Established in 1974, international law firm Baker McKenzie’s Hong Kong office boasts a team of over 150 lawyers under the leadership of managing partner Steven Sieker. It is also worth mentioning that Baker’s French Desk in Hong Kong is staffed by French lawyers, French-speaking lawyers, and lawyers who regularly work with French-speaking clients across the Baker McKenzie platform. 

Highlights

The firm’s Hong Kong office is best known for its real estate funds work and boasts strong retail funds, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, as well as banking and finance offerings.

In the past year, the firm’s PE team has remained active advising sponsors, pension and sovereign wealth funds and their portfolio companies on some of the most complex, cross-border investment, divestment and other transactions. Recent highlights including represented EQT in a successful sale and advised Subway on its master franchise agreement to expand presence in Mainland China.

Key Clients

Key clients of the firm include Bain Capital, EQT, Gaw Capital Partners, M3 Capital Partners, and Vitruvian Partners.