Tilleke & Gibbins was awarded Firm of the Year honors for Thailand and Vietnam at the annual Global IP Awards, hosted by Intellectual Asset Management and World Trademark Review magazines. The Global IP Awards, first launched in 2019, recognize the outstanding achievements of law firms and attorneys in IP litigation, prosecution, and transactional work. The awards were announced at a ceremony in London on September 15. With a focus on trademark and patent work, the awards for Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property practices in Thailand and Vietnam reflect the firm’s regional dominance in these fields. For more details on the awards, and to view a full list of this year’s winners, please visit the Intellectual Asset Management website.

In the recently released 2023 edition of the annual Asialaw Profiles guide, Tilleke & Gibbins dominates the rankings with a slate of recognitions that confirms the strong reputation of the firm’s various regional practices. Asialaw Profiles 2023 rates top domestic and international firms operating in Asian jurisdictions and headquartered in Asia, looking at firms’ performance and client service in both legal practices areas and various industries. In these detailed and comprehensive guide to the services of leading Asian law firms, Tilleke & Gibbins achieved a total of 45 industry and practice group rankings—20 of which are in the top tier—across Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Tilleke & Gibbins attorneys also received 25 individual rankings, with new recognitions for Linh Thai Mai Nguyen for intellectual property in Vietnam and Onunya Chanpen for capital markets in Thailand. In Thailand, Tilleke & Gibbins continues to be the only firm ranked in all 18 possible categories. The firm is also ranked in all available categories in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. For more details and to browse the full rankings, please visit the Asialaw website.

International Financial Law Review (IFLR) has released the final installment of the 2023 edition of its annual IFLR1000 rankings of leading law firms in domestic and cross-border financial and transactional matters across the globe. Tilleke & Gibbins’ performance was consistent with last year’s results, as for the third consecutive year the firm’s regional corporate and commercial team was awarded 15 distinct practice rankings across Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Tilleke & Gibbins was ranked in the following practice areas: Thailand—Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Development, Restructuring and Insolvency Vietnam—Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Development Myanmar—Financial and Corporate and Project Development Cambodia—Financial and Corporate, Project Development Laos—Financial and Corporate, Project Development In addition to the firmwide rankings, Tilleke & Gibbins’ representation in the individual has doubled, with five more attorneys listed in addition to the five retaining their rankings from previous years. The following 10 lawyers were recognized with individual rankings for their expertise in financial or transactional matters in their respective jurisdictions: Charunun Sathitsuksomboon – Thailand – M&A Dino Santaniello – Laos – Corporate and M&A David Mol – Cambodia – Insurance, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Derrick Khoo – Myanmar – Financial and Corporate Jay Cohen – Cambodia – Energy, Aviation Joseph Tomkiewicz – Thailand – Coroporate and M&A, Project Development Onunya Chanpen – Thailand – M&A, Project Development Saithong Rattana – Laos – Project Development, M&A Santhapat Periera – Laos – Banking, Energy, M&A Yuwadee Thean-ngarm – Myanmar – Banking and Finance, M&A IFLR1000 ranks the world’s leading corporate and financial law firms, covering the core transactional practice areas of Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Development, and Restructuring and Insolvency. Please visit the IFLR1000 website to review the full rankings for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Managing IP magazine, which has been rolling out its highly regarded IP Stars rankings in stages this year, recently released the results of its patent survey, and Tilleke & Gibbins earned high rankings across key Southeast Asian jurisdictions: Thailand – Tier 1 for the 20th consecutive year Vietnam – Tier 1 for the 8th consecutive year Indonesia – Tier 2 for the 3rd consecutive year The rankings show not only the firm’s excellence in patent work across the region but also its consistency—two decades in Tier 1 for Thailand, with the firm’s Vietnam practice getting close to a decade of its own. Even the relatively new Indonesia operations have been recognized in each of the past three years, and in this latest edition only two firms in Indonesia are ranked above Tilleke & Gibbins. Managing IP does not yet provide patent rankings for Tilleke & Gibbins’ other jurisdictions, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. The trademark survey is a part of IP STARS, MIP’s specialist guide to the world’s leading intellectual property firms and practitioners. For more information and to browse the full copyright rankings, please see the IP STARS website.