By Ameet Sachdev | A
Brazilian will become the new chairman of Baker & McKenzie, the
Chicago-based law firm that is one of the largest in the world. The
firm said Thursday that Eduardo Leite was elected head of the firm’s
executive committee, which is its primary management team. He will
succeed John Conroy on Oct. 30.

Based in Sao Paulo, Leite is a corporate lawyer who currently leads the firm’s global energy, mining and infrastructure group. He also has spent time in the firm’s Chicago and Miami offices.
 
Conroy is concluding his second term as chairman.
 
Baker & McKenzie, which has 67 offices in 39 countries, is the largest U.S. law firm based on revenues. In the fiscal year ended in June 2009, the firm had revenues of $2.1 billion.