Press Releases

Deacons’ Financial Services team has successfully assisted MicroBit Capital Management Limited in obtaining SFC authorization and listing its MicroBit Bitcoin & Gold Value ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.Led by Partner Pinky Siu, supported by Sze Yu Travis Chang and Matthew Mok, this matter underscores our commitment to thoughtful innovation in investment funds ...

Deacons is pleased to announce that our Banking & Finance team has successfully advised Singapore-listed developer Wee Hur Holdings ("WHH") in connection with its financing to acquire One Bedford Place, a 26-storey Grade A commercial building in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, which is planned to be redeveloped and converted into a 500-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) ...

Deacons’ Corporate Finance Practice Group advises the sole sponsor CITIC Securities (Hong Kong) Limited and underwriters as to Hong Kong law in relation to the Main Board H-share IPO of DKE Holding Company Limited (SEHK Stock Code: 1770), seeking to raise up to approximately HK$517.5 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option) ...

Deacons’ Corporate Finance Practice Group advises Lung Fung Group Holdings Limited (SEHK Stock Code: 2290) in relation to its Main Board IPO in Hong Kong, seeking to raise up to HK$797.5 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option).Lung Fung Group Holdings Limited is a leading Hong Kong-based chain retail store of beauty, health and pharmaceutical products ...

Deacons advised The University of Hong Kong (“HKU”) on the successful establishment of its landmark Medium Term Note Programme (the “Programme”). Under the Programme, HKU may from time to time issue notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$1 billion ...

Deacons’ Financial Services team has successfully assisted CSOP Asset Management and Bosera Asset Management in listing their respective ETFs on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These projects were led by Financial Services Partner Pinky Siu, with support from Senior Associate Calvin Li and Associate Raymond Cheng for Bosera, and Associate Sze Yu Travis Chang for CSOP ...

Deacons, Hong Kong’s longest established and largest independent law firm, has deepened its regulatory expertise by bringing in Isabella Wong as a Partner in the Financial Services Practice Group. Isabella has re-joined Deacons from a global asset manager after acquiring in-house experience by counselling the manager’s investment management and funds distribution businesses in APAC (ex-Japan) regions ...

Hong Kong – 7 March 2023 – Deacons, Hong Kong’s longest established and largest independent law firm, has deepened its regulatory expertise by bringing in Isabella Wong as a Partner in the Financial Services Practice Group. Isabella has re-joined Deacons from a global asset manager after acquiring in-house experience by counselling the manager’s investment management and funds distribution businesses in APAC (ex-Japan) regions ...

Hong Kong law firm promotes three new partners, demonstrating the continued growth and momentum of Financial Services and Intellectual Property practices.Deacons, Hong Kong’s longest established and largest independent law firm, has further strengthened the firm’s partnership bench with three new partner promotions, effective from 1 January 2023 ...

The Deacons Financial Services team recently assisted Fubon Fund Management (Hong Kong) Limited (Fubon) with the launch of the Fubon Hang Seng Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong (Selected Corporations) High Dividend Yield Index ETF. It was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 8 July 2022 ...

Leading Hong Kong law firm, Deacons launched its inaugural Non-Fungible Token (NFT) today to mark the culmination of its 170th anniversary celebrations. The firm has partnered with HashKey Group, a digital asset financial services group in Asia, for institutional-grade minting, distribution and custody support for its commemorative NFT. Registration for the complimentary, limited edition NFT is open for the public on the firm’s website ...

Deacons advises Yoho Group Holdings Limited in relation to its Main Board IPO, seeking to raise up to HK$143 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option). Yoho Group is one of the leading market players in the business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce industry in Hong Kong under the brand name of “友和YOHO” ...

<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 ...

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 ...

Deacons advises the sole sponsor Guotai Junan Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of Tam Jai International Co. Limited, seeking to raise up to approximately HK$1.4 billion (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option) ...

Deacons advises the sole sponsor Essence Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of Global New Material International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 6616), seeking to raise up to approximately HK$1,227 million (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option). Global New Material is a pearlescent pigment producer, being the largest in the PRC market as measured by revenue in 2020 with a market share of 11 ...

Deacons Financial Services team recently assisted Fubon Fund Management in listing two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the HKEX. The two products are the first leveraged and inverse (L&I) ETFs listed in Hong Kong that trackthe performance of the Taiwan stock market via Singapore Exchange’s futures contract on the FTSE Taiwan RIC Capped Index, which represent the performance of Taiwan large- and mid-cap stocks ...

<p>We are proud to share that our Construction practice Partner Joseph Chung has been named by Lexology as the exclusive Client Choice Awards winner in Hong Kong’s construction category for 2021.</p> <p>The Client Choice Awards single out law firms and partners around the world that stand apart for the excellent client service and quality they provide ...

We are pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, our Intellectual Property Senior Associates Barbie Ho and Tracy Li have been named “Rising Stars” in Hong Kong SAR by Managing IP IP STARS 2021. The distinction recognises the best up-and-coming intellectual property practitioners in private practice who contributed to the success of their firms and clients ...

Deacons 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 ...

<p>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.</p> <p>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 ...

<p>Deacons advises the sole sponsor Guotai Junan Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of Tam Jai International Co. Limited, seeking to raise up to approximately HK$1.4 billion (subject to the exercise of over-allotment option) ...

<p>We are proud to announce that our Financial Services Senior Associate Isabella Wong has won the “Finance Rising Star” at the Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Awards Asia 2021. The “Rising Star” category honours the brightest women lawyers as future leaders in their jurisdictions.</p> <p>Deacons is committed to embracing a diverse culture. Female lawyers represent close to 50% of our partnership ...

<p>We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised as “Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year” while our Financial Services practice, headed by our Partner Jeremy Lam, has been awarded “Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year” by the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Law Awards 2021. This marks our second Firm of the Year award Deacons had received in 2021, after the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards ...

<p>We are pleased to announce that in addition to the “Patent Contentious”, “Patent Prosecution”, “Trade Mark Contentious” and “Trade Mark Prosecution” categories, Deacons’ Intellectual Property department has also been recognised as a Top Tier firm in the “Copyright &amp; Related Rights” category in Hong Kong SAR by Managing IP (MIP) IP STARS 2021 ...