Deacons, Hong Kong’s longest established and largest independent law firm, are delighted to announce that the firm has a total of 21 Deacons’ Hong Kong legal practitioners successfully passed the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Legal Professional Examination (GBA Exam) since its launch in 2021.
Among them, eight passed the GBA Exam in 2021 and successfully received the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Lawyer’s License (GBA License) in July 2023, five are currently going through the GBA License process, and another eight have recently passed the GBA Exam held in May 2023. Our firm is committed to remain at the forefront of the legal development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) when the topic of “GBA legal cooperation” has become a thriving field with unique opportunities.
Congratulations to the below eight lawyers who passed the GBA Exam in 2021 and successfully received the GBA License in July 2023:
• Peter So, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Fiona Fong, Partner, Financial Services
• Carmen Ng, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Ian Liu, Partner, Intellectual Property
• Justin Yuen, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Isabella Wong, Partner, Financial Services
• Genevieve Lam, Senior Associate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Tana Chan, Senior Associate, Property
(From left to right: Isabella Wong, Justin Yuen, Carmen Ng, Peter So, Fiona Fong,
Ian Liu, Tana Chan, Genevieve Lam)
These lawyers with dual qualifications will, in the course of their practice in the GBA area, cooperate with our Mainland counterparts, to share their respective experience and collaborate in providing cross-jurisdictional legal services premises on permitted scope of provision of legal services in the nine municipalities in the GBA to which the Mainland laws apply. Deacons operates from Hong Kong headquarters and three representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. For more than 170 years, our lawyers have dedicated themselves to delivering high quality legal advice with profound understanding of our clients’ businesses.
