In October, Baker McKenzie entered into a joint venture with Korean law firm KL Partners in a show of the firm’s commitment to grow in Asia at a time when some other international firms were shrinking their footprints. The JV will be jointly run by Bakers’ Jae-Hyon Ahn and KL’s Beomsu Kim, who tell ALB how this will benefit clients in both Korea and overseas.

Baker McKenzie has grown its financing and infrastructure offering with the hire of Jae-Hyon Ahn as a partner in Seoul from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s Tokyo office, where he was an of counsel.