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Bakers elects first Asian chair
Global firm Baker McKenzie has announced that the managing partner of its Hong Kong office has been elected as the firm’s new chair.
Jerome Doraisamy
Milton Cheng, who is also the chief executive overseeing Bakers’ offices and businesses across eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region, will be the new firm chair.
Speaking about his appointment, Mr Cheng said he was “truly honoured” by the trust his fellow partners have placed on him.
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“I look forward to working with all of them and my colleagues across the world to build on the great work of my predecessors to make Baker McKenzie the global law firm of choice.”
He will serve in the role for four years, take up the position with effect from 17 October 2019 succeeding Jaime Trujillo, who has been acting global chair since October 2018.
“We had a group of outstanding candidates for our next chair and the partners had a difficult decision to make. In choosing Milton we have someone who can take this great firm to the next level. I offer him my sincerest congratulations,” Mr Trujillo said.
In a statement, Bakers said that Mr Cheng “has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, real estate investment trusts, financial services regulation, corporate finance and corporate restructurings. He regularly advises clients – including REIT and other asset managers, financial institutions, multinationals and Hong Kong-listed groups – on a wide range of acquisition, REIT, restructuring, regulatory and corporate finance matters”.
He became a partner at Bakers in 1999 and is the firm’s first Asian chair.
