marketplace. Our U.S. offices combine local experience with international reach to provide clients with world-class legal advice. Regularly recognized for the quality of our work and our commitment to providing our clients with the practical advice they are looking for, we provide local and global advice in the following areas: candidates must meet the academic and hiring criteria of Baker McKenzie`s associated summer programs in the United States and Toronto, receive a summer job offer for their second summer year and be part of the population, who was historically under-represented in the legal profession. Recipients will receive $10,000 and a paid summer employee position at the end of the second year of law school. We have dedicated North American Directors of Pro Bono and Community Service and Diversity and Inclusion who coordinate our efforts to provide world-class legal services to the underserved and foster an inclusive environment where everyone can succeed professionally. Our Experts in North America work in Canada and the United States and are involved in various CSR initiatives, including: Legal Advisors has fully staffed offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, and its corporate, commercial, banking and financial practices are consistently recognized as a top level by leading legal directories, and our teams include high-level leaders in their own areas of expertise.