Baker & McKenzie LLP
09/01/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/01/2025 04:34
Baker McKenzie Expands Transactional team with Hire of Helen Johnson in London
Leading global law firm, Baker McKenzie, has hired Helen Johnson as a partner in its M&A team in London, further strengthening the Firm's global transactional expertise and capabilities.
Helen joins Baker McKenzie from CMS, where she heads up the firm's Retail Practice and has strong and broad transactional expertise, advising both corporates and financial sponsors. In addition to the Retail sector, Helen is active in financial services, insurance and technology, and has good experience working with Japanese clients looking for outward investments and acquisitions in the UK and Europe.
Baker McKenzie's London Head of M&A, David Scott, commented: "I'm thrilled to be welcoming Helen to the Firm and our Transactional practice. While Helen has broad experience and expertise, her deep partnering with clients in the retail sector in particular will be a perfect fit for our market-leading Consumer Transactional practice. Her arrival further supports our Transactional growth strategy in London and globally."
The Firm's London Managing Partner, Ed Poulton, added: "Our London office is in a period of strategic acceleration and our Transactional practices are playing a key role in our growth story in the City. Helen's fantastic experience and credentials means she is well positioned to help drive the further development of our cross-border Transactional practice and support our clients on their most complex transactions. I look forward to welcoming Helen to the Firm."
Helen joins the Firm later in the year and will be based in its London office.
Baker McKenzie continues to accelerate aggressively its lateral growth strategy to add senior talent to its transactional bench. Most recently, this has included Tamás Szkiba (Budapest), Jenny Liu (New York), Mark Thompson (London), Nick Benson (London), Todd Beauchamp and Charles Weinstein (Washington, DC), Kevin Heverin (London), Jan Schubert (Frankfurt), Alexander Stathopolous (Singapore), Michal Berkner (London), Miju Damodar (New York) and James Wyatt (London).
With more than 2,700 deal practitioners in 45 jurisdictions, Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse. The Firm excels in complex, cross-border transactions; over 65% of our deals are multi-jurisdictional. Baker McKenzie has been consistently recognized as a top-three firm for cross-border M&A by volume over the past decade. The teams are a hybrid of 'local' and 'global,' combining money-market sophistication with local excellence.
Helen joins Baker McKenzie from CMS, where she heads up the firm's Retail Practice and has strong and broad transactional expertise, advising both corporates and financial sponsors. In addition to the Retail sector, Helen is active in financial services, insurance and technology, and has good experience working with Japanese clients looking for outward investments and acquisitions in the UK and Europe.
Baker McKenzie's London Head of M&A, David Scott, commented: "I'm thrilled to be welcoming Helen to the Firm and our Transactional practice. While Helen has broad experience and expertise, her deep partnering with clients in the retail sector in particular will be a perfect fit for our market-leading Consumer Transactional practice. Her arrival further supports our Transactional growth strategy in London and globally."
The Firm's London Managing Partner, Ed Poulton, added: "Our London office is in a period of strategic acceleration and our Transactional practices are playing a key role in our growth story in the City. Helen's fantastic experience and credentials means she is well positioned to help drive the further development of our cross-border Transactional practice and support our clients on their most complex transactions. I look forward to welcoming Helen to the Firm."
Helen joins the Firm later in the year and will be based in its London office.
Baker McKenzie continues to accelerate aggressively its lateral growth strategy to add senior talent to its transactional bench. Most recently, this has included Tamás Szkiba (Budapest), Jenny Liu (New York), Mark Thompson (London), Nick Benson (London), Todd Beauchamp and Charles Weinstein (Washington, DC), Kevin Heverin (London), Jan Schubert (Frankfurt), Alexander Stathopolous (Singapore), Michal Berkner (London), Miju Damodar (New York) and James Wyatt (London).
With more than 2,700 deal practitioners in 45 jurisdictions, Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse. The Firm excels in complex, cross-border transactions; over 65% of our deals are multi-jurisdictional. Baker McKenzie has been consistently recognized as a top-three firm for cross-border M&A by volume over the past decade. The teams are a hybrid of 'local' and 'global,' combining money-market sophistication with local excellence.
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