In 1980, Tilleke & Gibbins played a pivotal role in securing justice for Rita Nightingale, a British expatriate who was imprisoned for 34 months in Thailand on drug trafficking charges. Ms. Nightingale’s trial and eventual royal pardon are detailed in this article from Business Times Week magazine.

In the 2011 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, eight Tilleke & Gibbins attorneys were recognized as leading practitioners in their areas of practice in Thailand. This included:

Writing and managing a commercial contract can be a process fraught with potential pitfalls. To explore some of the complex factors involved, Asia Business Connect organized the “Contract Management Excellence Summit 2011” on October 19-20 in Bangkok.

Noting the impact of IP judgments and settlements in Asia, Asia IP has recognized a civil patent litigation matter handled by Tilleke & Gibbins as one of Thailand’s landmark cases of the past year in its annual Landmark Cases issue. The dispute in this complex case revolved around the infringement of a patent related to the material sciences industry. In the case, Tilleke & Gibbins successfully secured a rare Anton Piller order from the Thai Intellectual Property and International Trade Court to seize crucial evidence ahead of the trial.