Albaral succeeds Michael Santa Maria, who was recently
appointed as chair of the firm’s North America
international commercial practice group.
In his new role, Albaral will take charge of the Dallas
office, which first opened in 1986, and manage the
approximately 65 lawyers with practices in tax, intellectual
property, M&A, dispute resolution, international commercial
and franchising.
During his 30-year career at Baker McKenzie, Albaral has
held a number of positions. He joined as an associate in 1987
and was appointed to partner in 1992. He has also served as
managing partner of the Dallas and Houston offices and
currently chairs the North America tax controversy sub-practice
group and serves on the firm’s global tax disputes
resolution steering committee and diversity and inclusion
committee.