Athena Cheng is a Managing Director in the Chief Legal Office and Blackstone’s Head of Litigation and Investigations.
 
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Cheng practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where she focused on litigation, investigations and antitrust matters. Prior to joining Cravath, Ms. Cheng served as a law clerk to the Honorable William G. Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 
 
Ms. Cheng received a BA in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Yale University, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD, summa cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.