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January 31, 2019

Tilleke & Gibbins Awarded Firm of the Year for Thailand and Vietnam at Global IP Awards

IP Media Group

Tilleke & Gibbins won two major awards—Thailand IP Firm of the Year and Vietnam IP Firm of the Year—at IP Media Group’s inaugural Global IP Awards, which took place in London on January 29, 2019. The Global IP Awards are given to firms around the world that demonstrated outstanding achievements in IP litigation, prosecution, and transactional work throughout 2018. Tilleke & Gibbins was one of just four firms globally to win an award in more than one country.

IP Media Group is the publisher of Intellectual Asset Management  and World Trademark Review, and is one of the world’s leading intellectual property platforms. Winners were determined through market research by a 16-person, in-house editorial and research team.

This announcement marks the first award of the year for Tilleke & Gibbins, and follows the recent release of the firm’s nomination for IP Firm of the Year at The Asia Legal Awards.

To access a PDF containing a full list of winners from the Global IP Awards, please follow this link.

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