27/08/2014
Law Firm To Create 256 New Jobs
Global law firm Baker & McKenzie is to create its new Global Services Centre in Northern Ireland, which will create 256 new jobs.
The new centre, to be based in Belfast, will comprise over 70 staff in legal services and 185 in administrative global services providing HR, IT, payroll and billing services, among other support lines.
Baker & McKenzie will begin recruiting in September with the jobs to be created over the next three years, offering an average salary of £31,000. Invest NI is supporting the investment with an offer of £1,280,000.
The firm has almost 11,000 employees in its 76 offices in 47 countries. It provides a full range of legal services to many of the world's largest multinational companies.
Eduardo Leite, Chairman of Baker & McKenzie, said: "This investment will further enhance our ambition to lead our profession globally and offer our clients exceptional service wherever they are in the world, while benefiting the local economy through the creation of hundreds of new jobs."
(CD/JP)
The new centre, to be based in Belfast, will comprise over 70 staff in legal services and 185 in administrative global services providing HR, IT, payroll and billing services, among other support lines.
Baker & McKenzie will begin recruiting in September with the jobs to be created over the next three years, offering an average salary of £31,000. Invest NI is supporting the investment with an offer of £1,280,000.
The firm has almost 11,000 employees in its 76 offices in 47 countries. It provides a full range of legal services to many of the world's largest multinational companies.
Eduardo Leite, Chairman of Baker & McKenzie, said: "This investment will further enhance our ambition to lead our profession globally and offer our clients exceptional service wherever they are in the world, while benefiting the local economy through the creation of hundreds of new jobs."
(CD/JP)
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