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August 18, 2016

Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016: Twelve Tilleke & Gibbins Attorneys Recognized

Asialaw Leading Lawyers

In this year’s edition of Asialaw Leading Lawyers, a guide to the Asia-Pacific’s leading practitioners, 12 lawyers at Tilleke & Gibbins were recognized for their outstanding capabilities. The results were determined through an extensive annual survey of senior corporate executives, in-house counsel, and private-practice lawyers.

The following individuals have been named as Asialaw Leading Lawyers this year according to practice area and jurisdiction:

  • Alan Adcock – Intellectual Property – Thailand
  • Cynthia M. Pornavalai – Corporate/M&A – Thailand
  • Darani Vachanavuttivong – Intellectual Property – Laos and Thailand
  • Jeffrey Blatt – IT, Telco & Media – Thailand
  • John King – Dispute Resolution – Thailand
  • Kobkit Thienpreecha – Corporate/M&A – Thailand
  • Kornkieat Chunhakasikarn – Dispute Resolution – Thailand
  • Michael Lee – Corporate/M&A – Vietnam
  • Piyanuj (Lui) Ratprasatporn – Corporate/M&A – Thailand
  • Thawat Damsa-ard – Dispute Resolution – Thailand
  • Thomas Treutler – Intellectual Property – Vietnam
  • Tiziana Sucharitkul – Dispute Resolution – Thailand

In addition, Darani, Piyanuj, Thomas, and Tiziana were singled out as Market-Leading Lawyers, an accolade that recognizes them as the very top practitioners in the market. 

The Asialaw Leading Lawyers  survey is one of the largest annual surveys of Asia Pacific-focused private practitioners. For more information, please visit the Asialaw website.

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The U.S. government has made headlines in recent days for its efforts to force Apple Inc. to allow investigators to bypass the encryption security features of an iPhone that has been tied to the terrorists who conducted an attack in San Bernardino. To comment on the substance and implications of this request, Jeffrey Blatt, Of Counsel in Tilleke & Gibbins’ technology, media, and telecommunications practice, was interviewed in a live broadcast by KTVU News.
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Fifteen Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers and consultants have been recognized for their outstanding legal knowledge and experience, ability, effectiveness, and client service in the latest Chambers Asia-Pacific  annual rankings for law firms and individual lawyers. The rankings were determined through extensive market research and feedback obtained from clients and legal practitioners.The following Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were recognized in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016: