Ms Thanh Phuong Vu > Tilleke & Gibbins > Hanoi, Vietnam > Lawyer Profile

Tilleke & Gibbins
789 Office Building, 9th Floor, 147 Hoang Quoc Viet Street
Cau Giay District
HANOI
Vietnam

Work Department

Intellectual Property Department

Position

Manager, Biotechnology & Chemical Division of Patent Department
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Career

Thanh Phuong Vu heads the biotechnology and chemical division of the patent team in the Hanoi office of Tilleke & Gibbins. She is a qualified IP agent with a strong cross-disciplinary background in the life sciences and IP law. Before joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Thanh worked for one of Vietnam’s leading local patent prosecution firms, handling patents and designs in, among others, the pharmaceutical, computer, and automotive fields. She also has direct experience in the life sciences from working as a researcher in pharmaceutical and biotech laboratories.

Thanh earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology with high marks from the Hanoi University of Technology in 2005, and received a scholarship to the National University of Singapore, where she obtained a Master of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She subsequently earned a law degree from the Hanoi Law University and finished the lawyer course at the Judicial Academy. Thanh is a member of APAA, ASEAN IPA, and VIPA.

Languages

Vietnamese, English

Education

LLB, Hanoi Law University

MEng, National University of Singapore

BEng, Hanoi University of Technology

Lawyer Rankings

Vietnam > Intellectual property: international firms

Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property team, led by Thomas Treutler in Ho Chi Minh City, handles a broad range of matters, with a particularly strong reputation in areas such as anti-counterfeiting, strategic filing, and commercial IP work. The practice excels in IP prosecution and enforcement in the life sciences sector, as well as the technology, media, and telecommunications spaces. With extensive patent litigation and domain name dispute expertise, Loc Xuan Le heads the firm’s IP enforcement team. Linh Thi Mai Nguyen leads the trademark department, while Thanh Phuong Vu, with a background in pharmaceuticals and biotech, is head of patents.