We are pleased to announce that Deacons has once again earned strong rankings across multiple practice areas in the 2026 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific.
We have achieved nine highly-ranked practice areas and 11 individual rankings in Hong Kong, along with one ranked practice area in China. It is notable that our Financial Services Regulatory practice and Counsel Hazel Wong have been newly ranked. This recognition inspires us to keep raising our standards and delivering the best possible outcomes for our clients.
Practice areas:
Hong Kong
- Commercial and transactions – Domestic firms
- Construction
- Family and matrimonial
- Financial services regulatory
- Insolvency – Domestic firms
- Intellectual property
- International arbitration – International firms
- Labor and employment
- Private client – Domestic firms
China
- International arbitration – International firms
Special congratulations to the following practitioners:
Hong Kong
- Joseph Kwan: Partner, Litigation Star for Commercial and transactions, Private client
- Catherine Zheng: Partner, Litigation Star for Intellectual property
- Peter So: Partner, Litigation Star for Commercial and transactions
- Elsie Chan: Partner, Litigation Star, Top 100 Women in Litigation – Asia Pacific for Labor and employment
- Kelley Loo: Partner, Future Star for Intellectual property
- Theresa Luk: Partner, Future Star for Intellectual property
- Charmaine Koo: Consultant, Litigation Star for Intellectual property
- Hazel Wong: Counsel, Future Star for Private Client
- Stephanie Yip: Senior Associate, Future Star for Labour and employment
Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the region’s leading dispute resolution firms and lawyers. It provides law firm and lawyer rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, arbitrators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients as well as their recent casework handled.
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