Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Practice Areas
Information Technology/Sourcing/Privacy
Practice Focus
Licensing, outsourcing, offshoring, data protection and electronic commerce
Practice Description
Mr. Mensik's practice concentrates on information technology, sourcing and privacy. He counsels companies on how to structure, negotiate and manage their internal and external sourcing arrangements, from IT infrastructure to various business processes. He regularly advises information technology and e commerce companies on various aspects of their domestic and foreign operations, including intellectual property protection, data protection, anti-trust issues and tax planning. Mr. Mensik also has assisted numerous information technology and e-commerce companies establish their global operations, whether on the web, indirectly through independent agents and distributors or directly through branches or subsidiaries, and in forming domestic and foreign joint ventures and other strategic alliances.
Awards, Honors & Skills
Mr. Mensik is the global co-coordinator of Baker & McKenzie's Global Information Technology/Communications Law practice. He is also the editor of the monthly "Legalbytes: Outsourcing Digest". As an associate with Baker & McKenzie, he worked in the firm's Madrid office in 1985. Ranked as a leading Technology and Outsourcing attorney by Chambers Global 2007, Mr. Mensik is described by that publication as "erudite and popular." According to clients "he is an expert in a variety of topics and knows the best person in every office around the world for your situation. People listen to him."
Education & Bar Admittance
Mr. Mensik was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until 1964. He attended Stanford University (B.A., Economics, with distinction, 1976) and the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall (J.D. and M.A., Economics, 1980). While a student, Mr. Mensik attended Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima, Peru. He is admitted to practice law in Illinois.
Information Technology/Sourcing/Privacy
Practice Focus
Licensing, outsourcing, offshoring, data protection and electronic commerce
Practice Description
Mr. Mensik's practice concentrates on information technology, sourcing and privacy. He counsels companies on how to structure, negotiate and manage their internal and external sourcing arrangements, from IT infrastructure to various business processes. He regularly advises information technology and e commerce companies on various aspects of their domestic and foreign operations, including intellectual property protection, data protection, anti-trust issues and tax planning. Mr. Mensik also has assisted numerous information technology and e-commerce companies establish their global operations, whether on the web, indirectly through independent agents and distributors or directly through branches or subsidiaries, and in forming domestic and foreign joint ventures and other strategic alliances.
Awards, Honors & Skills
Mr. Mensik is the global co-coordinator of Baker & McKenzie's Global Information Technology/Communications Law practice. He is also the editor of the monthly "Legalbytes: Outsourcing Digest". As an associate with Baker & McKenzie, he worked in the firm's Madrid office in 1985. Ranked as a leading Technology and Outsourcing attorney by Chambers Global 2007, Mr. Mensik is described by that publication as "erudite and popular." According to clients "he is an expert in a variety of topics and knows the best person in every office around the world for your situation. People listen to him."
Education & Bar Admittance
Mr. Mensik was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until 1964. He attended Stanford University (B.A., Economics, with distinction, 1976) and the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall (J.D. and M.A., Economics, 1980). While a student, Mr. Mensik attended Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima, Peru. He is admitted to practice law in Illinois.