ACCRALAW continues its streak as a Band-ranked firm for Banking & Finance and Corporate/M&A in the Chambers Global Guide 2026. Notably, the Firm’s Banking & Finance: Capital Markets practice has maintained its Spotlight ranking from 2024 through 2026.
In addition to Firm-wide accolades, two partners continue to be recognized as leading lawyers in the Philippines:
Judy Hao, Senior Partner and Head of the Corporate & Special Projects Department, remains a Band-ranked lawyer for Corporate/M&A (2023–2026) and a Spotlight lawyer for Banking & Finance: Capital Markets (2024–2026). Ms. Hao is one of the country’s leading lawyers in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, foreign investments, and corporate law. She has advised on high-stakes projects including joint ventures, M&A projects, legal due diligence reviews, privatization, reorganization, build-operate-transfer projects, franchising and licensing agreements, construction contracts, and real estate transactions. Her portfolio includes major acquisitions in the aviation, banking, food manufacturing, infrastructure (toll roads and airports), and energy sectors.
Everlene O. Lee, Partner, retains her status as a Spotlight Lawyer for Banking & Finance: Capital Markets (2024–2026). Ms. Lee is a multi-awarded legal professional specializing in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and general corporate law. Her extensive legal practice includes serving as lead counsel for various cases across the banking, tourism, retail, and real estate sectors – handling landmark Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), multi-billion-peso bond registrations, equity acquisitions and divestments, stock rights offerings, and large-scale retail bond issuances, among others.
The Chambers Global Guide “ranks the top global lawyers, law firms and in-house counsel in over 200 jurisdictions across the world.”