An expert in criminal law enforcement and cyber security returns to O’Melveny & Myers as a partner in the firm’s white-collar defence and corporate investigations group, residing in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles offices.
Ronald Cheng began his career in the early 1990s as an associate with O’Melveny and then spent 20 years as a federal prosecutor, serving in a number of roles including legal adviser to the US Embassy in Beijing.
Cheng is one of just a few Putonghua-speaking lawyers experienced in both US and Chinese criminal law enforcement, and has been a key member of the Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Crimes Section at the US Attorney’s Office in California, where he focused on criminal activity arising from the Asia-Pacific region.
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“He increases our ability to serve clients in matters involving US-Chinese law enforcement. He adds to our bench of seasoned, versatile southern California litigators, and he brings additional firepower to our global data privacy and cyber-security capabilities,” said the firm’s chairperson, Bradley Butwin.
Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed David Johnson as a US capital markets and corporate partner for its Hong Kong office.
Johnson joins from K&L Gates and has worked in Hong Kong for over 20 years. He will lead the US securities team in Asia and build the practice in debt and equity capital markets. Johnson advises on debt, equity and equity-linked capital markets transactions, and other corporate transactions.
“David will broaden our capital markets practice across the region, particularly in the debt capital markets arena, where we’re seeing increasing client demand,” said David Stannard, the firm’s senior partner, Asia.
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