News & Updates

On its 25th year of providing scholarships to deserving students of the University Philippines (UP) College of Law, the ACCRALAW Scholarship Foundation, Inc., together with former Senator Franklin M. Drilon, the family of Atty. Violeta Calvo-Drilon, and the UP Law Scholarship Committee, held its annual scholarship awarding ceremony on 5 August 2026 at the Malcolm Hall Theater of the UP College of Law.

ACCRALAW acted as counsel to Issuer, Century Properties Group Inc. (“CPGI”), in connection with its PHP3 billion 5-year Series A 7.7000% Fixed Rate Notes issuance on 30 June 2026.

Century Properties Group, Inc. (“CPGI”) successfully completed a consent solicitation exercise to amend the trust indenture agreements and suretyship agreements governing two tranches of its outstanding fixed rate bonds: the Fixed Rate Bonds due 2027 and the Fixed Rate Bonds due 2028 and 2030.

ACCRALAW acted as counsel to Sole Arranger and Bookrunner, Market Maker, and Trustee, Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc., in connection with the PHP1.5-billion Series 6B 8.8000% Fixed Rate Notes due 2034 issued by DoubleDragon Corporation (“DoubleDragon”).

ACCRALAW Senior Associate Joan Janneth M. Estremadura served as one of the speakers at the 7th Intellectual Property (IP) Boost Camp organized by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) IP Academy in partnership with the Ateneo Intellectual Property Office (AIPO).

ACCRALAW Associate Ninna Joyce P. Delantar, on behalf of the Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP), served as one of the panel speakers at the “Inception Workshop: WIPO GREEN Acceleration Project in the Philippine Fishery Sector”, a workshop organized by ECO Innovation Consultancy Inc. (EICI) in collaboration with WIPO GREEN and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). WIPO GREEN is a public-private partnership established in 2013 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that supports global efforts to address climate change by connecting technology providers with technology seekers to accelerate the adoption, transfer, and deployment of green technology solutions.

ACCRALAW contributed to the newly released Fourth Edition of the Startup Legal Playbook, published by the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw). The playbook aims to serve as “A Quick Reference Guide to International Market Entry for Startups (and Their Lawyers)”.

On 13 June 2026, lawyers from ACCRALAW Cebu Branch (ACCRALAW Cebu) provided legal assistance to more than one hundred sixty (160) residents of Barangay Bonbon, a hinterland village in Cebu City.

ACCRALAW has successfully maintained its Tier 1 rankings for both its Ppatent and Ttrademark practice areas in the recently released 2026 edition of Managing IP’s IP STARS.