Tilleke & Gibbins once again earned high marks across all six jurisdictions in the 2024 rankings from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which was released on January 17. This year, Tilleke & Gibbins’ rankings reflect continued excellence in the practice area rankings, plus new individual recognitions for eight more Tilleke & Gibbins practitioners. In total, Tilleke & Gibbins received 30 practice rankings—over a third of which are Tier 1.  The firm’s Thailand office earned 15 practice-area rankings:  Tier 1: Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications), Tax  Tier 2: Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Customs and International Trade, Insurance, Projects and Energy, Real Estate and Construction, Restructuring & Insolvency, Transport  Tier 3: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration  Tilleke & Gibbins’ offices in Vietnam received rankings for 10 practice areas:  Tier 1: Data Protection, Intellectual Property (International Firms), Labor and Employment, TMT  Tier 2: Corporate and M&A   Tier 3: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution: Litigation   Tier 4: Banking and Finance, Projects and Energy  Firms to Watch: Real Estate and Construction  Tilleke & Gibbins earned five additional practice-area rankings in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, and Myanmar:   Tier 1: Laos (General Business Law), Myanmar (Corporate and M&A)  Tier 2: Cambodia (General Business Law); Indonesia (Intellectual Property); Myanmar (Projects)   In addition to the practice-area rankings, a record number of Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were honored with individual recognitions. The Tilleke & Gibbins practitioners included in the 2024 rankings from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific are listed below:  Alan Adcock – Thailand – Intellectual Property  Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh – Thailand – Insurance, TMT Chaiwat Keratisuthisathorn – Thailand – Real Estate and Construction Charunun Sathitsuksomboon – Thailand – Corporate and M&A Chusert Supasitthumrong – Thailand – Labor and Employment Darani Vachanavuttivong – Thailand – Intellectual Property  David Mol

For the third year running, Darani Vachanavuttivong, managing partner of Tilleke & Gibbins and managing director of Tilleke & Gibbins’ regional intellectual property (IP) department, was included in the recently released “Asia Top 15 IP Lawyers 2023” from Asian Legal Business (ALB). Darani has been included in the list every year since its inception in 2021—representative of the consistently strong performance of the firm’s regional IP practice across our offices in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The list recognizes the top 15 IP lawyers in private practice across all of Asia, as demonstrated by the strength of their legal work and feedback from clients, industry colleagues, and other commentators. ALB’s in-house research team studied firm submissions and conducted interviews with various stakeholders to determine the makeup of the Asia Top 15 IP Lawyers 2023 list. The attorneys identified in the list are among the most trusted in the region to help clients across varied industries protect and benefit from their valuable intellectual property. ALB, owned by Thomson Reuters, is a leading source of information on commercial law in Asia for businesses and professionals. To read more about Asia’s Top 15 IP Lawyers, please see the December 2023 issue of ALB.

The recently released 2024 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific gives Tilleke & Gibbins high marks across all of the firm’s jurisdictions in Southeast Asia. In addition to the practice-area rankings, individual practitioners from the firm’s offices across the region received a record total of 35 individual rankings.

Eight attorneys from Tilleke & Gibbins’ Bangkok office are included in the annual A-List of the top lawyers in Thailand from Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ). The A-List, which aims to identify the top 100 lawyers in various Asian jurisdictions, is the result of extensive, in-depth market research conducted by ABLJ, including nominations and feedback from in-house counsel and law firm practitioners around the world. The following Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers are included in the prestigious list: Alan Adcock Charunun Sathitsuksomboon Darani Vachanavuttivong Kobkit Thienpreecha Nuttaphol Arammuang Pimvimol Vipamaneerut Thawat Damsa-ard Tiziana Sucharitkul The list is prefaced by an extensive analysis of the Thailand market, addressing some especially active practice areas as well as how legal professionals handle work in the country. To read the editorial and browse the full ABLJ A-List of Thailand’s top 100 lawyers, please visit the ABLJ website.