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Tilleke & Gibbins Offices

Tilleke & Gibbins
789 Office Building, 9th Floor, 147 Hoang Quoc Viet Street
Cau Giay District
HANOI
Vietnam
Visit website 84 24 3772 6688 84 24 3772 5568

Mr Loc Xuan Le

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+84 24 3772 8811 ext. 120 [email protected] View profile

Work Department

Intellectual Property Department

Position

Principal, T&G Law Firm LLC (TGVN)
Practice Areas: Competition and Trade, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property

Career

Loc Xuan Le is a principal in T&G Law Firm LLC (TGVN), a licensed law firm and IP agent that partners with Tilleke & Gibbins for local filings in Vietnam. With over 15 years of experience in IP enforcement, Loc is recognized as a leading IP attorney by Chambers Asia- Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific,  WTR 1000, and IAM Patent 1000, and is praised by clients and peers as “a powerhouse of energy and enthusiasm” and “one of the best lawyers in trademark enforcement in Vietnam” in Managing IP  magazine’s IP Stars.

Loc has cultivated strong relationships with Vietnamese authorities including the court, market control, inspectors, the police, customs, and People’s Committees of various levels. He has organized and overseen raids for leading clients in the pharmaceutical, automotive, high-tech and luxury goods industries and frequently represents clients before the court. He also advises clients on technology transfer, IP licensing, and franchising matters.

Loc has secured several groundbreaking wins in patent infringement cases for major international pharmaceutical and agrochemical companies. In 2014, he obtained the highest award of attorney’s fees in the history of Vietnam on behalf of a U.S. ink cartridge printer company, a case that was named Case of the Year for Southeast Asia by Managing IP  magazine. In 2015, Loc was nominated for the Disputes Star of the Year award for Vietnam at the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards.

Loc sits on the executive board of the Vietnam Intellectual Property Association, and is a member of the INTA Unfair Competition Committee and the APAA Design Committee. He also serves as a visiting professor at some of Vietnam’s top universities and regularly publishes on IP matters.

Languages

Vietnamese, English, French

Education

LLM, Université Montpellier 1

LLB, Hanoi Law University

Lawyer Rankings

Vietnam > Dispute resolution: arbitration

With unique capabilities handling IP disputes, the arbitration team at Tilleke & Gibbins acts for clients in all aspects of disputes involving areas such as international trade, labour, construction and insurance. The group also has considerable experience handling international arbitration disputes. Practice head Loc Xuan Le in Hanoi ‘thinks commercially‘ and is an expert in IP enforcement and litigation, as well as being seasoned in arbitration. The team in Hanoi also includes Duc Anh Tran and Tu Anh Tran who both have considerable experience in dispute resolution.

Vietnam > Dispute resolution: litigation

Tilleke & Gibbins represents both domestic and multinational clients in a broad range of commercial and criminal disputes, with particular emphasis on areas such as international trade, labour, construction, intellectual property, insurance, wrongful acts and white-collar crime. The group also has unique expertise in patent litigation and domain name disputes. The practice is spearheaded by Loc Xuan Le in Hanoi, an expert in IP enforcement and litigation. Also in Hanoi, the team includes Duc Anh Tran, seasoned in both litigation and arbitration in sectors including aviation, energy, construction, insurance and trade and knowledgeable in IP disputes, and Tu Anh Tran who specialises in commercial disputes, with notable expertise in the aviation sector.

Vietnam > Intellectual property: international firms

(Leading partners)

Loc Xuan Le –Tilleke & Gibbins

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.

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