News & Updates

ACCRALAW acted as legal counsel to the Joint Lead Underwriters and Bookrunners, BDO Capital & Investment Corporation, China Bank Capital Corporation, BPI Capital Corporation, East West Banking Corporation, First Metro Investment Corporation, and Security Bank Capital Investment Corporation, in connection with SM Prime Holdings, Inc.’s (“SM Prime”) issuance of Seventeen Billion Pesos (PhP17,000,000,000.00) Series AB, AC, and AD Fixed Rate Bonds (the “Bonds”).

ACCRALAW was awarded as the 2025 Philippines Firm of the Year by Managing IP at the Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards 2025, held on 6 November 2025 at the Hilton Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

ACCRALAW was recognized as the Philippines’ Trademark Prosecution Firm of 2025 at the 16th annual Asia IP Awards, held on 6 November 2025 at The Godown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ACCRALAW Partner Jacqueline Ann A. Tan was featured in Asia Business Law Journal for authoring “Reasonable criteria for tax deductibility in Philippines”.

ACCRALAW has again been recognized as an Outstanding Firm by asialaw in its 2025 rankings.

On 4 October 2025, ACCRALAW Partner Louie John D. Lood delivered a lecture on the topic, “The Ties that Bind Labor and Employment” during the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Seminar organized by the IBP Cebu City Chapter.

ACCRALAW, in cooperation with the ACCRALAW Scholarship Foundation, Inc., ACCRALAW Senior Counsel and Former Senator Hon. Franklin M. Drilon, and the family of the late Violeta Calvo-Drilon, grants anew scholarships to meritorious and deserving students of the University of the Philippines College of Law.

ACCRALAW acted as counsel to the Joint Issue Managers, Joint Lead Underwriters, and Bookrunners, RCBC Capital Corporation and Unicapital, Inc., in connection with the PHP8.91 billion, 3.5-year Series G and 5.5-year Series H 7.7000% bonds (the “Bonds”) issued by DoubleDragon Corporation (“DoubleDragon”).