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October 23, 2025

Tilleke & Gibbins Maintains Leading Regional Position in 2025 Asialaw Profiles Rankings

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Tilleke & Gibbins has once again earned top recognitions in Asialaw Profiles, which highlights the leading domestic and regional firms operating across Asia. In the newly released 2025 edition, the firm secured rankings in 39 total categories spanning practice areas and industry sectors, with 19 of these in the highest available tiers.

The firm’s Thailand practice continued to perform strongly, leading all Thailand-ranked firms with 19 total rankings. A particular highlight of this year’s results was the rise of the firm’s Thailand rankings in Banking & Financial Services and Capital Markets, both of which advanced from Recommended to Highly Recommended—reflecting the growing strength of the firm’s financial sector capabilities.

Across other Southeast Asian jurisdictions, Tilleke & Gibbins maintained consistently strong rankings:

  • In Cambodia, the firm was recognized for its strengths in corporate, financial, and IP work, with Highly Recommended rankings for Consumer Goods and Services and General Business Law (now reclassified as Finance and Corporate in collaboration with IFLR).
  • In Laos, the firm continued to be recognized for its energy, regulatory, and IP capabilities, maintaining Highly Recommended status in key areas.
  • In Vietnam, Tilleke & Gibbins retained Outstanding recognition for Intellectual Property and Highly Recommended rankings across several corporate and employment-related categories.
  • In Indonesia, the firm continued to be Highly Recommended for IP, where it remains one of the most prominent practices in the market.

Individual Recognitions

In addition to the firmwide rankings, Asialaw Profiles 2025 recognized 27 individual lawyers from Tilleke & Gibbins—up from 22 in 2024. These include six new or promoted recognitions in Thailand:

These additions further expand the firm’s representation across key practice areas, reflecting the depth of talent across Tilleke & Gibbins’ regional offices.

Asialaw Profiles is a guide to the leading Asia-based law firms across practice areas and industry sectors, ranking domestic and regional firms headquartered in Asia. The full 2025 rankings are available on the Asialaw website.

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