article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources tilleke & gibbins news newspapers books scholar jstor free images february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message tilleke & gibbins headquarters bangkok thailand no . of offices 7 no . of attorneys over 130 major practice areas corporate commercial intellectual property litigation regulatory affairs date founded 1890 website www.tilleke.com tilleke & gibbins is a regional law firm in southeast asia with offices in bangkok hanoi ho chih 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 . contents 1 history 2 practice areas 3 offices 4 awards and rankings 5 memberships 6 museum of counterfeit goods 7 references 8 external links history edit 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 . 4 ralph gibbins an englishman joined the firm in 1902 and later became a legal adviser in the siamese ministry of justice before serving as a judge of the international court in 1916 . 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 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 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 . practice areas edit tilleke & gibbins a full service law firm that has core practice areas focusing on commercial transactions and m & a dispute resolution and litigation and intellectual property . in total the firm offers 18 areas of expertise 6 anti corruption antitrust and competition banking and finance bankruptcy and restructuring commercial transactions and m & a corporate services dispute resolution and litigation employment energy family law and private clients government relations hotels & hospitality insurance intellectual property property regulatory affairs tax technology multimedia and communications transportation and logistics the firm employs over 100 lawyers and 250 support staff . it is headed by david lyman chairman & chief values officer . darani vachanavuttivong and tiziana sucharitkul are the co managing partners of the firm . offices edit tilleke & gibbins main office is in bangkok thailand with other offices in hanoi and ho chi minh city vietnam jakarta indonesia vientiane laos phnom penh and yangon myanmar . 7 awards and rankings edit the tilleke & gibbins intellectual property practice has been ranked as the top ip practice in thailand in various legal directories such as chambers asia 8 and the asia pacific legal 500 . 9 the firm has also been named thailand ip firm of the year by managing intellectual property . 10 and has won the asia women in business law award in 2011 by euromoney . 11 memberships edit tilleke & gibbins is active in several international associations of independent law firms such as lex mundi multilaw pacific rim advisory council state capital law firm group and transatlantic law international . citation needed museum of counterfeit goods edit 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 pieces of infringing trademark and copyrighted goods in categories such as clothing footwear watches and eyewear accessories cosmetics and perfumes food and household products drugs alcohol and cigarettes copyrighted works stationery and office supplies automotive parts tools electrical devices and miscellaneous products . 12 the museum has been featured on cnn and bbc in documentaries on counterfeiting in thailand . citation needed the christian science monitor and time magazine also have profiled the museum . 13 14 references edit tilleke & gibbins official profile subject siam family law and colonial modernity in thailand by tamara lynn loos published by cornell university press 2006 60 . the peoples and politics of the far east by henry norman 2001 481 . the peoples and politics of the far east by henry norman 2001 481 . tilleke & gibbins firm history . retrieved 12 august 2015 . list of practice areas list of offices chambers asia awards 2010 legal 500 thailand managing intellectual property global awards 2010 1 museum of counterfeit goods home page christian science monitor article time article external links edit tilleke & gibbins historical profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tilleke % 26 gibbins & oldid 675703400 categories law firms of thailandlaw firms established in 1890companies based in bangkok1890s establishments in siamhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from february 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall articles with unsourced 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