Tilleke & Gibbins was named Thailand Firm of the Year and Vietnam Firm of the Year at the prestigious awards from leading global IP publication Managing Intellectual Property.

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) has released its IP Stars 2021 individual rankings, with eight Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers in three Southeast Asian jurisdictions included in the list. The rankings, which spotlight the world’s best practitioners working in the fields of patents and trademarks, are selected based on client and peer recommendations in each jurisdiction, with the most commended practitioners being listed in the final results of the annual survey. In terms of the number of ranked individuals, Tilleke & Gibbins leads the way in both Thailand and Vietnam with four and three rankings, respectively. The group of recognized practitioners is divided into “Patent Stars” and “Trademark Stars,” with many lawyers identified in both categories. In total, six Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were named IP Stars in both trademark and patent categories: Alan Adcock (Thailand) Darani Vachanavuttivong (Thailand) Loc Xuan Le (Vietnam) Nandana Indananda (Thailand) Thomas Treutler (Vietnam) Wongrat Ratanaprayul (Indonesia) Three additional Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were recognized specifically in the trademark category: Linh Thi Mai Nguyen (Vietnam) Sukontip Jitmongkolthong (Thailand) MIP is a leading global intellectual property industry magazine that covers the latest news and developments from the intellectual property community. For more information on these awards and rankings, please see MIP’s IP Stars 2021 website.

The latest rankings from Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific again place Tilleke & Gibbins among the best dispute resolution firms in Thailand and Vietnam.

Waewpen Piemwichai was recognized in Asialaw’s Client Service Excellence 2021 ratings as the “highest rated lawyer to work with” in Vietnam in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) area.

Tilleke & Gibbins was recognized as the “highest rated law firm to work with” in intellectual property (Thailand and Vietnam) and regulatory affairs (Vietnam) in Asialaw’s Client Service Excellence 2021 ratings.

Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh, partner and joint head of Tilleke & Gibbins’ technology industry group, has been named to the list of “Asia Top 15 TMT Lawyers” in a new ranking published by Asian Legal Business.

Partner Thawat Damsa-ard has been recognized by Asia Legal Business in its inaugural “Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers” list, a new ranking designed to spotlight the top litigators and dispute lawyers across Asia from the perspective of client service.

Tilleke & Gibbins has been recognized in both Thailand and Vietnam in the 2021 edition of the Asian Legal Business “Employer of Choice” issue, which highlights the most employee-friendly law firms in the Asia-Pacific region.

Alan Adcock, partner and co-head of the firm’s regional life sciences industry group, and Siraprapha Claassen, a consultant in the firm’s regulatory affairs group, have once again been included in the 2021 edition of Who’s Who Legal’s (WWL) Life Sciences – Regulatory rankings guide.

The 2021 edition of Media Law International (MLI) has been released, with Tilleke & Gibbins being recognized once again for its regional excellence in media law. MLI is a specialist guide that ranks leading media law firms in 56 jurisdictions around the world. For the eighth consecutive year, the firm earned Tier 1 rankings in both Thailand and Vietnam. Tilleke & Gibbins was also names a Tier 2 firm in Indonesia, which places it among the top five firms in the country. MLI is an independent publisher that focuses exclusively on media law, providing a bi-monthly magazine, legal practice guides, and its annual guide to firms and practitioners. To learn more about MLI and to browse the full rankings, please visit MLI’s website.

World Trademark Review has released WTR 1000 2021, the latest edition of its guide to the leading trademark lawyers around the world, and 18 Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers have been ranked in the publication. Tilleke & Gibbins has the highest number of ranked individuals in every one of its jurisdictions ranked in WTR 1000 2021. The firm’s already dominant performance in the individual rankings was further boosted this year by the addition of rankings for Cambodia—the first year the country was included in World Trademark Review’s research—and additional individual rankings for Tilleke & Gibbins in Vietnam. Below is the full list of recognitions for Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers: WTR 1000 2021 also includes firmwide rankings, with Tilleke & Gibbins performing extremely well in all of its jurisdictions that were included in the publication. To learn more about these recognitions or to explore the full rankings, please visit the WTR 1000 website.

Tilleke & Gibbins’ reputation as the top firm for intellectual property in Southeast Asia has again been confirmed in the recently released WTR 1000 2021, a guide from World Trademark Review to the leading trademark lawyers around the world. In this year’s rankings, the firm’s offices in Thailand and Vietnam have retained their top-tier Gold Band rankings, while the Indonesia office achieved Silver Band rankings both for Prosecution and Strategy and for Enforcement and Litigation. Tilleke & Gibbins’ Yangon office again appeared in the Myanmar rankings, which are now in their second year, while the firm’s office in Phnom Penh was included in the new single-tier rankings for Cambodia, which was ranked by World Trademark Review for the first time this year. World Trademark Review does not currently publish rankings for Laos. WTR 1000 2021 also includes rankings of individual practitioners. A record 18 Tilleke & Gibbins professionals are ranked in the 2021 edition. The WTR 1000 2021 rankings are based on in-depth qualitative research to identify key firms and individuals who are leading the way in trademark-related legal practice. Depth of expertise, positioning in the market, level of activity, and peer and client feedback are all factored into the rankings. To learn more about these recognitions or to explore the full rankings, please visit the WTR 1000 website.