Paul Rawlinson

In October 2018, Baker McKenzie global chair Paul Rawlinson stepped away from his position at the firm to take a leave of absence citing exhaustion. Sadly, Rawlinson has passed away. Rawlinson, an intellectual property lawyer, joined Baker McKenzie in 1986 and made partner at the firm in 1995. He served as a member of Baker McKenzie’s London office management committee between 2001 and 2004 and as global chairman of its IP practice from 2004 to 2010. In 2013, Rawlinson was named London managing partner, three years before winning the firm’s global chairman election.