Michael Olesnicky returns to Baker McKenzie

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Michael Olesnicky returns to Baker McKenzie

Anjana Haines
April 04 2019
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Michael Olesnicky has returned to Baker McKenzie's tax practice in Hong Kong as a senior consultant after more than four years at KPMG.

Based in Hong Kong, Olesnicky will work closely with lawyers across the firm's global and Asia Pacific tax practice. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in corporate tax, wealth management, trust planning and estate succession matters.

Olesnicky was previously at Baker McKenzie for 26 years.

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