The asialaw Rankings 2026 Edition ranked 15 ACCRALAW lawyers as leading practitioners in various areas of expertise. asialaw Rankings is a premier legal directory and intelligence guide that evaluates and ranks leading law firms and practitioners across the Asia-Pacific region.
ACCRALAW lawyers’ long-standing ranks in the directory are further strengthened by new additions to the list as follows:
Distinguished Practitioners
- Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad (Managing Partner and Senior Partner) – Dispute Resolution
- Judy Hao (Senior Partner) – Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A
- Ruby J. Yusi (Senior Partner) – Tax
- Clarence Darrow C. Valdecantos (Senior Partner) – Labour and Employment (new in the list)
- Victor N. De Leon (Senior Partner) – Intellectual Property
- Eric R. Recalde (Partner) – Tax (new in the list)
- Emerico O. De Guzman (Of Counsel) – Labour and Employment
Elite Practitioner
- Alex Ferdinand S. Fider (Senior Partner) – Intellectual Property
Notable Practitioners
- Teodoro L. Regala, Jr. (Senior Partner) – Dispute Resolution
- Patricia Tysmans-Clemente (Senior Partner) – Dispute Resolution (new in the list)
Rising Stars
- Erwin Jay V. Filio (Partner) – Labour and Employment (new in the list)
- Everlene O. Lee (Partner) – Capital Markets, Banking and Finance
Senior Statesmen
- Avelino V. Cruz (Founding Partner) – Dispute Resolution
- Victor P. Lazatin (Senior Legal Counsel) – Dispute Resolution
- Emiterio C. Manibog, Jr. (Of Counsel) – Labour and Employment
AsiaLaw considers as Distinguished Practitioners lawyers who “lead deals/cases and have strong records and positive client feedback”; Elite Practitioners as those “with outstanding track records and are standout performers”; Rising Stars as the “up-and-coming lawyers” building strong reputations on major legal matters; and Senior Statesmen as “senior figures with strong track records who are still influential in the market”.
Moreover, this year’s edition ranked the Firm as Outstanding in six (6) practice areas. In addition to its Outstanding rankings, ACCRALAW received high marks across eight (8) other key areas of expertise:
Outstanding
- Banking and Financial Services
- Capital Markets
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
- Labour and Employment
- Tax (Promoted from Highly Recommended)
Highly Recommended
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Technology and Telecommunications
Recommended
- Competition/Antitrust
- Energy
- Infrastructure
TIER 2: (New categories in collaboration with IFLR)
- Banking
- M&A
These consistently top-tier rankings of the Firm’s lawyers and areas of expertise re-affirm ACCRALAW’s continued commitment to providing top-tier legal experts and industry-leading services to its clients across the region.