12 March, 2020
Deacons wins China Business Law Journal ‘Deal of the Year 2019’ |
We are delighted to announce that Deacons has won the China Business Law Journal ‘Deal of the Year 2019’ award for the ‘People’s Bank of China renminbi bill issuances in Hong Kong’ in the ‘Overseas Deals: Capital Markets’ category.
Deacons advised the issuing and lodging agent in the transaction on Hong Kong law, while Linklaters acted as Hong Kong counsel to the People’s Bank of China and Fangda acted as PRC counsel to the issuing and lodging agent.
Winning deals are selected by an independent editorial team from China Business Law Journal. Deals are judged on a broad spectrum of factors, with the most important factor being the overall significance, complexity and innovative nature of the deal, while also taking into account the deal size and broader interests.
China Business Law Journal is the only fully-bilingual monthly magazine for China-focused businesses, and is widely read by in-house counsel and lawyers in private practice from across the region. |
的近律师行荣获《商法》期刊2019年度杰出交易大奖
知名法律期刊《商法》近期公布‘2019年度杰出交易’获奖名单,的近律师行参与的中国人民银行在香港发行人民币票据项目成功于‘境外交易: 资本市场’类别获奖。
的近律师行在项目中担任发行及交存代理的香港法律顾问,而年利达律师事务所担任中国人民银行的香港法律顾问,方达律师事务所则担任发行及交存代理的中国法律顾问。
获奖交易均由《商法》期刊独立编辑团队选定,其中至为最重要的考虑是交易的重要性、复杂性、创新性、交易规模及广泛利益等因素。
《商法》刊物是唯一完全聚焦中国商业机构的双语月刊杂志,并被整个地区的公司内部法律顾问及私人执业律师广泛阅读。 |
Deacons achieves excellent rankings in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 guide |
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 rankings were recently released, and once again Deacons has achieved a strong set of results across the board.
Overall we are ranked in 18 practice areas in the Hong Kong and China chapters. We are delighted to be recognised for the first time in ‘Labour and Employment: Foreign Firms’ and ‘Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms’ in the China chapter, alongside our Intellectual Property practice which continues to receive recognition.
Our Investment Funds and Intellectual Property practices remain top tier practices, while eleven lawyers from various practice groups are listed in the elite ‘Leading Individuals’ list, an increase from nine lawyers last year. The ‘Leading Individuals’ list is Legal 500’s guide to outstanding lawyers in the Asia Pacific region.
Three of our lawyers have been named ‘Next Generation Partners’, recognising those individuals that make a material difference to a practice, and three of our Associates are listed in the ‘Rising Stars’ category. In total, 47 Deacons lawyers are recommended in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 guide.
The Legal 500 is a leading independent publication which ranks the region’s best firms and lawyers, based on extensive research compiled from interviews, peer reviews and client feedback.
Congratulations to all of our ranked practices and lawyers. This impressive set of results reflects client opinion and reinforces our position as a leading law firm within the region.
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的近律师行载誉2020年《亚太法律500强》亚太区律所榜单
国际权威法律评级机构《亚太法律500强》近日发布2020年亚太区律所排名榜单。凭藉卓越的法律服务水平和备受赞誉的市场口碑,的近律师行有十八个执业领域上榜,其中:
· 劳动与雇佣及企业与并购执业领域首次在《亚太法律500强》中国区国际律师事务所榜单中获得认可 · 知识产权与投资基金执业领域蝉联顶级律师行排名
的近律师行有十一名律师荣膺亚太区‘领军人物’榜单,比去年的九名律师有所增加。的近律师行还有三名律师荣获‘新生代’律师称号,三名律师荣获‘后起之秀’律师称号,2020年《亚太法律500强》排名中获受推荐律师称号的共有四十七名律师。
《亚太法律500强》是一份领先的独立出版物,它根据采访、同行审视及客户反馈所汇总的情况并经过广泛调查后,将有关区域内的最佳律师行及律师进行排名。
恭喜本行所有荣获排名的执业团队及律师。此一系列耀眼成绩反映了客户的好评并且巩固了本行在亚太区域内作为杰出律师行的地位。 |
Deacons wins in 2019 Asia Women in Business Law Awards |
We are delighted to announce Deacons has won the ’Hong Kong Independent Firm of the Year’ award at the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019. This is the 6th consecutive year Deacons has been awarded this highly regarded accolade.
Charmaine Koo, Co-head of our Intellectual Property Department was recognised for her work in dispute resolution and litigation, and received the individual award for ’Best in IP dispute resolution’.
These prestigious awards, specifically for women in the legal industry, are the only one of its kind in Asia and celebrate the achievements of women in the legal profession throughout the entire Asia Pacific region.
Several Partners from Deacons were shortlisted for individual awards, including Cynthia Chung for ‘Labour and employment’, Catherine Zheng for ‘IP dispute resolution’, Patsy Lau for ‘Intellectual Property’ and Lilian Chiang for ‘Real estate’.
On a firm-wide basis, Deacons was shortlisted for ‘Best mentoring programme by national firm’, ‘Best national firm for work-life balance’ and ‘Best national firm for women in business law’.
Deacons is proud to have a diverse workforce where over 40% of our Partners are female. |
的近律师行在2019年欧洲货币亚洲女性商业法律评选活动中获奖!
本行欣然宣布的近律师行在《欧洲货币》杂志举办的2019年亚洲女性商业法律评选活动中荣获颁发「年度香港杰出独立律师行」大奖。此次获奖是的近律师行连续第6年获得这一殊荣。 本行知识产权部联席主管顾嘉敏律师在争议解决及诉讼领域中的工作表现获得认可,并且荣获「知识产权争议解决最佳律师」的个人奖。
这些著名的奖项,特别是针对法律行业的女性,是亚洲为一的此类奖项,旨在表彰在整个亚太区法律行业中杰出女律师所取得的成就。
的近律师行及其多名合伙人获多项提名,包括「劳工及雇佣」事务的钟咏雪律师,「知识产权争议解决」事务的郑慧明律师,「知识产权」事务的刘籈嬣律师以及「房地产」事务的蒋瑞福律师。
就整家律所方面,的近律师行获得以下律所奖项的提名:「最佳项目指导律所大奖」、「最佳工作与家庭均衡律所大奖」及「最佳女性商业法律律所大奖」。
的近律师行为拥有来自多元化背景的员工队伍引以为傲,其中本行女性合伙人占40%以上。 |
Deacons wins in 2019 Asian-mena Counsel In-House Community Firm of the Year awards |
We are delighted to announce Deacons has been awarded multiple accolades in the 2019 Asian-mena Counsel In-House Community Firm of the Year awards.
Each year, the In-House Community canvasses it’s 20,000+ in-house counsel members to ask, ’Which law firms do you prefer to use?’, and more importantly ’Why?’.
This is the largest and most definitive poll of buyers of legal services, and a record breaking number of in-house lawyers participated in the survey this year. Since it is not a ranking of law firms but rather a ’word of mouth’ from actual buyers of legal services, it demonstrates to potential clients which law firms are genuinely recommended by their peers.
Based entirely on the nominations and testimonials of the in-house counsel surveyed, Deacons has been named ’In-House Community: Firm of the Year, 2019’ for the following practice areas:
Firm of the Year 2019 – Hong Kong:
· Compliance/Regulatory · Employment · Intellectual Property · Litigation and Dispute Resolution · Taxation · Most Responsive Domestic Law Firm
We also received Honourable Mentions in Hong Kong for:
· Anti-Trust/Competition · Corporate and M&A · Insurance · International Arbitration · Real Estate/Construction
Firm of the Year 2019 – China:
· Intellectual Property
These awards demonstrate Deacons’ impressive reputation among clients and within the wider legal industry. Congratulations to everyone who helped to make this possible by delivering the highest quality legal services to in-house counsel. |
的近律师行多项业务领域荣获2019年度《亚洲法律顾问》大奖
的近律师行在In-House Community旗下知名法律杂志《亚洲法律顾问》(Asian-Mena Counsel)公布的2019年年度最佳律师事务所获奖名单中获得多项殊荣。
《亚洲法律顾问》每年向其20,000多的内部法律顾问成员提问:「阁下最喜欢选用哪家律师行?」,而更重要的问题是「为何选用?」。
此次评调是对有法律需求的客户进行的规模最大、最权威的调查,参与调查的企业内部律师人数也创下了历史新高。由于它并非是律师行的排行榜,而是法律服务真正需求者的「口碑」,因此它向潜在客户展示了哪些律师事务所是真正被同行推荐的。
完全根据参与调查的内部法律顾问的提名及推荐,的近律师行在以下执业领域中荣获2019年度香港最佳律师事务所奖项:
· 合规/监管 · 雇佣 · 知识产权 · 诉讼及争议解决 · 税务 · 应最灵敏的本地律师行
本行在以下领域中就香港地区而言亦获得荣誉提名:
· 反垄断/竞争 · 企业及并购 · 保险 · 国际仲裁 · 房地产/建筑
2019年中国最佳律师事务所奖项:
· 知识产权
这些奖项展示了的近律师行在客户中以及更为广泛的法律行业中所享有卓著的声誉。祝贺每一位透过为内部法律顾问提供最高水平的法律服务之律师,使得本行能够获得此项殊荣。 |