USA Law and Practice Contributed by: Lisa Fontenot, Jennifer Broder, Per Chilstrom and Lothar Determann, Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie is a global law firm with a leading transactional and corporate governance practice advising public and private companies, boards, spe - cial committees, financial sponsors and investment banks on complex domestic and cross-border mat - ters. Across nine primary offices in the United States, the firm’s 35+ corporate and securities lawyers regu - larly advise on public company M&A, capital markets transactions, SEC reporting, shareholder engage - ment, corporate governance and strategic restruc - turings, with representative engagements including
representing Servier in its USD2.5 billion acquisition of NASDAQ-listed Day One Biopharmaceuticals, and advising clients such as Dover Corporation and Scholastic Corp. on day-to-day SEC reporting and capital markets matters. Working across major finan - cial centres and industry hubs, Baker McKenzie com - bines deep local market knowledge with an integrat - ed international platform, enabling clients to navigate governance, disclosure and execution issues that increasingly span multiple jurisdictions.
Authors
Lisa Fontenot has advised clients on M&A and other complex corporate transactions, securities regulation and corporate governance matters for 30 years. She is ranked in many leading directories, and is a certified Corporate Governance Professional by the Society for Corporate Governance.
Per Chilstrom has represented issuers and underwriters in US and cross-border debt and equity offerings for over 20 years, including initial public offerings and follow-on equity offerings, as well as public and
private high-yield debt and convertible bond offerings. He also counsels public companies on corporate governance and compliance matters. Per has extensive experience in working with non-US companies on debt and equity capital-raising transactions in the United States, and has advised underwriters on billions of dollars of cross-border debt and equity offerings across multiple sectors.
Jennifer Broder advises companies, boards, founders, sponsors and investors on a range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions (negotiated and contested), divestments, spin-offs
Lothar Determann has practised technology law at Baker McKenzie for more than 25 years, helping companies take products and business models global. He also advises on data privacy and
and investment transactions, as well as shareholder activism. She regularly advises clients on complex corporate governance and securities law matters. Jennifer is a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel.
cybersecurity, and has been recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers and Partners. He teaches at Berkeley Law and has authored more than 180 articles and six books, including Determann’s Field Guide to Artificial Intelligence Law (2nd Ed. 2026), which is also available in Chinese, French, German, Korean and Spanish.
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