Tilleke & Gibbins is honored to have 20 of its attorneys recognized in the 2019 edition of Asialaw Profiles, a guide that builds on the publication’s Asialaw Leading Lawyers research. The guide seeks to rank attorneys from Asia-based firms on the strength of their client services and legal capabilities based on in-depth regional surveys of corporate management, in-house counsel, and private-practice lawyers.The following Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers have been recognized this year, according to practice area and jurisdiction:

Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh, partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ corporate and commercial group and co-head of the firm’s technology practice, recently joined a panel under the topic of “Lawyers and Digital Asset Laws” at the Thai FinTech Association (TFTA) Forum #4: Digital Asset Talks in Bangkok.During the panel, Athistha was quoted by the TFTA, a technology startup accelerator chaired by Korn Chatikavanij, the former finance minister of Thailand, and comprised of over 100 members from the public and private sectors.

Jeffrey J. Blatt, of counsel in Tilleke & Gibbins’ corporate and commercial group, will present on the topic of “1984 Redux: China’s Social Credit System a Harbinger of the Future?” at the RSA Conference 2018 Asia Pacific and Japan.

Thomas J. Treutler, managing director of Tilleke & Gibbins’ Vietnam offices, was quoted in the June 18-24 issue of Vietnam Investment Review in an article on domestic pay TV providers’ concerns about the proliferation of cross-border over-the-top (OTT) internet television services.