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January 23, 2020

Top-Tier Ranking for Tilleke & Gibbins’ Laos Office in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

Tilleke & Gibbins was one of just three corporate law firms ranked in Tier 1 for Laos in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 . This is the third consecutive year the firm has held this lofty position. The guide notes the firm’s “expertise in media, technology, and infrastructure,” as well as its “strengths in the financial services sector” in the developing country. The firm also impressively landed two names on the short list of Leading Individuals in Laos, with office head Dino Santaniello, and partner Santhapat Periera earning the distinction.

The Legal 500  is one of the most trusted providers of law firm rankings in the industry. The annual publication ranks firms in over 150 jurisdictions based on feedback from over 300,000 clients worldwide and interviews with leading private-practice lawyers.

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

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December 18, 2020
The 2021 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific has been released, with Tilleke & Gibbins earning high honors across all of the firm’s jurisdictions in Southeast Asia. For Thailand, the firm earned rankings in all of the practice areas ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021, including Band 1 rankings—the publication’s highest recognition for practice areas—for its intellectual property and employment practices. The full practice-area rankings for Tilleke & Gibbins in Thailand are summarized in the table below. Tilleke & Gibbins also secured two Band 1 rankings—Intellectual Property and Technology, Media, and Telecoms—in Vietnam, along with rankings for Corporate/M&A and Employment. Tilleke & Gibbins’ office in Cambodia was ranked Band 2 for General Business Law, a boost from last year’s Band 3 ranking. Tilleke & Gibbins’ IP and regulatory affairs boutique in Indonesia also took a step forward in the listings, earning a Band 4 ranking in the Intellectual Property category. The firm also maintained strong rankings in General Business Law in Laos and Myanmar. Each ranking in the guide is accompanied by an analysis, originating from Chambers and Partners’ direct interviews with clients, highlighting specific areas of strength for each respective practice. In the 2021 editorial about the firm’s intellectual property practice Chambers notes that Tilleke & Gibbins is a “market-leading firm,” while a client commenting on the aviation practice was quoted as saying, “The firm is absolutely excellent and they provide a superb service. They are extremely diligent and thorough.” The firm’s insurance practice was also described well by a client, who said, “Their key strengths are an in-depth understanding of the insurance business and local practices, fast and commercially-minded advice, and the benefits of being a full-service law firm. Their relationships with local regulators and the industry associations are very strong.” Chambers Asia-Pacific also ranks leading individual practitioners in each