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February 4, 2016

MIP Ranks Tilleke & Gibbins’ Intellectual Property Practice Among Top Four Firms in Laos

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Managing Intellectual Property

In its 2016 rankings, leading IP publication Managing Intellectual Property  ranked Tilleke & Gibbins as a “Recommended” firm in Laos in the category “Intellectual Property.” Only four firms received this top recognition, which places our firm at the pinnacle of the legal market.

To determine the rankings, Managing IP’s team of researchers obtained information from thousands of firms and their clients by phone, online surveys, email, and face-to-face meetings. The researchers assessed firms’ workloads, quality of work, and the strength of firms’ IP teams over a six-month period.

For more information on these rankings, please visit the Managing IP website.

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