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
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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

Overseen by Michelle Ray-Jones in Ho Chi Minh City, Tilleke & Gibbins advises across the full range of IP matters with ‘good local knowledge and commercial acumen’, and has reputable expertise in issues involving anti-counterfeiting, strategic filing and commercial IP work. The group is a go-to firm for pharma and other life sciences clients, with additional experience in the TMT arena. In Hanoi, key figures include Linh Thi Mai Nguyen who leads the trademark team, IP litigation expert Loc Xuan Le who is especially knowledgeable in patent and domain name disputes, and IP enforcement specialists Trung Nguyen and Linh Duy Mai. Also in Hanoi, Thanh Phuong Vu and Hung Tuan Nguyen are notable contacts for patents matters.