Benchmark Litigation has announced the winners of the Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific Awards 2023, and Tilleke & Gibbins was recognized with an Impact Case of the Year award for the firm’s successful representation of Alibaba in a dispute related to intellectual property infringement allegations. The case, which was led by the firm’s intellectual property litigation team, involved defending Alibaba against claims regarding the liability of e-commerce platforms for indirect intellectual property infringement. The favorable judgment in the case was Thailand’s first to rule on e-commerce platform liability for intellectual property infringement. More details on the case are available at the link above. The team from Tilleke & Gibbins that led the successful defense consisted of partners Nandana Indananda and Suebsiri Taweepon, senior associate San Chaithirapant, and associate Wattanakit Thanarattananukul. For more details on the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2023, and to browse the full list of winners, please visit the Benchmark Litigation website.

Tilleke & Gibbins was honored to be named Regional IP Firm of the Year and Regional Litigation Firm of the Year at the 2023 ALB SE Asia Law Awards. Tiziana Sucharitkul, managing partner of Tilleke & Gibbins, was also the recipient of the Managing Partner of the Year (Emerging Markets) award.

Tilleke & Gibbins has once again proven its expertise in dispute resolution and litigation, earning impressive rankings in Benchmark Litigation’s 2023 edition of the top dispute resolution firms in the Asia-Pacific region. The Benchmark Litigation rankings include two jurisdictions where Tilleke & Gibbins is active—Thailand and Vietnam. Full details of the firm’s rankings are below: Thailand Commercial and Transactions – Tier 1 Government and Regulatory – Tier 2 Intellectual Property – Tier 1 Labor and Employment – Tier 1 Trade and Customs – Tier 2 Vietnam (international firms) Commercial and Transactions – Tier 2 Energy and Construction – Tier 2 Intellectual Property – Tier 1 Labor and Employment – Recommended (top category) International Arbitration – Tier 2 In addition to these firm-wide rankings, the following nine Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers are named Dispute Resolution Stars: Alongkorn Tongmee – Trade and Customs Chusert Supasitthumrong – Labor and Employment Loc Xuan Le – Intellectual Property Nandana Indananda – Intellectual Property Noppramart Thammateeradaycho – Shipping Suebsiri Taweepon – Intellectual Property Thawat Damsa-ard – Commercial and transactions Thomas Treutler – Intellectual Property Tiziana Sucharitkul – Commercial and Transactions, Government and Regulatory Benchmark Litigation provides coverage of litigation and disputes markets around the world, based on interviews with dispute resolution specialists and clients, as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments. To learn more about the rankings and to browse the results, please visit the Benchmark Litigation website.

Tilleke & Gibbins has been shortlisted for three firmwide awards and one individual award in the ninth annual Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards. These awards recognize the leading litigators and most impactful disputes in the region based on submissions for the latest edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. The firm has been shortlisted for Intellectual Property Firm of the Year, Thailand Firm of the Year, and Vietnam Firm of the Year. In addition, Suebsiri Taweepon, a partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property group in Bangkok, has been shortlisted for Thailand Lawyer of the Year, for his outstanding performance in the past year, securing remarkable results for his clients. The Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards are the culmination of months of research, analyzing hundreds of submissions, surveying thousands of referees, and interviewing hundreds of lawyers. The winners are judged on innovation, complexity, and impact. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced online via the Benchmark Litigation website on May 25, 2023. For more details on the Benchmark Asia-Pacific Awards 2023, and to browse the full shortlist, please visit the Benchmark Litigation website.