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January 18, 2024

Tilleke & Gibbins Earns Record Number of Rankings in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024

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: 

Many other Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were also singled out in the guide’s editorial commentary for their outstanding work and ability demonstrated over the past year. 

To browse the full rankings and read the editorial analyses, please view the firm rankings through the country links above, or read more about the rankings on The Legal 500 Asia Pacific website. 

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February 24, 2023
Tilleke & Gibbins has been named to the ALB Top 15 Innovative Law Firms list, an initiative from Asian Legal Business identifying the law firms in Asia that have incorporated new technologies and techniques to provide top legal and client services. Tilleke & Gibbins was recognized for its strength in emerging areas such as cannabis and digital assets—as well as recent landmark victories in court for the firm’s clients. Tilleke & Gibbins is dedicated to innovation in both client service and internal business operations, and is proud of its culture of innovation across all departments and offices throughout Southeast Asia. Asian Legal Business, owned by Thomson Reuters, is a leading source of information for businesses and professionals active in the region. To learn more about the ALB Top 15 Innovative Law Firms list, please see the January/February 2023 issue of Asian Legal Business magazine.
February 23, 2023
Tilleke & Gibbins has been placed on the shortlist for 14 awards at The Legal 500’s Southeast Asia Awards 2023, including Southeast Asia Firm of the Year. The firm was honored to be nominated for the following awards, spanning regional, national, and individual categories: Regional Awards Southeast Asia Firm of the Year IP Firm of the Year Labor and Employment Firm of the Year Marketing Team of the Year National Awards Cambodia Firm of the Year Thailand Firm of the Year Individual Awards Alan Adcock, IP Lawyer of the Year Chusert Supasitthumrong, Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Linh Thi Mai Nguyen, IP Rising Star of the Year Loc Xuan Le, IP Lawyer of the Year Niti Muangkote, Banking and Finance Rising Star of the Year Nopparat Lalitkomon, TMT Rising Star of the Year Thomas J. Treutler, IP Lawyer of the Year Waewpen Piemwichai, TMT Rising Star of the Year This is the second edition of The Legal 500’s Southeast Asia Awards, following an inaugural virtual presentation in November 2021 in which Tilleke & Gibbins was named Laos Firm of the Year and Vietnam Firm of the Year. The winners this year will be announced at an in-person ceremony to be held on May 11, 2023, at the Pan Pacific Singapore.
February 3, 2023
The shortlist for the Asia Legal Awards 2023 from Law.com International has been released in full, and Tilleke & Gibbins has secured nominations in four core categories. The firm has been shortlisted for: Southeast Asia Firm of the Year Intellectual Property Firm of the Year (Asia-wide) Litigation Firm of the Year (Asia-wide) Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Firm of the Year (Asia-wide) Law.com International bills the Asia Legal Awards as “the most renowned ceremony for the legal elite” in Asia. The awards recognize the most complex and outstanding legal work from around the region and seek to identify the firms responsible for the most significant transactions and cases in the past year. The winners of the Asia Legal Awards 2023 are set to be announced at a ceremony hosted at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore on March 30, 2023. For more information on the Asia Legal Awards 2023, and to browse a full list of nominees in all categories, please visit the Law.com International website.
January 27, 2023
Asia Business Law Journal has released its annual A-List of Vietnam’s Top 100 Lawyers for 2023. This year’s A-List features five lawyers from Tilleke & Gibbins’ Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices: Kien Trung Trinh Linh Thi Mai Nguyen Loc Xuan Le Thomas J. Treutler Trung Nguyen Asia Business Law Journal is a leading legal magazine for the Asia-Pacific region published by Vantage Asia. The A-List, now published for 13 different countries, is one of the magazine’s most popular features, and recognizes the top private-practice corporate lawyers based on research conducted over the previous year. Per the accompanying editorial report for Vietnam, “The A-List is based on extensive research, nominations received from in-house counsel based in Vietnam and elsewhere, as well as Vietnam-focused partners at international law firms.” For the full rankings, please visit the Asia Business Law Journal website.