Named Best Firm in Asia Pacific third year in a row in PLC Which lawyer? Awards 2007

Chicago, April 12, 2007 – Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that it ranked no. 1 in PLC Which lawyer? Top 20 Firms for the fourth consecutive year. The Firm also received a regional award in the PLC Which lawyer? Awards 2007: Best Firm in Asia Pacific for the third consecutive year. The Firm was runner-up for Best Firm in Latin America.

PLC Which lawyer? attributed Baker & McKenzie’s overall success to its “sheer number of recommended offices and practices around the world.” In Asia Pacific, Baker & McKenzie was characterized as a “reputable firm with various legal scope of expertise” and having “good knowledge of local culture, good perception of non-local requirements.”

The PLC Which lawyer? Top 20 Firms rankings are based on research compiled for the twelfth edition of the PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook. Firms are ranked in the core corporate and commercial practice areas across more than 90 jurisdictions based on surveys of general counsel and clients, and interviews with private practitioners.

The PLC Which lawyer? Awards recipients were determined by in-house counsel from around the world, who voted for their favorite legal advisors in six regional categories (North America, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Asia Pacific) in addition to International Law Firm of the Year. The 2007 award winners and Top 20 firms of 2007 are featured in the April – June issue of PLC Cross-border Quarterly.