Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Baker & Mckenzie LLP pays suppliers in 142 days on average — 112 days past its stated terms

CRN OC311297 · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

142daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 112 days past the 30-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 41% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 31%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 23 Sept 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 112 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–155

avg 142d

0 days155 days

reported avg 142 days their filed terms 0–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 59% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 31%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116952, period 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025, filed 23 Sept 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Baker & Mckenzie LLP pays 112 days past its own stated terms. 41% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 31% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

30 → 142 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

112 days slower across the window. From 30 days in H1 2023 to 142 in the H2 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Baker & Mckenzie LLP's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 142 days against stated terms of 30 days; 41% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 31% took 61 days or longer. Filed 23 Sept 2026.

The direction is slower: from 30 days in H1 2023 to 142 now — 112 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 100% of large companies reporting.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless specified otherwise, our firm's standard terms of settlement are 30 days from the invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes will be dealt with by the appropriate business manager and the accounts team. Any delays in settlement through no fault of the supplier may be escalated to the finance manager for further review.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	142	41%	31%	23 Sept 2026
H1 2025	28	23%	11%	7 Oct 2025
H2 2024	18	12%	5%	24 Jan 2025
H1 2024	30	8%	4%	25 Jul 2024
H2 2023	30	9%	4%	31 Jan 2024
H1 2023	30	17%	7%	28 Jul 2023
H2 2022	29	30%	12%	27 Jan 2023
H1 2022	34	31%	13%	28 Jul 2022
H2 2021	27	23%	8%	20 Jan 2022
H1 2021	29	30%	6%	23 Jul 2021
H2 2020	31	32%	9%	20 Jan 2021
H1 2020	36	55%	38%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	33	32%	12%	23 Jan 2020
H1 2019	31	30%	11%	17 Jul 2019
H2 2018	33	34%	10%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	33	32%	11%	30 Jul 2018
H2 2017	26	29%	9%	26 Jan 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated: 1 Feb 2005
Registered office: 280 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC2M 4AG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 142-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 142-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £56,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 142-day cycle — about £44,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Baker & Mckenzie LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 112 days slower over the window (30 → 142 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 142; across their last 6 reports it ranged 18–142 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

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The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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