Deacons wins third international award for 2007 20 April 2007 March 2007 saw the publication of the fifth edition of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers and the announcement of the Who's Who Legal Awards. Deacons was awarded the "Hong Kong Firm of the Year" for 2007. This is the third international Firm of the Year award Deacons has won in 2007. In February, Deacons was awarded the "Asia Pacific Firm of the Year" by the prestigious UK publication, Legal Business and in March, Deacons was awarded the "Hong Kong Firm of the Year" by the annual Managing International Property awards.