Freshfields has made capital markets lawyer Kay Ian Ng its new Hong Kong office head, succeeding current managing partner Clive Rough who is retiring from the firm’s partnership.
Rough will step down from the role in April after six years spent heading the Hong Kong office. Joining the firm in 1978, Rough was made partner in 1987 and was later appointed to head the Asia structured finance group at the magic circle firm. He said he is looking at a number of career opportunities going forward.
Ng is currently the firm’s global co-head of capital markets and has headed several of the firm’s key regional deals over the last year – such as US$5.3bn IPO of China Metallurgical, one of the largest equity market transactions of 2009. Ng said he will build on the platform set up by Rough over the years.
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