ACCRALAW acted as counsel to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Chartered Bank, in connection with the issuance by UnionBank of the Philippines (“Unionbank”) of Php11 Billion Peso-denominated fixed rate bonds out of its Php39 Billion Bonds Program.
For the third year in a row, Benchmark Asia-Pacific recognized ACCRALAW Managing Partner and Senior Partner Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad as one of its Top 100 Women in Litigation for 2022.
The Supreme Court has historically used the principle of mutuality of contracts as lens to scrutinize interest-imposing clauses.
Mutuality of contracts and higher interest rates Read More »
Just the other week, a jury awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit he brought against ex-wife Amber Heard for claiming in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed that she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
The truth defense in defamation Read More »
Alex Ferdinand S. Fider, ACCRALAW Senior Partner, has recently been inducted as President of the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP). He will serve for three years.
Alex Ferdinand S. Fider Inducted as IPAP President Read More »
ACCRALAW continues to update the legal and investment community of significant legal developments. ACCRALAW Partner Eric R. Recalde briefed the lawyers, financial, and other executives of various companies in a forum sponsored by the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) on 24 May 2022.
Trends in Foreign Investments Read More »
The Philippines has had its fair share of financial fraud scandals. Only recently, in December 2021, one of the largest banks in the Philippines was hit by a cyber fraud attack by hackers who illegally transferred funds from the accounts of more than 700 of its clients.
Protecting financial consumers against fraud Read More »
Due to the pandemic, the formal conferment ceremony of “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan upon ACCRALAW’s Of Counsel Eusebio V. Tan has been deferred.
Conferment of the Emperor of Japan’s Award on Eusebio V. Tan Read More »
Last 17 May 2022, the People Management Association of the Philippines in partnership with the Firm’s Cebu Branch held an online Special Seminar on Labor Subjects.
PMAP and ACCRALAW Cebu Labor Law Webinar Read More »
This year, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALAW), the largest institutional law firm in the country, marks its 50th year of providing excellent legal service.
Celebrating 50 years of honor and service Read More »
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