Baker McKenzie is a business law firm providing antitrust and competition; banking and finance; capital markets; compliance and investigations; dispute resolution; employment and compensation; environment and climate change; information technology and communications; intellectual property; international commercial and trade; mergers and acquisitions; private equity; real estate; restructuring and insolvency and tax related services. The firm caters to sectors including consumer goods and retail; energy, mining and infrastructure; financial institutions; healthcare; hotels, resorts and tourism. It was founded in 1949 and is based in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America and North America regions.