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deacons

n. (plural of deacon English)

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Deacons (law firm)

Deacons is the Hong Kong's oldest and largest independent, full service top-tier law firm, with three offices in Mainland China, in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. It benefits from the long-established relationships with Hong Kong’s business community, including the HKSAR Government, large local conglomerates such as Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts, Tsui Wah Holdings Limited and Kerry Logistics Network Limited, and well-known multinational corporation such as McDonald’s Corp., Samsung and Yahoo Inc!. Deacons also has well established relationships with other independent law firms around the world through its membership of international networks of independent law firms such as Lex Mundi, Interlex, World Services Group and Employment Law Alliance.

The firm is based in Hong Kong and has offices in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. Beyond Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China, Deacons has established offices or affiliates in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. In Hong Kong and China, Deacons provides legal services to a wide range of clients, mainly from medium to large-scale businesses. Until now, it has an office of 6 entire floors in Alexandra House in Central. The office is equipped with internal staircases across different floors and two private elevators exclusively for the use of Deacons. It also extends its office to Sheung Wan.

Usage examples of "deacons".

A pious churchman might, who hoped to see them become deacons and fraters in their turn who could minister to their countryfolk and thus bring their heathen relatives into the Light.

Most monks turned away explicitly from the world and that included the ministrations of deacons, who were of course all women.

First the anxious deacons emerged, carrying the holy relics from the cathedral.

Men dragging carts, women burdened by heavy packs, two ragged deacons, laden donkeys, and now and again a rich woman with oxen drawing her wagon and a small retinue of servants following behind.

Hanna had never stood in any choir, never ventured beyond the Hearth into any sanctuary where deacons and clerics meditated in silence and communed with God.

In such places deacons slept, and the church housed its store of precious vestments and vessels for the service.

Then again, if their speculations were accurate and there had been a hole in the yard where Talbot was buried, the church deacons would have covered it up with fresh grass hurriedly.

Hearth into any sanctuary where deacons and clerics meditated in silence and communed with God.