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February 14, 2020

Kasama Sriwatanakul Wins Lexology/ILO Client Choice Award for Trademarks

Lexology and International Law Office

Lexology  and The International Law Office  (ILO) recently announced the winners of their annual Client Choice Awards, and Tilleke & Gibbins is proud to share that Kasama Sriwatanakul, an attorney-at-law in the firm’s intellectual property department in Bangkok, is the only lawyer in Thailand to receive a 2020 Client Choice Award, and the only lawyer in Southeast Asia to receive an award in the Trademark category.

These distinguished awards are based on an extensive survey of in-house counsel and independent market research conducted by the Lexology  and ILO  teams. Through the surveys, clients are asked to rate lawyers in numerous areas of client service including quality of legal advice, industry knowledge, billing transparency, tailored fee structures, value for money, use of technology, effective communication, and ethics, among others. For more information about the awards, or to see the full list of winners, please visit the Client Choice website.

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