“I’d like to see us referred to in the same breath as the magic circle by the end of the three years.” That was the vision Paul Rawlinson, managing partner of Baker & McKenzie’s London office, laid out to Legal Week in 2013 when he stepped into his current role.

With seven months left of his term, ending July 2016, does he think the firm has achieved that goal and what’s next for the international firm in London?