Deacons’ IP Practice Wishes You a Prosperous Year of the Rooster

As the Lunar New Year arrives, our IP practice is pleased to announce that we have garnered many prestigious awards and accolades over the past year. From market-leading industry journals to independent legal directories, our successes have been acknowledged on many levels. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients and friends for their untiring support.

As Hong Kong’s largest full-service IP team, we are committed to protecting and developing your IP assets in Hong Kong and China. We are continuously expanding our team and services and we are pleased to announce the promotion of Dora Si to be a partner of the team. Dora focuses on China related IP issues including protection and enforcement of IP rights, transactional projects and internet regulatory compliance.

Our IP partners continue to be highly ranked in IP Stars by Managing IP & World Trademark Review 1000, Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 etc. Partner Dora Si, Senior Associates Nina Fitzgerald and Ian Liu were recognised in the inaugural Next Generation Lawyer ranking in the Legal 500, while Jeffrey McLean was recognised in IAM Patent 1000, and Nina, together with Associates Barbie Ho, Tracy Li, and Char Lam were ranked as rising stars by Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide.

We wish you a prosperous and successful new year and look forward to continuing our partnership with you in 2017.

Awards & Recognition

• “Firm of the Year – Hong Kong”, Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards (2016)
• “Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year”, Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards (2016)
• “Intellectual Property Firm of the Year in Hong Kong”, Asian-Mena Counsel(2016)
• Ranked as Band 1 for Intellectual Property by Chambers Asia Pacific(2017)
• Ranked as Tier 1 for Intellectual Property by Legal 500(2016)
• Ranked as Gold Tier in “Enforcement and Litigation” and “Prosecution and Strategy” in Hong Kong by World Trademark Review 1000 (2017)
• Ranked as Tier 1 across 5 categories: Copyright, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Contentious, Patent Prosecution and Patent Contentious by Asia IP Profiles (2016)