Senior Partner

Lilian ChiangSenior Partner, Head of Property practice

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Partner

Karen ChanPartner

Elsie ChanPartner

Sherlynn ChanPartner

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Peter ChengPartner

Kelvan CheungPartner

Kwok Kit CheungPartner

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Ronny ChowPartner, Head of Corporate Finance practice

Emmy ChowPartner

Machiuanna ChuPartner

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Su Cheen ChuahPartner

Cynthia ChungPartner, Head of Corporate Commercial practice

Joseph ChungPartner

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Amy ChungPartner

Fiona FongPartner

Sabrina FungPartner

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Philip GilliganPartner of Banking and Finance practice

Richard HudsonPartner

Taylor HuiPartner

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Charmaine KooPartner, Co-Head of Intellectual Property practice

Joseph KwanPartner, Head of Commercial Litigation practice

Paul KwanPartner

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Jeremy LamPartner, Head of Financial Services practice

Patsy LauPartner

Teresa LauPartner

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Canny LauPartner

Loretta LauPartner

Linda LeePartner

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Maynard LeungPartner

Ming Chiu LiPartner

Joyce LiPartner

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Alwyn LiPartner

Helen LiaoPartner

Ian LiuPartner

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Kelley LooPartner

Gary LuiPartner

Stefano MarianiPartner

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Jeffrey McLeanPartner

Carmen NgPartner

Alexander QuePartner

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Dora SiPartner

Gere SitPartner

Pinky SiuPartner

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Peter SoPartner

Alfred TamPartner

Kevin TongPartner

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Annie TsoiPartner, Co-Head of Intellectual Property practice

Edwarde WebrePartner

Wallace WongPartner

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Gary WongPartner

Erica WongPartner

Wai Tung YuPartner

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Icarus YuenPartner

Justin YuenPartner

Rhoda YungPartner

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Catherine ZhengPartner

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Consultant

Scott CarnachanConsultant

Eugina ChanConsultant

Simon DeaneConsultant

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So Yin HuiConsultant

Christina HungConsultant

Cecilia LauConsultant

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Christine LiConsultant

Stanley LoConsultant

Gavin NesbittConsultant

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John RichardsonConsultant

John RoseConsultant

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Others

Christine ChanHead of Business Development and Marketing

Sharon PangPrincipal Economist, Competition

Aditi RaisuranaCommunications Manager

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Hong Kong’s SFC concludes proposed amendments to Code on Pooled Retirement Funds
Deacons, November 2021

On 28 October 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released the consultation conclusions on proposed amendments to the Code on Pooled Retirement Funds (PRF Code). The amended PRF Code will become effective upon gazettal, which is expected to be some time in November 2021 (Effective Date). The proposals are part of the SFC’s holistic review of the PRF Code following the revision of the Code on Unit Trusts and Mutual Funds (UT Code) which was implemented in 2019, as well as the codifications of existing practices...

Recent update on Term SOFR and ARRC’s best practice recommendations
Deacons, October 2021

On 27 August 2021, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”), a group of private-market participants convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2014 to lead the LIBOR transition in the United States, issued FAQs and Best Practice Recommendations on, among other things, the use of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) and its term rates (“Term SOFR”), following the ARRC’s formal recommendation to use Term SOFR on 29 July 2021...

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Deacons ranked as a First Tier Intellectual Property Law Firm in Doyle’s Guide Hong Kong 2021
Deacons, October 2021

<p>We are delighted to announce that Deacons has once again been ranked as a First Tier Intellectual Property Law Firm in Doyle’s Guide Hong Kong 2021. We have also been named as one of the Leading Technology, Media &amp; Telecommunications Law Firms in Hong Kong.</p> <p>For the second consecutive year, our Intellectual Property Co-head and Partner Charmaine Koo has also been recognised as a Preeminent Intellectual Property Lawyer. In addition, she has been named as a Recommended Lawyer in the Technology, Media &amp; Telecommunications category.</p> <p>Congratulations to Charmaine and our IP and TMT teams on these fantastic achievements...

CFPG Advised on the Debut Issue of Green Bonds by Guangzhou Metro
Deacons, October 2021

CFPG advised Guangzhou Metro Group Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou Metro) on its issuance of offshore green bonds due 2026 in the aggregate amount of US$200 million. It marks the first issuance of offshore green bonds by a stated-owned enterprise in the Guangzhou city. The net proceeds of the issue of the notes will be allocated to finance and/or refinance Eligible Green Projects as defined in Guangzhou Metro’s Green Finance Framework. Sustainalytics has provided a second party opinion on the environmental credentials of Guangzhou Metro’s Green Finance Framework and its alignment with the Green Bond Principles 2021. In addition, the notes have been certified by Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency...

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