The International Financial Law Review (IFLR) recently unveiled the shortlists for the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024, and Tilleke & Gibbins has been nominated for Thailand Firm of the Year at this competition recognizing outstanding legal firms and professionals across the Asia-Pacific region. The IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards are based on research by the IFLR team and careful selection by an internal panel of judges. The firm’s nomination conveys the firm’s continued commitment to excellence and its leading position in Thailand’s legal landscape. Winners of the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024 will be revealed at a gala dinner to be held in Hong Kong on March 20, 2024, at an event that will bring together industry leaders and legal professionals to celebrate excellence in the legal field. IFLR is a longstanding legal publication focusing on financial, transactional, and related matters in business law. To browse a full list of nominees for the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024, please see the shortlist on the IFLR website.

Law.com International has unveiled the shortlists for the Asia Legal Awards 2024, and Tilleke & Gibbins has been nominated for awards in four categories.  The nominations include:  Southeast Asia Firm of the Year  Intellectual Property Firm of the Year (Asia-wide)  M&A Firm of the Year (Asia-wide)  TMT Firm of the Year (Asia-wide)   In addition to these regional firm nominations, Tilleke & Gibbins has also been acknowledged for its exceptional work in the field of restructuring and insolvency. The efforts of Tilleke & Gibbins’ dispute resolution team in connection with Thai AirAsia X’s business rehabilitation plan earned the firm a nomination for Restructuring and Insolvency Matter of the Year.   The winners of the Asia Legal Awards 2024 will be unveiled on March 14 at an in-person event in Singapore. For more information on the Asia Legal Awards 2024, and to browse a full list of nominees in all categories, please visit the Law.com International website. 

Tilleke & Gibbins once again earned high marks across all six jurisdictions in the 2024 rankings from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which was released on January 17. This year, Tilleke & Gibbins’ rankings reflect continued excellence in the practice area rankings, plus new individual recognitions for eight more Tilleke & Gibbins practitioners. In total, Tilleke & Gibbins received 30 practice rankings—over a third of which are Tier 1.  The firm’s Thailand office earned 15 practice-area rankings:  Tier 1: Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications), Tax  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  Tilleke & Gibbins’ offices in Vietnam received rankings for 10 practice areas:  Tier 1: Data Protection, Intellectual Property (International Firms), Labor and Employment, TMT  Tier 2: Corporate and M&A   Tier 3: Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution: Litigation   Tier 4: Banking and Finance, Projects and Energy  Firms to Watch: Real Estate and Construction  Tilleke & Gibbins earned five additional practice-area rankings in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, and Myanmar:   Tier 1: Laos (General Business Law), Myanmar (Corporate and M&A)  Tier 2: Cambodia (General Business Law); Indonesia (Intellectual Property); Myanmar (Projects)   In addition to the practice-area rankings, a record number of Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers were honored with individual recognitions. The Tilleke & Gibbins practitioners included in the 2024 rankings from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific are listed below:  Alan Adcock – Thailand – Intellectual Property  Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh – Thailand – Insurance, TMT Chaiwat Keratisuthisathorn – Thailand – Real Estate and Construction Charunun Sathitsuksomboon – Thailand – Corporate and M&A Chusert Supasitthumrong – Thailand – Labor and Employment Darani Vachanavuttivong – Thailand – Intellectual Property  David Mol

For the third year running, Darani Vachanavuttivong, managing partner of Tilleke & Gibbins and managing director of Tilleke & Gibbins’ regional intellectual property (IP) department, was included in the recently released “Asia Top 15 IP Lawyers 2023” from Asian Legal Business (ALB). Darani has been included in the list every year since its inception in 2021—representative of the consistently strong performance of the firm’s regional IP practice across our offices in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The list recognizes the top 15 IP lawyers in private practice across all of Asia, as demonstrated by the strength of their legal work and feedback from clients, industry colleagues, and other commentators. ALB’s in-house research team studied firm submissions and conducted interviews with various stakeholders to determine the makeup of the Asia Top 15 IP Lawyers 2023 list. The attorneys identified in the list are among the most trusted in the region to help clients across varied industries protect and benefit from their valuable intellectual property. ALB, owned by Thomson Reuters, is a leading source of information on commercial law in Asia for businesses and professionals. To read more about Asia’s Top 15 IP Lawyers, please see the December 2023 issue of ALB.