Deacons awarded Asian Counsel Regulatory/Compliance 2009 Hong Kong Firm of the Year 7 September 2009 Deacons has been awarded the Asian Counsel Regulatory/Compliance 2009 Hong Kong Firm of the Year. The award is the result of a survey of over 15,000 in-house lawyers in Asia and the Middle East by the publishers of Asian Counsel for their third "Representing Corporate Asia Survey". The award recognises the firm's extensive work in regulatory matters (both contentious and non-contentious) and in compliance, particularly the work of our specialist Compliance Services team. The survey results and awards were published in the July/August issue of Asian Counsel.