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Baker McKenzie: Strategic Hiring
Baker McKenzie promoted 47 lawyers to partner, effective July 1, 2026 (with some earlier promotions in the Americas).
Source: Pulse2 — funding news
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening the sector executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Backdrop: a 113.7 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 13.7 on the month) with Americas activity easing (-3pts).
Baker McKenzie: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 2 tracked across 12 days.
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