Elaine Patricia S. Reyes-Rodolfo
Elaine Patricia “Lynette” S. Reyes-Rodolfo is an ACCRALAW Partner and member of its Corporate and Special Projects Department. She currently acts as the monitor of the Firm’s Corporate Services Group. She specializes in general corporate work, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, and special registrations with governmental agencies. With almost two decades of expertise, her legal career features high-value transactions and high-profile clients across various industries, earning her recognition as a “Notable Practitioner” by IFLR1000 (for 2024 and 2025) and a “Recommended Lawyer” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2020) for Corporate and M&A.
Lynette has spearheaded landmark deals and led various M&A projects for banks and conglomerates, including a transaction awarded as “Most Innovative Deal for Property Merger” by Alpha Southeast Asia Magazine in 2013.
Her achievements include assisting House of Investments in its joint venture with Lima Land Inc. (an affiliate of Aboitiz InfraCapital Inc.) for the development of a 184-hectare property in Tarlac City and in its participation in the consortium covering the USD 4.3 million unsolicited proposal for the Sangley Point International Airport (SPIA) project. She has also assisted several Japanese clients in connection with their real estate projects in the Philippines, including Nomura Real Estate Development in its joint venture with Federal Land, Inc. under Federal Land NRE Global Inc. for the development of certain properties in Metro Manila, Cavite, and Cebu; and Mitsui Fudosan (Asia) Pte Ltd. in its joint venture with Arthaland Corporation for its residential condominium development project in Makati City, Metro Manila, among others.
Beyond her legal practice, Lynette is a recognized thought leader and subject matter expert. She contributes to local technical working groups (e.g., drafting Republic Act No. 11057—the Personal Property Security Act) and international publications and legal guides (e.g., the “Starting a Business” section of the World Bank Group’s Doing Business publication). She also shares her expertise during events and seminars, including acting as a lecturer on M&A for the Investment House Association of the Philippines (IHAP).