Baker & McKenzie has hired two tax partners from McDermott Will & Emery’s New York office. Maria Eberle and Lindsay LaCava have joined Baker & McKenzie’s North American tax practice as partners in the New York office. Eberle and LaCava assist businesses and individuals with both state and local tax planning and litigation matters. The duo’s focus is on the financial services, insurance, and energy industries.
Baker & McKenzie has also appointed two partners to its London corporate practice. James Thompson joins the firm from Linklaters where he is a managing associate in the London corporate practice, while Joanna Hewitt re-joins the firm from Olswang’s corporate practice where she is a senior associate, having started her career as a trainee and later an associate at Baker & McKenzie. The pair will join the firm in January 2016 as partners.
