Tilleke & Gibbins has been named to the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Fast 30: Asia’s Fastest Growing Firms 2024. The ranking highlights law firms across Asia that have demonstrated significant growth and leadership in a competitive and evolving legal landscape. Selection for the ALB Fast 30 is based on metrics such as growth in fee-earners, new office openings, the addition of key partners and clients, revenue increases, and other measures of expansion. This is the second time Tilleke & Gibbins has been included on the list, having previously earned recognition in 2022. The Fast 30 ranking complements ALB’s annual Top 50 Largest Law Firms feature, which evaluates firms by total lawyer headcount. While not included among the region’s largest firms, Tilleke & Gibbins continues to be prominently ranked by ALB for its presence in Thailand and Vietnam. For more about the ALB Fast 30 and to see a full list of the Asia’s fastest growing law firms, please see the November 2024 issue of ALB.

Tilleke & Gibbins has been recognized with six awards at the Asia IP Awards 2024, which took place in Manila on November 17. The firm’s regional intellectual property practice was honored for its excellence in multiple jurisdictions and categories, including the prestigious title of Asia Pacific Patent Firm of the Year. The awards also highlighted Tilleke & Gibbins’ achievements in specific jurisdictions: Cambodia: Patents Indonesia: Patent Prosecution Laos: Intellectual Property Thailand: Patent Contentious Vietnam: Copyright The Asia IP Awards celebrate top-performing IP practices across the Asia-Pacific region, with winners selected through an extensive polling process of more than 5,000 in-house counsel from Asia, Europe, and the Americas conducted during early 2024. For more information on the Asia IP Awards 2024 and to browse a full list of the winners, please visit the Asia IP website.

Tilleke & Gibbins was named the winner in two categories at the Global IP Awards 2024, held on October 17 in London: Cambodia IP Firm of the Year Thailand Trademark Firm of the Year The Global IP Awards, launched in 2019, are compiled based on extensive research done by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and the World Trademark Review (WTR) for their annual IAM Patent 1000 and WTR 1000 rankings, and recognize the world’s best intellectual property law firms in more than 70 countries and jurisdictions. The organizers note that “The winners are selected on the basis of a wide range of criteria relating to excellence, achievement, and market reputation, and serve as a testament to the outstanding work being undertaken by IP firms across the globe.” For more details on the awards, and to view a full list of this year’s winners, please visit the Global IP Awards 2024 website.

At the joint Managing IP and Asialaw Awards on September 27, 2024, Tilleke & Gibbins was recognized with two significant firm-level honors. The firm was named Thailand Firm of the Year for the 13th time and Vietnam Firm of the Year for the 11th time. The awards, held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, celebrated firms and individuals who have demonstrated exceptional legal expertise and client service across Asia. Tilleke & Gibbins’ continued recognition in both Thailand and Vietnam reflects the firm’s consistent ability to deliver quality legal services and its leadership in the intellectual property and commercial sectors. In addition to these firm awards, Charunun Sathitsuksomboon, partner in the Bangkok office, received the Thailand Female Lawyer of the Year award, acknowledging her significant contributions to the legal profession and her outstanding client work over the past year. More information on the winners of the Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards can be found here, and a complete list of Asialaw Awards 2024 winners and nominees is available here.