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January 17, 2019

Tilleke & Gibbins’ Yangon Office Lauded by The Legal 500 for its Full-Service Practice

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Tilleke & Gibbins’ Myanmar practice has been awarded a Tier 2 ranking for Corporate and M&A work in the country in the 2019 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific , a guide to the preeminent firms in the region.

Quoting peer and client feedback, the guide notes that the Yangon office is ‘excellent at what it does’, ‘pays superb attention to its clients’ and ‘offers outstanding services at a reasonable price.’

Highlighting the breadth of the firm’s practice in Myanmar, the ranking also notes our work in banking and finance, insurance, and projects and infrastructure, and impressive reputation among clients in the cosmetics, fashion, technology, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries.

For more information on this ranking, please visit the Legal 500  website.

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