News & Updates

ACCRALAW acted as Philippine counsel to the Managers, Merrill Lynch (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., UBS AG Hong Kong Branch, First Metro Investment Corporation, and MUFG Securities Asia Limited Singapore Branch, in relation to Metrobank’s issuance of a dual tranche, 5-year USD 500 Million and 10-year USD 500 Million notes under its USD 2 Billion Medium Term Note Programme. 

ACCRALAW’s Chrysilla Carissa P. Bautista was re-elected as Trustee of the Philippine Bar Association (“PBA”). She was also re-elected to the position of Treasurer.

ACCRALAW acted as counsel for Century Properties Group Inc. (“CPGI”) in relation to its issuance of 20,000,000 Series B Preferred Shares which were listed and traded on the Main Board of the Philippine Stock Exchange on 22 February 2024.

ACCRALAW proudly announces the admission of Maria Angeline L. Tayag to the Partnership.

Mr. Reynaldo J. Concepcion of ACCRALAW’s Corporate and Special Projects Department was recently promoted to Senior Partner. Mr. Concepcion’s practice focuses on corporate law and transactional work. He has assisted clients in various M&A deals from due diligence to negotiations. He also has experience in securities and capital markets.

ACCRALAW recently announced the promotion of eight (8) of its lawyers from different practice departments to the rank of Senior Associate. The newly promoted Senior Associates are Andre Philippe E. Ramos, Laurie Christine P. Quiambao, Mervin Kenneth C. Ignacio, Christine P. Monderin, Juan Miguel C. Dela Cruz, Ramon Jose A. Dimaculangan, Monique B. Ang, and

The Partners of ACCRALAW re-elected Senior Partners Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad and Leland R. Villadolid, Jr. to the positions of Managing Partner and Co-Managing Partner, respectively. Ms. Prodigalidad and Mr. Villadolid were vital in strengthening and re-calibrating the Firm’s policies and systems post-pandemic. They steered the Firm as it celebrated its 50th year anniversary and institutionalized

To share the recent experiences of its arbitration practitioners, ACCRALAW co-sponsored the panel entitled “The Benefits of, Challenges to, and Trends in Commercial Arbitration in the Philippines” at the recently held The Legal 500 GC Summit Philippines 2024.

ACCRALAW has been named as Asia Business Law Journal’s (ABLJ) Law Firm of the Year in its Philippines Law Firm Awards 2023.

ACCRALAW’s Senior Legal Counsel, Francisco Ed. Lim has been recognized as Commended External Counsel of the Year 2022-2023 for the Philippines by In-House Community.