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January 16, 2025

Tilleke & Gibbins Maintains Strong Position in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025

Tilleke & Gibbins has maintained its strong regional presence in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific rankings, demonstrating continued excellence across all six jurisdictions where the firm operates. The rankings, which were recently released, showcase the firm’s consistent high performance with 30 practice rankings and 30 individual recognitions.

The firm has upheld its market-leading position across the region, with a third of its practice rankings achieving Tier 1 status. Notable changes this year include advancement in Vietnam’s Dispute Resolution: Litigation practice, which improved to Tier 2.

In Thailand, Tilleke & Gibbins received 15 practice-area rankings:

  • Tier 1: Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications)
  • 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, Tax

The firm’s Vietnam offices achieved recognitions in 10 practice areas:

  • Tier 1: Data Protection, Intellectual Property (International Firms), Labor and Employment, TMT
  • Tier 2: Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution: Litigation
  • Tier 3: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
  • Tier 4: Banking and Finance, Projects and Energy
  • Firms to Watch: Real Estate and Construction

Tilleke & Gibbins secured five additional practice-area rankings across its other regional offices:

  • Tier 1: Laos (General Business Law), Myanmar (Corporate and M&A)
  • Tier 2: Cambodia (General Business Law), Indonesia (Intellectual Property), Myanmar (Projects)

The firm’s lawyers also received a slate of individual rankings, including new “Leading Associate” recognitions for Linh Duy Mai (Intellectual Property, Vietnam), Anh Hoai Nguyen (TMT, Vietnam), and Nitikar Nith (General Business Law, Cambodia).

The complete list of Tilleke & Gibbins practitioners recognized in the 2025 rankings includes:

Many other Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were also highlighted in the guide’s editorial commentary for their outstanding work and achievements 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 16, 2021
The 2021 edition of Media Law International (MLI) has been released, with Tilleke & Gibbins being recognized once again for its regional excellence in media law. MLI is a specialist guide that ranks leading media law firms in 56 jurisdictions around the world. For the eighth consecutive year, the firm earned Tier 1 rankings in both Thailand and Vietnam. Tilleke & Gibbins was also names a Tier 2 firm in Indonesia, which places it among the top five firms in the country. MLI is an independent publisher that focuses exclusively on media law, providing a bi-monthly magazine, legal practice guides, and its annual guide to firms and practitioners. To learn more about MLI and to browse the full rankings, please visit MLI’s website.
February 16, 2021
World Trademark Review has released WTR 1000 2021, the latest edition of its guide to the leading trademark lawyers around the world, and 18 Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers have been ranked in the publication. Tilleke & Gibbins has the highest number of ranked individuals in every one of its jurisdictions ranked in WTR 1000 2021. The firm’s already dominant performance in the individual rankings was further boosted this year by the addition of rankings for Cambodia—the first year the country was included in World Trademark Review’s research—and additional individual rankings for Tilleke & Gibbins in Vietnam. Below is the full list of recognitions for Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers: WTR 1000 2021 also includes firmwide rankings, with Tilleke & Gibbins performing extremely well in all of its jurisdictions that were included in the publication. To learn more about these recognitions or to explore the full rankings, please visit the WTR 1000 website.
February 16, 2021
Tilleke & Gibbins’ reputation as the top firm for intellectual property in Southeast Asia has again been confirmed in the recently released WTR 1000 2021, a guide from World Trademark Review to the leading trademark lawyers around the world. In this year’s rankings, the firm’s offices in Thailand and Vietnam have retained their top-tier Gold Band rankings, while the Indonesia office achieved Silver Band rankings both for Prosecution and Strategy and for Enforcement and Litigation. Tilleke & Gibbins’ Yangon office again appeared in the Myanmar rankings, which are now in their second year, while the firm’s office in Phnom Penh was included in the new single-tier rankings for Cambodia, which was ranked by World Trademark Review for the first time this year. World Trademark Review does not currently publish rankings for Laos. WTR 1000 2021 also includes rankings of individual practitioners. A record 18 Tilleke & Gibbins professionals are ranked in the 2021 edition. The WTR 1000 2021 rankings are based on in-depth qualitative research to identify key firms and individuals who are leading the way in trademark-related legal practice. Depth of expertise, positioning in the market, level of activity, and peer and client feedback are all factored into the rankings. To learn more about these recognitions or to explore the full rankings, please visit the WTR 1000 website.