For the fourth consecutive year, ACCRALAW has been named as the Philippine Law Firm of the Year by the Asian Legal Business (ALB).
The announcement was made during ALB’s 6th Annual Philippine Law Awards.
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COVID-19 triggered economic losses since the first case was recorded in January 2020. The community quarantine measures imposed by the government severely disrupted business operations and commercial activities and led to a negative impact in our economic performance. For these reasons, the enactment of Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law this year was a welcome development.
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Jacqueline Ann A. Tan, a Senior Associate from the Firm’s Tax Department recently published an article in Ateneo Law Journal. The said journal invited Ms. Tan to author an article for its special volume on “Taxation Law and Policy”.
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On 17 June 2021, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (“BSP”) issued Circular No. 1122 (the “Circular”), which set out guidelines for the adoption of the Open Finance Framework (“Framework”). Open finance is part of the BSP’s Digital Payments Transformation Roadmap for 2020-2023, which aims to promote financial inclusion. The salient provisions of the Circular are discussed below.
Open Finance: A Case Study for the Regulatory Sandbox Approach Read More »
The upcoming 2022 national and local elections will be the first and hopefully the last to be held in the midst of a pandemic. By election day, the Philippines will have then surpassed the two-year mark of its COVID-19 anniversary, and health protocols and restrictions will surely impact the partisan political activities.
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Back in 2018, the Congress enacted Republic Act No. 11057, or the Personal Property Security Act (“PPSA”). The enactment of the PPSA is in line with the State’s policy “to promote economic activity by increasing least cost credit, particularly for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), by establishing a unified and modern legal framework for securing obligations with personal property.”
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One of the basic requirements for the registration, or issuance of new certificate of title, after voluntary dealings i.e., conveyance, mortgage, lease, charge, and the like, with registered lands, is the presentation of the Owner’s Duplicate Certificate of Title (Original Certificate of Title, Transfer Certificate of Title or Condominium Certificate of Title), which is conclusive authority from the registered owner to the Register of Deeds (“ROD”)
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George S.D. Aquino, Partner of the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, recently recorded his Pre-bar Lectures on Criminal Procedure for the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law (Ateneo Law) Online Bar Review Program. The lecture was made available to at least two batches of law graduates (Class 2020 and 2021), on demand, via Ateneo Law’s online application starting 8 September 2021 until the bar examinations scheduled in January-February 2022.
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ACCRALAW offers an apprenticeship program to top and promising law students from leading law schools.
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The leading publication, asialaw, recently announced the 2021 rankings of law firms in the Southeast Asian Region. For the Philippines, ACCRALAW was recognized as Philippines Firm of the Year.
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