Domnern Somgiat & Boonma Ltd. - Bangkok, Thailand

Domnern Somgiat & Boonma was established by Ina Wilhelmina Jorgensen. Born in Bangkok on 14 November 1905, Ina was the youngest of the four children of Carl and Wilhelmina Jorgensen, a Danish couple living in Thailand, which was then still known as Siam. At the age of 23 she joined the law firm of Tilleke & Gibbins as secretary to the partners, eventually becoming the Office Manager. In 1931 Thailand's first Trade Marks Act was introduced, and the firm actively engaged in handling trademark prosecution on behalf of its clients. When the Second World War broke out in 1939 and subsequently affected Thailand, the partners, all British subjects, dispersed, leaving Ina to look after the interests of the firm.