Hong Cheong Wong

Practice Areas

• Banking & Finance

Career

Hong Cheong is of counsel in the Finance and Projects Group of Morrison Foerster, based in the Singapore office. He has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors, corporations, financial advisers, credit funds and banks on domestic and multi-jurisdictional finance matters and specializes in acquisition and leveraged finance, public to private takeovers, syndicated and bilateral lending, margin financing and subscription line financing.

Hong Cheong is ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific as an advisor whose “proficiency in mandarin is a valuable strength for Chinese clients” and who ensures that his “clients’ interests are well protected”. Clients also commend Hong Cheong as “a terrific attorney” and “incredibly reliable… particularly when pressures are intense,” whose advice is “thoughtful, creative and tailored.” He is also ranked by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and is recognized by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in the inaugural ALB Rising Stars Singapore 2022 list.

Hong Cheong is a member of the Fund Finance Association’s Diversity in Fund Finance (Asia) Committee, which promotes education, opportunity, action, and affinity in the fund finance industry in Asia.

Prior to joining MoFo, Hong Cheong worked at the London and Hong Kong offices of international law firms. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.