News & Updates

ACCRALAW acted as counsel to the Joint Issue Managers, Joint Lead Underwriters and Bookrunners, RCBC Capital Corporation, Unicapital, Inc., and Development Bank of the Philippines, in connection with the Php4 Billion 5-year 8.0080% Bonds (“Bonds”) issued by DoubleDragon Corporation (“DoubleDragon”).

ACCRALAW Senior Partner Jose Martin R. Tensuan, Partner Antonio Eduardo S. Nachura, Jr., and Senior Associate Maria Celia H. Poblador authored an article on arbitration which was featured in Asia Business Law Journal on 2 October 2024.

ACCRALAW Partners Chrysilla Carissa P. Bautista and Melissa Angela G. Velarde, and Senior Associate Juan Miguel C. Dela Cruz authored the Philippine chapter of the Asia Business Law Journal (“ABLJ”) Regional Guide on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) laws.

ACCRALAW Senior Partner Leland R. Villadolid, Jr., Partner Chrysilla Carissa P. Bautista, and Senior Associate Enrique F. Nitura authored the Philippine chapter on legal updates in the field of Technology, Media and Telecommunications for the Asia Business Law Journal.

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

ACCRALAW Senior Partner Judy Hao was hailed as asialaw’s 2024 Philippines Female Lawyer of the Year.

ACCRALAW was awarded by asialaw as 2024 Philippines Law Firm of the year. The asialaw Awards 2024 was held last 26 September 2024 at the JW Mariott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ACCRALAW lawyers led by Managing Partner Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad attended the 132nd Foundation Day and Law Day Celebration of the Philippine Bar Association (“PBA”). The PBA held its celebration on 19 September 2024 at the Kamagong Room, Manila Golf and Country Club in Makati City.

ACCRALAW Senior Partner Alex Ferdinand S. Fider participated in the University of the Philippines (“UP”) College of Law’s Academe-Industry Colloquium on Universal Health Care and Access to Medicine held on 18 September 2024. The colloquium was held at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law. Mr. Fider teaches Intellectual Property Law at the UP College