Tilleke & Gibbins and the National Innovation Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology, will be co-hosting the 15th IP Lunch Talk on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Suebsiri Taweepon, partner in the firm’s intellectual property group, will present on the topic of “Combating Online Infringement: Obstacles and Prospects,” and will provide insight on the following issues:

Aaron Le Marquer, a partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ dispute resolution group who leads the firm’s regional contentious insurance practice, has been invited to join a panel on “Insuring Flood Risk in Asia” at the 15th Conference on Catastrophe Insurance in Asia, hosted by Asia Insurance Review, a leading insurance publication.Aaron will be joined by three other panelists from AIG, Aon Benfield China, and Chubb, who will share insights on flood insurance challenges and opportunities in the region, including:

In an environment of increasingly onerous corporate compliance and regulation, directors and officers of companies are more exposed to litigation and regulatory action than ever before. The cost of defending legal actions can be cripplingly expensive, and directors’ personal assets are at risk. 

Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh, of counsel in the Tilleke & Gibbins corporate and commercial group and head of the firm’s non-contentious insurance practice, has recently been named as an advisory board member to Insurtech Asia.Insurtech Asia is a new regional insurance industry association that aims to promote innovation among stakeholders, and to share expertise on leveraging financial technology (fintech) in the insurance industry. The association operates under the concept of “Connecting Insurance, Innovation, and Community.”