"Hong Kong to emerge as stock exchange of choice” – Dealmaking experts

Linklaters partners discuss the dealmaking landscape that supports Hong Kong’s status as preferred regional fundraising hub. Former SFC decision-maker, Roger Cheng, is set to join the team from August.

"Hong Kong to emerge as stock exchange of choice” – Dealmaking experts

Linklaters partners discuss the dealmaking landscape that supports Hong Kong’s status as preferred regional fundraising hub. Former SFC decision-maker, Roger Cheng, is set to join the team from August.

June 13, 2023

Former Securities and Futures Commission SFC senior director, Roger Cheng, is set to join UK-headquartered law firm, Linklaters, at its Hong Kong base from August.

The move follows his nearly five years of experience at the special administrative region’s SAR financial regulator, where Cheng oversaw the operations of the Takeovers Team. The law firm’s announcement pointed to the instrumental role that he played during this time, developing Hong Kong’s takeovers and mergers policy, as well as driving forward other listing-related progress.

Prior to his tenure with the SFC, Cheng spent 13 years at Slaughter and May.

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