Baker McKenzie boosts Tax practice with addition of Sebastian Ma’ilei in London

Baker McKenzie has hired Sebastian Ma’ilei as a Transfer Pricing Partner in the Firm’s Tax team in London.

Prior to joining the Firm, Sebastian (Seb) worked, most recently, as a Transfer Pricing Partner in the London office of Deloitte, where he has a proven track record of generating transfer pricing work on international tax planning projects and tax disputes. He has a particular focus on the financial services industry, with experience of having worked with each of the Big 4 over the course of his career.

Seb has deep experience in large scale insurance and asset management (across traditional and alternatives managers) businesses, as well as clients in the renewable and technology sectors.

Baker McKenzie’s London Managing Partner, Ed Poulton, commented:

“It gives me great pleasure to be announcing Seb’s hire into our London office. His deep client relationships, and expertise across established and emerging industries like renewables and technology will be a tremendous asset to our team.”

Head of Tax in London at the Firm, Jessica Eden added:

“Seb’s stellar experience in transfer pricing for insurance and reinsurance clients is the perfect complement to our top tier tax practice.”

Seb joins the Firm on 1 December and will be based in the London office.