Founded in 1949, Baker & McKenzie is a Chicago, Illinois-based full-service law firm. The firm practices in the areas of antitrust and competition, banking and finance, capital markets, compliance and investigations, dispute resolution, employment and compensation, international commercial and trade, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructuring, and insolvency. Baker McKenzie caters to the consumer goods and retail, energy, mining and infrastructure, financial institutions, healthcare, hotels, resorts and tourism, industrials, manufacturing and transportation, real estate, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors.