Public Law
Compliance and Confidence



While business regulation is present in all markets, not all rules and standards are common across national or regional borders. Even though international conventions usually apply in open economies, local culture and practices still act as significant barriers to entry. Without the benefit of local knowledge, foreign players run the risk of loss from unreasonable delays or, worse, unenforceable agreements with domestic partners.

At Baker & McKenzie, we help clients balance increasingly harmonized international trade regulation with the demands of the local environment. Our knowledge and experience in national public law extends to highly-regulated sectors, such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and food and consumer products.

Our more than 150 Public Law Group lawyers worldwide work together to ensure our knowledge is current and remains relevant. Combining both local and global perspectives, we help clients maintain compliance while preserving profitability and operational efficiencies.

How We Can Help

• Administrative/public law advisory – We help clients get across requirements mandated by general administrative law in connection with trade and commercial transactions. We represent both private companies and government institutions in administrative, public law or regulatory disputes.
• Anti-corruption – We offer sound advice on matters relating to countering bribery, monitoring and handling incidents of corporate hospitality and other corrupt practices, such as gift-giving to public officials.
• Food and consumer products – We assist in directing compliance with the entire range of food and consumer product regulation, including import licensing, product registration, ingredient and labeling requirements and restrictions especially for food supplements or fortified food, and restraints applied to multilevel marketing schemes.
• Product liability/recall advisory – We have successfully handled complex product liability cases for clients, representing manufacturers of cosmetics, foodstuff and other consumer goods in product liability suits and recall actions. We can also utilize our international network to facilitate worldwide recall programs.