Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie is a global law firm operating across more than 70 offices in over 40 countries, serving multinational corporations, financial institutions, and private clients on cross-border legal matters. For family offices and private wealth principals, the firm offers services spanning tax planning, trusts and estates, private equity transactions, M&A, and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. With 65% of its work described as multijurisdictional, the firm’s core proposition is coordinating complex legal matters across borders without requiring clients to manage multiple local firms independently.

The firm’s Asia Pacific practice, active since 1963 and operating across 16 offices in the region, has particular depth in tax structuring and trust matters, evidenced by multiple International Tax Review Asia Pacific Awards including Asia Pacific Indirect Tax Law Firm of the Year and Transfer Pricing Law Firm of the Year in 2025. Relevant service areas for wealth principals include:

• Tax and trust structuring across Asia Pacific, EMEA, and the Americas
• Private equity fund formation and investment transactions
• Cross-border M&A advisory
• Investigations, compliance, and regulatory matters
• Employment law for family-owned operating businesses

For a family office with assets, operating businesses, or beneficiaries across multiple jurisdictions, Baker McKenzie removes the coordination burden of engaging separate counsel in each country. The trade-off is scale: the firm’s primary client base is Global 500 corporations, and family offices without significant cross-border complexity or transaction volume may find the engagement model and cost structure better suited to larger institutional mandates. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is billed on a matter-by-matter basis typical of global law firms.