Tilleke & Gibbins is pleased to announce that Darani Vachanavuttivong and Wongrat Ratanaprayul have been recognized in Managing IP’s Top 250 Women in IP 2024. This recognition highlights the significant contributions these individuals have made to the field of intellectual property law. Darani Vachanavuttivong is noted as the sole recognized lawyer from Thailand, and this is the sixth year since 2016 that Darani has been recognized by the publication. In Indonesia, Wongrat Ratanaprayul is one of only three distinguished lawyers to be included in the Top 250 Women in IP 2024. Managing IP’s annual “Top 250 Women in IP” list celebrates female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally well for their clients and firms in the past year. The final list of ranked individuals was determined after a thorough review of submissions provided for the list’s sister publication, IP Stars, and the Managing IP Awards. To read the announcement and view the full Top 250 Women in IP list, please visit the Managing IP website.

Seven Tilleke & Gibbins attorneys in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam have been included in the IP STARS 2024 individual rankings from Managing IP. The rankings, which spotlight the world’s best practitioners working in the fields of patents and trademarks, are selected based on client and peer recommendations in each jurisdiction, with the highest-rated practitioners included in the final results of the annual survey. The group of ranked practitioners is divided into “Patent Stars” and “Trademark Stars,” with many lawyers identified in both categories. This year’s list of Tilleke & Gibbins honorees, by country, includes: Indonesia: Wongrat Ratanaprayul – Patent Star 2024, Trademark Star 2024 Thailand: Alan Adcock – Patent Star 2024, Trademark Star 2024 Darani Vachanavuttivong – Patent Star 2024, Trademark Star 2024 Sukontip Jitmongkolthong – Trademark Star 2024 Vietnam: Linh Thi Mai Nguyen – Trademark Star 2024 Loc Xuan Le – Patent Star 2024, Trademark Star 2024 Trung Nguyen – Trademark Star 2024 Managing IP is a leading global intellectual property industry magazine that covers the latest news and developments from the intellectual property community. For more information on the IP STARS 2024 individual rankings, please see the IP STARS website.

The annual trademark rankings from Managing IP once again confirm the position of Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property department as a leading trademark practice throughout the region, with three mentions in the rankings tables: Thailand – Tier 1 Vietnam – Tier 1 Indonesia – Tier 2 For Thailand, Tilleke & Gibbins was ranked in Tier 1 for trademarks for the 21st consecutive year. For Vietnam, Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property practice achieved a Tier 1 ranking for the 13th year running, and Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property boutique in Indonesia earned a Tier 2 ranking. Managing IP also ranks individual practitioners, as well as some smaller jurisdictions that only have a single category of recommended intellectual property firms. These will be released in the coming months. The trademark rankings are a part of IP STARS, Managing IP’s specialist guide to the world’s leading intellectual property firms and practitioners. For more information and to browse the full rankings, please see the Managing IP website.

Tilleke & Gibbins has been named Regional Intellectual Property Firm of the Year in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) SE Asia Law Awards 2024. The awards, which recognize the top legal service providers in Southeast Asia over the past year, were announced at a ceremony in Singapore on May 16. The Regional Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year award is Tilleke & Gibbins’ third consecutive win in this category—and fifth in six years. This consistent performance is a mark of Tilleke & Gibbins’ position as a consistent regional leader in intellectual property work. The ALB SE Asia Law Awards are an annual awards ceremony that recognizes outstanding law firms and lawyers in the Southeast Asian region. The winners of these highly regarded awards are determined by an independent panel of judges consisting of senior legal industry experts. For more information on the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2024 and to browse a full list of winners and nominees, please visit the ALB website.