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Eugina ChanPartner

Karen ChanPartner

Elsie ChanPartners

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Peter ChengPartners

Kelvan CheungPartner

Kwok Kit CheungPartner

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Lilian ChiangSenior Partner, Head of Property Department

Benjamin ChoiPartners

Ronny ChowPartner, Head of Corporate Finance Practice Group

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Machiuanna ChuPartner

Su Cheen ChuahPartner

Joseph ChungPartner

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Cynthia ChungHead of Corporate Commercial Group

Robert ClarkPartner

Simon DeanePartner, Head of Finance & Insolvency Department

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Fiona FongPartners

Sabrina FungPartner

Rory GallaherConsultant

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Philip B GilliganPartner

Richard HudsonPartner

Taylor HuiPartner

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Charmaine KooCo-head of Intellectual Property Department

Joseph KwanHead of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Dept.

Paul KwanPartner

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Jeremy LamHead of Financial Services Practice Group

Patsy LauPartner

Teresa LauPartner

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Canny LauPartners

Linda LeePartner

Alwyn LiPartner

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Ming Chiu LiPartners

Ian LiuPartners

Gary LuiPartner

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Jane McBridePartner

Jeffrey McLeanPartners

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Alexander QuePartner

Myles SetoPartner

Dora SiPartner

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Gere SitPartner

Pinky SiuPartners

Peter SoPartner

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Alfred TamPartner

Guat Kim TohPartner

Kevin TongPartner

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Annie TsoiCo-head of Intellectual Property Department

Edwarde WebrePartner

Wallace WongPartner

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Gary WongPartners

Wai Tung YuPartner

Icarus YuenPartners

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Justin YuenPartners

Rhoda YungPartner

Catherine ZhengPartner

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Other

Scott CarnachanConsultant

Christine ChanHead of Business Development and Marketing

Gavin NesbittConsultant

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Sharon PangPrincipal Economist, Competition

John RichardsonConsultant

John RoseConsultant

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CCTV and Data Privacy
Deacons, August 2020

The installation of CCTV cameras is a highly emotive and controversial issue in many countries. Hong Kong’s data privacy law does not contain any specific provisions regarding the use of CCTV, although the Privacy Commissioner (PC) has issued guidance on CCTV surveillance and the use of drones. According to this guidance, whether the use of CCTV systems covering a semi-public or public area is regulated by the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (PDPO) will depend on whether the purpose of the installation is to collect or compile information about identified persons. A recent appeal against a decision of the PC on the use of CCTVs (Appeal No...

China Announced Draft 2020 Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment
Deacons, August 2020

According to the annual study “Doing Business” released by the World Bank Group in recent years, China’s business environment has improved greatly during 2018 to 2020, with its global ranking moved up from 78th to 31st. In terms of investment policies, the Chinese government mainly uses the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment to facilitate and guide foreign investment in specific industries, fields, and regions in China. On the basis of the current 2019 Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment (Catalogue 2019), the Chinese government announced that it would continue to expand the scope of encouraged industry sectors...

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Deacons’ Financial Services team advises StormHarbour on the launch of the first umbrella private open-ended fund company in Hong Kong
Deacons, August 2020

Deacons advises StormHarbour Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (StormHarbour) on the establishment and registration of the first umbrella private open-ended fund company (OFC) in Hong Kong, the StormHarbour Fund Services OFC. The establishment of the fund follows the 2018 introduction by the Hong Kong regulator of a regime to allow investment funds to be set up in company form in Hong Kong, boosting the city’s status as an international asset and fund management centre, as well as a fund domicile hub...

Deacons advises on the Main Board IPO of JiaXing Gas Group Co., Ltd.
Deacons, July 2020

Deacons advises the joint sponsors BOCOM International (Asia) Limited and LY Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board H-share IPO of JiaXing Gas Group Co., Ltd., seeking to raise up to approximately HK$400 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option). JiaXing Gas Group is the largest piped natural gas (PNG) operator in Jiaxing (??), a major prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province, the PRC. The company published its IPO prospectus on 30 June 2020. Dealings in its shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are expected to commence on 16 July 2020...

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