Baker McKenzie Announces 59 New Partner Promotions Effective July 2025
The global law firm Baker McKenzie has announced the promotion of 59 lawyers to partner, effective 1 July 2025, across its international offices—excluding North America and select Latin American jurisdictions, where partner elevations took effect earlier this calendar year.
With an additional 48 lateral partners joining the firm this financial year, Baker McKenzie has added a total of 107 new partners globally since 1 July 2024.
The Transactional practices saw the largest number of internal promotions, followed by Dispute Resolution and Tax. Significantly, 47% of the new partner class are women, furthering the firm’s commitment to gender diversity in leadership.
Commenting on the milestone, Milton Cheng, Global Chair of Baker McKenzie, said:
“More than ever this year, it is an honor to announce our promotions to partner. I extend my sincere congratulations to this exceptionally talented group of lawyers who will help us continue to build on our strengths as a global Firm in a broad range of locations, practices, and sectors. Their unwavering dedication to client service and excellence will be key in driving our Firm’s success and we look forward to their many more contributions in the years to come.”
The newly promoted partners span a wide array of jurisdictions and practice areas, including:
- Antitrust & Competition: Olivia Chriqui-Guiot (Paris), Ashley Eickhof (Washington D.C.)
- Banking & Finance: Mostafa Lotayef (Cairo), Matthew Smith (New York), Bhalarp Vallayapet (Bangkok), Sarah Williams (London)
- Capital Markets: Julaphan Nimkarn, Nathathai Israngura Na Ayudhya (both Bangkok), Tom Quincey (London)
- Data, Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity: Serene Kan (Kuala Lumpur)
- Dispute Resolution: Malgorzata Bakula (Warsaw), Teerapat Chanpiwat, Sirivat Jiruttikansakul (both Bangkok), Courtney Giles (Houston), Richard Molesworth (London), Brendan O’Grady (Toronto), Sebastian Quintero (Bogotá)
- Employment & Compensation: Jeffrey Bauman (San Francisco), Matthew Berridge (London), Sabrina Bodson (Luxembourg), JT Charron (Chicago), Agnes Herwig (Frankfurt), Zhao Yang Ng (Singapore), Adeola Olowude (Washington D.C.), Gillian Parnell (London), Anna van Bracht (Amsterdam)
- Energy & Infrastructure: Ryan Alho (Johannesburg), Tom Chou (Taipei)
- International Commercial & Trade: Sven Bates (London), Elisabet Cots (Barcelona), Fabian Navares-Aguilera (Guadalajara), Brenton Stewart (Dallas)
- Investigations, Compliance & Ethics: Maria Piontkovska (Los Angeles)
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Diana Bellido Gomes (Geneva), Byron Frost (Tokyo), Alexander Gee (London), Sirapob Heammakorn, Natsuda Jirapak (both Bangkok), Joe Lance (Chicago), Thi Thanh Le (Ho Chi Minh), Arne Naert (Brussels), Denise Ozmis (Amsterdam), Tanya Seitz (Johannesburg), Jonathan Susko, Jieun Tak (both New York), Jesús Villegas (Venezuela), Adhika Wiyoso (Jakarta)
- Private Equity: John Coleman (Sydney)
- Real Estate: Gabriela Saucedo-Garza (Monterrey)
- Restructuring & Insolvency: Slavomír Slávik (Prague)
- Tax: Davide Chiesa (Milan), David Gong (Chicago), Christine Kim (Washington D.C.), Rabea Pape-Lingier (Dusseldorf), Davinia Rogel (Barcelona), Jeremiah Soh (Singapore), Lizette Tellez-De la Vega (Mexico City), Samuel Tourot (Paris), Elaine Wilkins (New York)
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