Baker & McKenzie tops among tax law firms in United States.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1994--Baker & McKenzie, the world's largest and most international law firm, was named one of the top law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new survey of tax specialists. The survey, conducted by the International Tax Review, noted that the "results across the U.S. are dominated by the big six accountancy firms ... and law firm Baker & McKenzie." The survey encompassed more than 600 in-house tax specialists at top U.S. multinational corporations
Baker & McKenzie's West Coast practice, with offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif., ranked first among all tax advisors in the region, including accounting firms. Baker & McKenzie topped Ernst & Young, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Peat Marwick, Price Waterhouse, and Arthur Andersen in the top-10 overall rankings. "We were very pleased by the results," commented Robert T. Yahng, managing partner of the two offices. "We face stiff and formidable talent among the Big 6 accounting firms, but I believe our international experience and reach, built over many years, was key to our number-one ranking." John Peterson and Maurice Emmer, partners in the Palo Alto office, were named as two of the top four individual tax advisors in the West. Baker & McKenzie's international network spans 53 offices in 32 countries. In specialized areas, the firm ranked among the top for its expertise in cross-border transactions, taking first place in both the West and the East. In the Midwest, the firm ranked second in cross-border and joint venture work, and fourth in asset finance and project finance, respectively. The survey found that overall, law firms, not accounting firms, are more highly regarded in the mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, project finance, joint ventures and asset finance specialist areas. Yahng noted that Baker & McKenzie has 75 attorneys in its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Tax Practice Group, including 18 who are based on the West Coast. Copies of the International Tax Review article on the survey are available upon request. CONTACT: Baker & McKenzie
Robert Yahng, 415/576-3035
MacKenzie Communications
William Strawn, 415/433-8200
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