Practice Profile: Jennifer Cheng joined Reed Smith in 2016 and is currently an equity partner and vice-chair of the firm’s global M&A practice. Her practice focuses on representing Fortune 500, international and middle market companies in a wide range of M&A transactions, both domestic and cross border, including public and private mergers, asset and stock acquisitions and divestitures, auctions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.

Ms. Cheng has particular experience in representing publicly listed companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including the sale of a public company, and she leads the firm’s public M&A practice. She also represents financial advisors in fairness opinions and valuation-related work. Her clients have included Verizon, L’Oréal, C. R. Bard, Avis Budget Group, Hutchinson S.A. and Santander Bank.