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Baker & McKenzie LLP
Founded in 1949, Baker & McKenzie is one of the largest law firms in the world with more than 3,750 lawyers and over 5,700 professional staff in 69 offices in 41 countries. The Firm advises local and international businesses on a wide variety of legal matters. The Firm’s practice specialties include: Antitrust & Competition; Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Energy/Mining/Infrastructure; Environment/Climate Change; Intellectual Property; IT/Communications; Labor, Benefits, Compensation, and Immigration; Private Equity; Real Estate; Restructuring & Insolvency; and Securities & Tax.
Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Law Practice
Baker & McKenzie has more than 450 lawyers throughout the world who specialize in providing comprehensive employment, labor, compensation, benefits, pensions and immigration representation and advice to businesses. The Firm’s labor and employment group is one of only two firms in the world to receive the highest possible global rating from Chambers, the prestigious directory of the legal profession. It is the only firm with Chambers Band 1 ratings for both global employment and global immigration.
In the United States, Baker & McKenzie has more than 100 lawyers across 9 offices who specialize in representing businesses in all matters relating to compensation, benefits, labor, employment and immigration. We are among the 10 firms U.S. general counsel list most often as “go-to” advisors. Our U.S. practitioners are top-ranked in Chambers and Best Lawyers in America, among others.
Our employment practice includes:
Employment Policies, Practices and Procedures. Baker & McKenzie lawyers help companies in the United States effectively manage employment risks by ensuring employment policies and practices comply with federal and state laws and address common pitfalls. Our lawyers regularly assist clients in developing and drafting personnel policies and employee handbooks, affirmative action plans, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, employee evaluation systems, restrictive covenants and proprietary information and inventions agreements. Our lawyers also conduct compliance audits of employment policies and practices used to recruit, hire, promote, train, retain and compensate employees to identify areas of potential liability and proactively head off government investigations and litigation.
Employment Law Counseling and Advice. Our lawyers advise employers with operations in each of the 50 states on the federal, state and local laws and regulations that govern the employer/employee relationship. Our lawyers provide counseling on all issues arising during the pre-hire, hire, management, termination and post-termination phases of employment including: employee contract documents; independent contractor/consulting agreements; leaves of absence; protection of confidential information and trade secrets; data privacy; wage and hour, bonus, commission and other compensation plans; discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters; workplace safety; and discipline and termination.
Employment-Related Litigation. Our lawyers represent businesses in the U.S. in the defense of single, multi-plaintiff and class and collective action litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Our lawyers advise clients on a wide range of employment claims, including wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, equal pay, whistleblower, privacy, protection of intellectual property, wrongful termination, ERISA and breach of contract claims. Our employment litigators have a strong record of prevailing on summary judgment and defeating class litigation. We also have successfully tried cases on the merits and, when appropriate, negotiate advantageous, early settlements, and participate in pre-litigation negotiation and dispute resolution. Our lawyers also represent and defend clients in investigations, audits and proceedings before federal agencies, including the EEOC, DOL, OSHA, and OFCCP, and similar state agencies.
Labor Law Counseling and Advice. Our lawyers advise businesses on all issues related to compliance with U.S. labor laws. Our lawyers conduct bargaining unit analyses and vulnerability assessments, develop and implement comprehensive positive employee relations programs, draft employee handbooks and HR policies and provide training. Our lawyers also represent employers in legal proceedings involving union campaigns and elections, corporate campaigns, strikes and picketing, collective bargaining, grievances and arbitration, and labor issues that arise out of mergers and acquisitions, successorship, and business or plant shutdowns. Our lawyers also have the unique ability to help clients identify labor relations trends across multiple jurisdictions and countries so they can respond to labor organizations with a global agenda.
NLRB and Court Litigation. Baker & McKenzie lawyers defend companies against unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB, in the federal courts and before state agencies. We also prosecute unfair labor practice charges against unions and represent clients before the NLRB on matters involving jurisdictional disputes, decertification cases and unit clarification proceedings. Our lawyers regularly appear in federal and state courts on behalf of companies seeking injunctions against unlawful picketing, boycotts, and strikes and they litigate claims under Sections 301 and 303 of the LMRA, appeals from arbitration awards, and appeals from NLRB decisions.
Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate Restructurings. Baker & McKenzie lawyers conduct due diligence and advise clients on all employment-related issues raised by cross-border deals and business transactions in the U.S., including post-acquisition issues; compliance with the National Labor Relations Act; employee transfer methods; coordination of terms and conditions; benefit transfers; immigration issues; and non-compete agreements.
Workplace Compliance. Baker & McKenzie lawyers are uniquely situated and regularly advise companies with operations not only in the U.S. but also in jurisdictions outside the U.S. with regard to internal workplace investigations relating to SOX, FCPA, False Claim, Alien Tort Claim and other workplace misconduct allegations. We regularly defend clients against administrative and court retaliation claims. Our lawyers also advise on supply chain codes and audits, whistleblower hotlines, codes of conduct and ethics, deemed export rules, and other compliance issues.
Privacy and Data Protection. Baker & McKenzie lawyers advise companies on privacy and data protection issues arising in both the U.S. and also cross-borders, including due diligence data privacy, record retention requirements, cross-border document productions, applicant background checks/screening, e-monitoring and workplace security breaches.
Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, Pensions and Global Equity. Baker & McKenzie lawyers design, implement and administer all types of employee benefits and executive compensation programs, including deferred compensation and other incentive variable renumeration and profit sharing plans. Our lawyers also design, implement and maintain equity-based compensation programs, including stock option plans, stock purchase plans, restricted stock/unit plans and stock appreciation rights plans for employees, consultants and directors. Our firm is a recognized world leader in designing global equity programs and has helped businesses plan and implement equity strategies across more than 130 countries.
Global Immigration & Mobility. Baker & McKenzie lawyers facilitate global management of immigration and mobility compliance, including advising businesses on expatriate assignments and third country national hires in locations around the world. Our lawyers provide comprehensive advice and counseling relating to work and residency permits, employment agreements, social security requirements and benefit packages and tax equalization plans. Our lawyers regularly advise on negotiations for individual and group relocations and modification of working conditions.
Training and Client Resources. Baker & McKenzie lawyers understand that even the best policies and practices only work if managers and employees understand their roles and responsibilities for labor and employment compliance. Our lawyers help clients stay on top of U.S. legal developments and minimize employment disputes by providing training programs and regular complimentary office seminars and webinars on a broad range of labor, employment, immigration and benefits issues. Our lawyers also produce the highest quality newsletters and alerts to help keep clients informed about legal developments.
Offices of Baker & McKenzie. The Firm has the following 69 offices in 41 countries:
United States and Canada: Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Miami; New York; Palo Alto; San Diego; San Francisco; Toronto; and Washington, D.C.
Latin America: Bogota; Brasilia; Buenos Aires; Caracas; Guadalajara; Juarez; Mexico City; Monterrey; Porto Alegre; Rio de Janeiro; Santiago; Sao Paulo; Tijuana; and Valencia
Europe/Middle East/Africa: Abu Dhabi; Almaty; Amsterdam; Antwerp; Bahrain; Baku; Barcelona; Berlin; Brussels; Budapest; Cairo; Doha; Dusseldorf; Frankfurt; Geneva; Kyiv; London; Luxembourg; Madrid; Milan; Moscow; Munich; Paris; Prague; Riyadh; Rome; Stockholm; St. Petersburg; Vienna; Warsaw; and Zurich
Asia Pacific: Bangkok; Beijing; Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh City; Hong Kong; Jakarta; Kuala Lumpur; Manila; Melbourne; Shanghai; Singapore; Sydney; Taipei; and Tokyo
The Firm also provides full services to clients in emergingmarkets where it does not have offices, including India, Africa, Central America and Central Europe. In those jurisdictions, the Firm works with carefully selected local firms, leveraging our global knowledge and capabilities.
