Baker McKenzie has elected Hong Kong-based Milton Cheng as the next chair of the firm
31 October 2019
The partnership at global law firm Baker McKenzie has elected Hong Kong-based Milton Cheng as the next chair of the firm. Cheng is managing partner of the Hong Kong office and concurrently the chief executive overseeing Baker McKenzie’s offices and businesses across eight countries in the Asia Pacific region. He has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, real estate investment trusts, financial services regulation, corporate finance and corporate restructurings. He regularly advises clients on a wide range of acquisition, REIT, restructuring, regulatory and corporate finance matters. He will serve in the role for four years, taking up the position with effect from October 17, 2019.