Joining Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton’s Beijing office from Zhong Lun Law Firm is partner Simon Kai-Tse Cheong. He will join the firm’s corporate, finance and bankruptcy practice groups.

Cheong brings more than 16 years of experience working with financial institutions and multinationals on cross border M&A and financing matters. He also previously held the position of senior counsel for the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). In this capacity, he managed IFC’s legal functions across China. A particular specialty of Cheong’s is advising on cross border regulatory issues related to raising Rmb funds outside China for reinvestment into China.

Commenting on his move, Cheong said in a statement: “Sheppard Mullin is a top-tier full service firm that offers an excellent international platform to provide sophisticated global services to clients in Asia. I am impressed by the firm’s strategic vision, and look forward to working closely with my new partners in China.”

Sheppard Mullin’s chairman Guy Halgren noted that “Simon's practice straddles corporate and finance matters, two areas that Sheppard Mullin has significantly developed specialties. His knowledge and experience is both complementary and supplementary to our existing practices, especially given his significant project finance and commercial finance expertise that is a great addition to our Beijing office”.

Candice Mak is North Asia Editor at ALB. Follow us on Twitter: @ALB_Magazine.

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