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Tilleke & Gibbins
Tilleke & Gibbins' logo as of January 2021
HeadquartersBangkok, Thailand
No. of offices7
No. of attorneys230+
Major practice areasBanking and Finance, Capital Markets, Competition and Trade, Compliance and Investigations, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Employment, Intellectual Property, Property, Regulatory Affairs, Tax
Date founded1890
Websitewww.tilleke.com

Tilleke & Gibbins is a regional law firm in Southeast Asia, with offices in Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, and Yangon. The firm's core practices are commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, litigation, and intellectual property law.

History

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In 1890, William Alfred Tilleke, a Ceylonese solicitor, began a new practice in Siam (now Thailand).[1] In 1894, Tilleke gained recognition when he successfully defended Phra Yot Muang Kwang, a Thai provincial governor, who had been accused of murdering a French military officer.[2][3] In the face of colonial pressure by the French and before a French Court conducted in Thailand, Tilleke exonerated Phra Yot through affirmative evidence and all seven judges presiding returned a "Not Guilty" verdict.[3]

Ralph Gibbins, an Englishman, partnered with Tilleke in 1902, and the firm adopted the name, Tilleke & Gibbins. Later, Ralph became a legal adviser in the Siamese Ministry of Justice, before serving as a judge of the International Court in 1916.[4]

Samuel Brighouse and Reginald Atkinson led the firm from 1911 until Thailand’s involvement in World War II in 1941. During the war, the firm ceased operations.[5] Some of the company documents were safeguarded by Ina Jorgensen, the former secretary of one of the firm's partners, Victor Jaques, who had fled abroad. In 1946, Mr. Jaques reestablished the firm as the sole partner remaining after the war had ended.

In 1951, Albert Lyman purchased the firm—minus its trademark and intellectual property work, which had been given to Jorgensen—from Victor Jaques for $2,500. Mr. Lyman and his wife, Freda, ran the firm with a Thai partner, Rojvit Periera. The Lymans’ son, David, joined the firm in 1967 and took over Tilleke & Gibbins’ operations after his father’s death in 1984. In addition to being Chairman of the firm, David also acts as the firm's Chief Values Officer.

Darani Vachanavuttivong and Tiziana Suchartikul are the Managing Partners of the firm.

Practice areas

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Tilleke & Gibbins is a full-service law firm working with multinational companies doing business in Southeast Asia. The firm's services are categorized into 6 multidisciplinary industry groups and 11 practices:[6]

Industries

  • Aviation
  • Consumer Products
  • Energy
  • Insurance
  • Life Sciences
  • Technology

Practices

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Competition and Trade
  • Compliance and Investigations
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Dispute Resolution and Litigation
  • Employment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Property
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Tax

Offices

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Tilleke & Gibbins’ head office is in Bangkok, Thailand, with other offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jakarta, Indonesia, Vientiane, Laos, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Yangon, Myanmar.[7]

Awards and rankings

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Tilleke & Gibbins has been ranked as a leading legal practice in Southeast Asia in various legal directories, such as Asia-Pacific Legal 500[8], Asian Legal Business, Chambers Asia Pacific[9], and IFLR 1000.[10] The firm's intellectual property practice has earned recognition from other, practice-specific directories, such as Asia IP, Intellectual Asset Management[11], Managing Intellectual Property[12], and World Trademark Review[13]. In 2017, Tilleke & Gibbins won the "Southeast Asia Firm of the Year"[14][15] award from Asialaw's Asia-Pacific Legal Awards. In 2018, Managing Intellectual Property named the firm as "Asia-Pacific CSR Firm of the Year.[16]"

The firm has received 17 Asian Legal Business "Employer of Choice" awards in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]".

Memberships

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Tilleke & Gibbins The firm is a longstanding member of international legal networks Lex Mundi and Multilaw. Partners from the firm have served as chair of Lex Mundi[26] and Multilaw[27] in 2017 and 2018.

Museum of Counterfeit Goods

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Main article: Museum of Counterfeit Goods

The firm's Bangkok office is the site of the Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods, established in 1989. The museum's collection includes more than 3,500 counterfeit copies of trademarked and copyrighted goods.[28] The museum has been featured on CNN and BBC in documentaries on counterfeiting in Thailand.[29] Additionally, The Condé Nast Traveler, The Christian Science Monitor, and Time magazine have also profiled the museum.[30][31][32]

References

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  1. ^ Tilleke & Gibbins Official Profile
  2. ^ Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand by Tamara Lynn Loos, published by Cornell University Press (2006), 60.
  3. ^ a b The Peoples and Politics of the Far East, by Henry Norman (2001), 481.
  4. ^ Streckfuss, David (2010-09-13). Truth on Trial in Thailand: Defamation, Treason, and Lèse-Majesté. Routledge. ISBN 9781136942037.
  5. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Firm History". Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Services". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  7. ^ "List of Offices".
  8. ^ "The Legal 500 > Tilleke & Gibbins > Bangkok, Thailand> What we say". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  9. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Profile | Chambers and Partners". Chambers and Partners. c. 2019. [permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins | IFLR1000". www.iflr1000.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  11. ^ "Thailand Top TM Professionals | IAM". www.iam-media.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  12. ^ "IP STARS – Thailand". IP STARS. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  13. ^ "Thailand Top TM Professionals | World Trademark Review". www.worldtrademarkreview.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  14. ^ "Asialaw – Asialaw ALP Awards 2017 – winners announced". Asialaw. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  15. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Wins Three Asialaw Firm of the Year Awards | Tilleke & Gibbins". www.tilleke.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  16. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Named Asia-Pacific CSR Firm of the Year at MIP Asia Awards | Tilleke & Gibbins". www.tilleke.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  17. ^ "Asian Legal Business: Tilleke & Gibbins Voted Employer of Choice 2013 in Thailand and Vietnam". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  18. ^ "Asian Legal Business: Tilleke & Gibbins Voted Employer of Choice 2014 in Thailand and Vietnam". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  19. ^ "Asian Legal Business: Tilleke & Gibbins Voted Employer of Choice 2015 in Thailand". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  20. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Named ALB Employer of Choice 2016 in Thailand and Vietnam". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  21. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Named ALB Employer of Choice 2017". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  22. ^ "ALB: Tilleke & Gibbins Recognized as Employer of Choice 2018 for Thailand and Vietnam". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  23. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Named ALB Employer of Choice 2019". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  24. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Named ALB Employer of Choice 2020 in Thailand and Vietnam". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  25. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Named ALB Employer of Choice 2021 in Thailand and Vietnam". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  26. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Partner Elected as New Chair of Lex Mundi". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  27. ^ "Tilleke & Gibbins Partner Elected as New Chair of Multilaw". Tilleke & Gibbins.
  28. ^ "Museum of Counterfeit Goods Home Page". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  29. ^ "Faking it at Bangkok's Museum of Counterfeit Goods". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  30. ^ Lockhart, Katie. "Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods, – Culture Review". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  31. ^ "Thailand: Fakery, enshrined". Christian Science Monitor. June 11, 2009.
  32. ^ Time Article
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