News & Updates

ACCRALAW continues to maintain its top rankings in the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Guide. For 2026, the Firm’s Commercial and Transactions, Intellectual Property, and Labor and Employment practices remain at Tier 1. Furthermore, the Firm remains Highly Recommended for Tax, with Government and Regulatory and International Arbitration listed as Recommended, and the White-Collar Crime practice listed under Active Firms.

ACCRALAW Senior Partner and Co-Managing Partner Leland R. Villadolid, Jr. joined as a panelist at the World Judicial Integrity Forum 2026, held on 13 May 2026 at Rangsit University in Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by the International Strategy Institute, the forum gathered chief justices, senior judges, court administrators, legal scholars, and policymakers across Asia to discuss contemporary issues affecting judicial systems and the administration of justice under the theme, “Justice, Reform, and Resilience: Towards a Global Legal Future.”

Several lawyers from the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department attended the 4th International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Philippines Arbitration Day on 23 April 2026 at the Fairmont Hotel, Makati. The team was led by Victor P. Lazatin (ACCRALAW Senior Legal Counsel and Chairman of the ICC Philippines Arbitration Committee),

ACCRALAW Partner Felice Suzanne D. Soria-Prima delivered a lecture at the Learning Session entiled “Business and Regulatory Permits Renewal and Compliance” for the Mactan Economic Processing Zone – Human Resource Association Inc. (“MEPZ-HRA”) on 21 April 2026. The Learning Session is an activity organized by MEPZ HRA for its companies’ human resource and operations employees.

ACCRALAW participated in the Legal Aid Clinic of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Makati City Chapter (IBP Makati) held last 22 April 2026 at the ICT Room, 18th Floor, Makati City Hall.

In its 2nd General Membership Meeting held on 10 April 2026 at Maayo Hotel, Mandaue, Cebu, the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Cebu Chapter presented a Presidential Award to ACCRALAW Cebu for its invaluable contributions to PMAP’s Labor Relations programs in 2025.

ACCRALAW Senior Partners Arnold M. Corporal and Jose Martin R. Tensuan will attend the 27th International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress in Madrid, Spain, from 12 to 15 April 2026.