Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie is a global firm with over 70 offices and a team of over 13,000 people. The Venezuelan office is located in Caracas, Venezuela. The firm specializes in tax planning & transactions, tax controversy, transfer pricing, indirect tax and global wealth management. The group represents a large number of multinationals, both public and private. 

During the research period, Baker McKenzie has been active in the Venezuelan transactions market. The firm acted for United Distillers Group, a Spanish owned beverage company in the sale of their Venezuelan rum brand Diplomático to Brown- Forman. The $725 million deal is said to be one of the transactions of the year for Venezuela’s M&A market.