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Southeast Asia 2017

Sok-Theng Cheng

Managing director, head of legal for Southeast Asia | Morgan Stanley

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Sok-Theng Cheng

Managing director, head of legal for Southeast Asia | Morgan Stanley

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A highly skilled financial lawyer, Sok-Theng Cheng boasts over 20 years of international legal experience advising on corporate finance transactions and financial services legal, regulatory and risk management issues. After qualifying as a solicitor in London in 1997, Cheng joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London office, until she joined Morgan Stanley in 2006. Shortly after joining Morgan Stanley, Cheng moved to Southeast Asia, where she became responsible for setting up the bank’s legal coverage function. Cheng tackled the challenge of adapting to the legal and regulatory landscape in the new jurisdiction and quickly made an impression on her peers with her ability to ‘understand the regulatory issues well’ and ‘leverage off her legal background’. In addition, Cheng has been praised by her colleagues for her provision of high quality service and her expertise in derivatives netting issues.

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