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By the mid-1970s Deacons was a busy, full-service business law firm and a highly respected name in commercial circles throughout Asia.</font></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-right: .98"><font face="verdana" size="2">Other interesting dates in the firm's history are: <br> <br> </font> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">2011</font></td> <td valign="top" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons celebrates 160 years in Hong Kong.<em></em></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">2008</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons joins Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">2008</font></td> <td valign="top" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons becomes Hong Kong's largest local law firm.<em></em></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">2005</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons is the first firm to be awarded a third foreign law firm licence in mainland China.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">2002</font></td> <td valign="top" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons established a representative office in Beijing and was one of the first Hong Kong law firms to be granted a licence to open a second office in the PRC. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">2001</font></td> <td valign="top" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons celebrated its 150th anniversary.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1999</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons opened a representative office in Shanghai.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1994</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons received a licence from the Ministry of Justice to operate a representative office in Guangzhou.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1986</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Opened initial presence in the People's Republic of China in Beijing.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1962</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons moved from the now historic Prince's Building, which had been zoned for demolition, to Union Building. This later became the location of Swire House and today Chater House.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1924</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">The firm name is changed to Deacons. This was a remarkably early adoption of a modern naming method, given that both Victor and Frank Deacon had by now retired from the firm.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1912</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">The Hong Kong Supreme Court moved to what is now the Legislative Council building, across Statue Square from Deacons office.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1904</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Deacons offices moved to the recently-completed Prince's Building, a luxury four-storey building at <br> 1 Des Voeux Road on the new Chater reclamation. This is a fitting location for the firm, which had done the legal work for the reclamation on which Hong Kong Central now stands.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1901</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">The larger firm required bigger office space - Deacons moved to Ice House Street.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1898</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Frank Barrington Deacon (Victor Deacon's nephew, and known as &quot;Nipper Deacon&quot;) admitted to practise in Hong Kong. On his admission the firm became known as Deacon, Looker and Deacon.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1880</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">Victor Hobart Deacon admitted to practice in Hong Kong. The firm now practised under the name Wotton &amp; Deacon.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1860</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">With offices on Queen's Road, the firm was based close to the Supreme Court.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="43" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">1851</font></td> <td valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" width="708" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="left"> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="left"><font size="2" face="verdana">The firm now known as Deacons was established by William Bridges, the second barrister to commence practice in Hong Kong and from time to time, the Colonial Secretary.</font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="justify"><font size="2" face="verdana"> Today, the firm is the leading Hong Kong based law firm and by far the largest law firm based in Hong Kong.</font></p> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="justify"><font size="2" face="verdana"><strong>Deacons Historical Archives</strong></font></p> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="justify"><font size="2" face="verdana">We have taken steps to preserve our firm's historical records, accumulated over more than one and a half centuries, so that they will be available as a record for those who may in future wish to look back at the colourful history of Hong Kong from the perspective of one of its very first professional firms.</font></p> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="justify"><font size="2" face="verdana">We believe in the future and we acknowledge and celebrate our past which is encapsulated in our archives, which form the &quot;memory&quot; of our firm.</font></p> <p style="margin-right: .98" align="justify"><font size="2" face="verdana">We also believe that those who come after us may learn from the history which we have preserved so that they may benefit from hindsight and context when making decisions about their own future. 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