Palo Alto, CA, November 20, 2008 - Baker & McKenzie launched its newest addition to a comprehensive line of legal resources, the Global Mobility Handbook. Published and written by the Firm’s lawyers around the world, the Global Mobility Handbook contains key information on the movement of expatriate professionals to the world's major business destinations. 

The Handbook is a resource for in-house counsel, human resource managers and global relocation professionals to identify key mobility issues ranging from employment to compensation and tax to immigration.  It provides guidance for the movement of managers and professionals, trainees, and business visitors - from short trips to long-term assignments.  Jurisdictions covered in the Handbook include most of the 38 countries where Baker & McKenzie has offices - from Australia to Venezuela. 
 
"Our years of experience representing multinational corporations on the movement of expatriate employees around the world, including the movement of our own Baker & McKenzie colleagues, gives us a unique perspective unmatched by other law firms,” said C. Matthew Schulz, Partner in Baker & McKenzie's Palo Alto office and editor of the Handbook.  “Distilling this knowledge into a single publication allows us to provide a "go to" resource for global mobility professionals."

The Handbook is available in print and at www.bakerimmigration.com, which also includes additional resources of the Firm's Global Migration practice.

The Firm’s Global Migration & Executive Transfers group is a part of the 450-attorney Global Employment Practice, which advises multinational companies on employment litigation, labor relations, people issues surrounding major business change, business immigration, executive transfer, and global equity services, among numerous other matters.