Baker & McKenzie has bought out Austrian firm Kerres & Diwok. The 21-lawyer Vienna-based firm becomes Bakers’ 66th office and sees the two local name partners, Christoph Kerres and Georg Diwok, become partners at the US-based giant. The move gives the firm its first presence in Austria. Bakers chair Christine Lagarde said:
“We have long been proud of the reputation of our Central and Eastern European practice and look forward to its further development through the establishment of our Vienna office.”
First reported on www.legalweek.net (28 February).
