Regional powerhouse Tilleke & Gibbins is a firm of choice for international clients for dispute resolution in Thailand. From its commercial litigation strength to its prowess in contentious intellectual property, peers and clients confirm the firm’s presence at the top end of the league tables. It boasts more than 30 attorneys in the Bangkok office that specialise in litigation and alternative dispute resolution. In addition to Thai matters, the Bangkok team regularly advises on litigation throughout the region in collaboration with litigators based in the firm’s offices in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. The team is notable in the areas of arbitration, aviation, employment, energy, insurance, intellectual property, product liability, and trade and customs. The firm’s disputes client roster includes many global corporations and industry leaders.
Five partners and five counsels lead the sizeable dispute resolution practice. The main contacts are the directors of dispute resolution, Chusert Supasitthumrong and John Frangos. Other key partners for are Nandana Indananda, Suebsiri Taweepon and Thawat Damsa-ard.
The team continues to act for Lonsin Capital in a high-value cross-border litigation over bond dividends. The judgment was issued in the client’s favour and the opposing parties, the plaintiffs, have appealed. Although details are confidential, the firm is involved in multiple high stakes cases including a high-value, cross-border subrogation claim, a $74 million battle over real estate in central Bangkok and a white-collar crime investigation from a Chinese heavy machinery manufacturer. The firm is also handling a significant maritime dispute involving five ship arrest petitions.
Highlighting the team’s penchant for market-leading mandates, Supasitthumrong is leading a team in a first-of-its-kind cryptocurrency dispute in Thailand. The firm also remains central to representing numerous creditors in the Thai Airways rehabilitation case, the largest in Thai history.
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