Bloomberg Law
Nov. 27, 2019, 9:51 AM UTC

Baker McKenzie’s Chair: ‘A Regular Guy’ Navigating Strange Times

Roy Strom
Roy Strom
Reporter

Welcome to a special Wednesday edition of the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. Today, we catch up with the recently appointed global chair of Baker McKenzie. Happy Thanksgiving!

Milton Cheng moved to Baker McKenzie’s Hong Kong office nearly 30 years ago because the firm needed more Mandarin speakers for its work taking Chinese companies public.

Cheng had always planned to move back to his native Singapore, so he jumped at the chance to relocate from the firm’s London office to Asia.

He never made it to Singapore, but his career ...

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