Baker McKenzie Chair on the Global Legal Economies

To keep our finger on the pulse of the global legal economy, Big Law Business checked in this week with Paul Rawlinson, the chair of Baker McKenzie, whose firm just announced its financial results from fiscal year 2017.

Notwithstanding world events that fueled uncertainty — such as Brexit and the election of President Trump — Rawlinson said the firm’s business remained on-the-up, at least in part because of cross-border legal work.

“We obviously saw some IPO deals that were put on hold because of Brexit and a certain amount of M&A activity didn’t take place, but it was more than compensated for ...