Wake Up Call: Baker Botts to Close Last Office in Asia

December 6, 2021, 1:33 PM UTC

In today’s column, one of Nigeria’s biggest firms grabbed three Big Law attorneys to open in London; two Biden nominees for U.S. attorney, both Big Law attorneys, disclosed their recent compensation at their firms; and Baker McKenzie stepped into the associate pay war in Germany.

  • Leading off, Baker Botts is closing its Hong Kong office at year’s end, with its last partner in the city, Russell Wilkinson, headed for DLA Piper, according to reports. Houston-based Baker Botts closed its Beijing office last year, not long after another Texas firm, Vinson & Elkins, left the city. (Global Legal Post ...

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