Emmy Chow named partner at Deacons in Hong Kong
11 March 2022
Emmy Chow has been promoted to partner at Deacons in Hong Kong, where she is a member of the firm’s intellectual property team.
Chow is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales (non-practising). She has been advising on Hong Kong and international trademark protection for more than 15 years and has extensive experience advising on brand clearance, filing strategy, portfolio management as well as portfolio audit/reviews, prosecution, and contentious trademark matters such as opposition, invalidation and revocation proceedings, including appeals before the High Court. She also advises on commercial trademark matters ranging from conducting due diligence in the acquisition of assets/businesses, to negotiating co-existence agreements, and advising on IP aspects in Initial Public Offering (IPO) projects.
Chow handles the international and regional trademark portfolios for local and multinational clients (ranging from century-old conglomerates to start-ups) from various sectors including consumer goods and retail, hospitality and leisure, life sciences and healthcare, financial institutions and insurance. She speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Her promotion is one of four at the firm at the start of 2022. “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Emmy to the partnership. These promotions demonstrate Deacons’ continued investment in grooming top-quality talent and commitment to providing clients with cutting-edge legal advice,” said Lilian Chiang, senior partner at Deacons.
“We are very pleased to see Emmy being promoted as a partner. She has been a long-standing core member of the IP team and has been with the firm for over 10 years. She has been recognized as a leading and outstanding practitioner, and her appointment will further bolster our award-winning IP practice,” said Annie Tsoi and Charmaine Koo, partners and co-heads of the intellectual property practice group at the firm.
The appointments bring the total number of partners at Deacons to 56.
