SFC Takes New Approach to Disciplinary Proceedings In the SFC Enforcement News issued on 19 December 2007, the SFC referred to an agreement it had entered into with an entity pursuant to section 201 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. This provision enables the SFC to enter into agreements with a person who is subject to the SFC's disciplinary action, and to take additional action as the SFC
considers appropriate in the circumstances of the case. more +
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 and Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2007 Since 2002, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance ("MPFSO") has not been amended. In order to enhance the efficiency and minimise the loopholes of the MPF system so as to better serve the needs of existing and future scheme members, certain changes have been made or proposed to be made recently. more +
Deacons Hong Kong wins 2007 Asia Pacific Firm of the Year
Deacons Hong Kong was awarded the 2007 Asia Pacific Firm of the Year by UK publication Legal Business at an awards ceremony held in London on Thursday, 8th February 2007. It was the first time an Asia based firm has won this highly prestigious and coveted award. The Asia Pacific Firm of the Year award recognises "the outstanding firm in any given country within the region". The profile and complexity of transactions and the cases and matters in which the firm was involved in 2006 are also considered. more +
Deacons awarded 2008 Hong Kong Firm of the Year by MIP
On Wednesday, 9 April 2008, at an awards ceremony at
Claridge’s in London, Deacons was awarded the “Hong Kong
Firm of the Year” by the international publication, Managing
Intellectual Property (MIP).
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Deacons wins third international award for 2007
March 2007 saw the publication of the fifth edition of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and the announcement of the Who's Who Legal Awards. Deacons was awarded the "Hong Kong Firm of the Year" for 2007. This is the third international Firm of the Year award Deacons has won in 2007.
