Leading Southeast Asian regional law firm Tilleke & Gibbins has promoted four attorneys to the firm’s partnership, effective January 2013.Coming from across the major practice groups in the firm’s Bangkok office, the new partners include Charunun Sathitsuksomboon and Kobkit Thienpreecha of the firm’s corporate and commercial group, Chusert Supasitthumrong of the dispute resolution department, and Sukontip Jitmongkolthong of the intellectual property team.

Recognizing the firm’s status in the upper echelon of the Thai legal market, Chambers and Partners has nominated Tilleke & Gibbins for its Thailand Law Firm of the Year award. The firm is one of six shortlisted candidates for the award, with the winner set to be announced at the Chambers Asia Pacific Awards on March 1, 2013.

On November 22, 2012, the Euromoney Legal Media Group will hold its second annual Asia Women in Business Law Awards at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong. Again this year, Tilleke & Gibbins stands amongst a leading group of law firms that will be recognized for their commitment to the advancement of women. The firms will be judged on a range of factors, predominately initiatives for gender diversity, innovation, mentoring, talent management, and female leadership within each firm.

Starting October 1, 2012, overseas pharmaceutical manufacturers that have never before been recorded in the Drug Product Registry of Thailand will need to be accredited by the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before marketing authorization can be obtained. Otherwise, the FDA will not allow the business operator to submit an Application for Importation of Drug Product Sample, which is a required document for drug product registration.