Clients come to Baker McKenzie LLP for its ‘exceptional negotiation skills’, where the firm’s roster of clients include large multinationals and private equity fund sponsors. Benefiting from its global footprint of offices, the M&A department handles complex cross-border deals, including divestitures and spin-offs, and has experience on both the buy- and sell-side of transactions. The offering is jointly led by New York-based Alan Zoccolillo, who is proficient in the structuring and negotiation of high value M&A, and Chicago’s Michael DeFranco covers global transactions and securities law compliance. David Malliband and Olivia Tyrrell, also in Chicago, are well-versed in cross-border mandates and joint ventures, strategic alliances, and carve-outs, respectively. In Palo Alto, Leif King focuses on private equity investments, while San Francisco-based Derek Liu represents strategic acquirers and venture-backed start-ups in various deals.
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Testimonials
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- 'Deep M&A experience, exceptional negotiation skills, very practical, and available at all times.'
- 'The firm has an excellent reputation and will do what needs to be done to complete the transaction.'
Key clients
- Physicians Realty Trust
- Intel Corporation
- Iberdrola
- Newly Wed Foods, Inc.
- Baxter International Inc.
- Marel
- Olink Holding AB
- Cummins, Inc.
- H.Lundbeck A/S
- Trimble
Work highlights
Acted as counsel to Physicians Realty Trust in its agreement with Healthpeak Properties, Inc, an all-stock merger of equals valued at approximately $21bn.
Advising Intel Corporation on the sale of its NAND memory business and Dalian, to SK Hynix for a total of $9bn.
Advised Iberdrola on the sale of 55% of its business in Mexico for approximately $6.2bn.
Lawyers
Practice head
Alan Zoccolillo; Michael DeFranco
Other key lawyers
David Malliband; Olivia Tyrrell; Leif King; Derek Liu; Piotr Korzynski; William Rowe