Mr Loc Xuan Le > Tilleke & Gibbins > Hanoi, Vietnam > Lawyer Profile

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.

A key point of differentiation for Tilleke & Gibbins is its sector expertise in labour and IP disputes, continuing to be one of the most prominent names regarding counterfeiting and infringement issues. The team serves a host of enviable clients, including pharmaceutical giants, leading tech, media and automotive players, as well as household consumer names. Outside this work, the team has been active on insurance disputes, contractual violation claims, and asset repossession cases. Department head Loc Xuan Le is an experienced IP practitioner and is singled out for his wealth of experience in domain name disputes. Associate Chuyen Le engages with a wide body of work and has lent trusted counsel to a steady stream of matters. Fellow associate Tu Anh Tran is also recognised as a key supporting figure in the practice, and similar to Duc possesses a strong understanding of IP issues.

Tilleke & Gibbins fields a strong arbitration practice that handles complex, international disputes involving global industry players, particularly as they pertain to labour, IP, insurance, and the construction and international trade sectors. Department head Loc Xuan Le handles the firm’s most consequential IP disputes, specialising in domain name-centred contentions, and also acts on arbitrations of energy and mineral-related disputes. Duc Anh Tran has been active in the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in addition to his supporting role on IP mandates, while Tu Anh Tran is able to apply previous in-house VIAC experience in a wide array of contentious matters.