News & Updates

ACCRALAW acted as counsel for the Joint Issue Managers, Joint Lead Underwriters, and Joint Bookrunners, PNB Capital and Investment Corporation, RCBC Capital Corporation, and Security Bank Capital Investment Corporation in connection with Megawide Construction Corporation’s offering of up to Php 6 Billion Series 6 Preferred Shares which were listed and traded on the Main Board of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. on 14 April 2025.

ACCRALAW Senior Associate Justine A. Navarro was featured in Asia Business Law Journal (“ABLJ”) for authoring “Reviewing a decade of Philippine competition law”.

ACCRALAW has once again been recognized as a leading law firm in the Philippines by Benchmark Litigation in its Asia-Pacific 2025 rankings. The Firm earned Tier 1 rankings in the practice areas of Commercial and Transactions, Intellectual Property, and Labor and Employment. The Firm’s Tax practice was also recognized as Highly Recommended, while the practice

ACCRALAW Managing Partner and Senior Partner Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad is among Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific’s Top 100 Women in Litigation for 2025.

ACCRALAW lawyers participated in the Philippine Bar Association’s (PBA) “Introduction to Padel” event held last 26 April 2025. It was an activity organized by the PBA, Play Padel, and Padel Pilipinas.

ACCRALAW contributed the Philippine chapter of The Legal 500’s Country Comparative Guide on Construction for 2025. The chapter was authored by Partners Aison Benedict C. Velasco and Joseph Anthony I. Malaya, Senior Associate Dan Bernard S. Sabilala, and Associate Antonio Ramon L. Castillo.

ACCRALAW participated at the recent conference of the Philippine Institute of Construction Arbitrators and Mediators (PICAM), “Earth, Wind and Fire: Deconstructing Construction Through the Elements of Climate, Law, Technology and Finance” held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bonifacio Global City last 10 March 2025.

ACCRALAW Senior Partner Clarence Darrow C. Valdecantos has been recognized by Leaders in Law as the Employment Law Lawyer of the Year in the Philippines in the recent Global Awards 2024/25.

ACCRALAW Partner Chrysilla Carissa P. Bautista conducted the training module on Criminal Law and Procedures in Criminal Prosecution and Litigation for the participants of the University of the Philippines (“UP”) Law Center’s Paralegal Training Program.