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16 December 2025

SyCipLaw Maintains High Rankings In Chambers Asia Pacific 2026 Guide

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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was founded in 1945 and is a leading full-service law firm in the Philippines. Its principal office is in Makati City, with branch offices in Cebu City, Davao City and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The firm offers a broad and integrated range of legal services, with departments in the following fields: banking, finance and securities; special projects; corporate services; litigation and dispute resolution; employment law and immigration; intellectual property; and tax.
Chambers and Partners, one of the leading and most trusted legal directories, released its Chambers Asia Pacific 2026 Guide. SyCipLaw maintains its Band 1 rankings in the practice areas covered by the guide...
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Chambers and Partners, one of the leading and most trusted legal directories, released its Chambers Asia Pacific 2026 Guide. SyCipLaw maintains its Band 1 rankings in the practice areas covered by the guide:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
  • Employment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
  • Tax
  • Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT)

The Firm also maintained its "Spotlight" ranking for two practice areas, namely, Banking and Finance: Capital Markets and Corporate M&A: Real Estate.

In addition to the firm rankings, Chambers also ranked 12 SyCipLaw partners and one of counsel:

  • Hector M. de Leon, Jr., Eminent Practitioner in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
  • Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez, Band 2 in Corporate/M&A and Band 1 in TMT
  • Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko, Band 4 in Dispute Resolution and Spotlight in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
  • Leslie C. Dy, Band 1 in Employment
  • Carlos Roberto Z. Lopez, Band 2 in Dispute Resolution
  • Ramon G. Songco, Band 3 in Dispute Resolution
  • Carina C. Laforteza, Band 1 in Tax
  • Vicente D. Gerochi IV, Band 2 in Banking & Finance
  • Arlene M. Maneja, Band 4 in Corporate/M&A
  • Melyjane G. Bertillo-Ancheta, Spotlight in Banking & Finance: Capital Markets
  • Jan Celine C. Abaño-Ranada, Band 3 in Banking & Finance
  • John Paul V. de Leon, Spotlight in Corporate/M&A: Real Estate
  • Emmanuel M. Lombos (of counsel), Senior Statesperson in Dispute Resolution and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Spotlight rankings are given to firms and individuals in cases where the table does not have numerical rankings and serves to highlight their contributions in a specific practice area.

The Chambers Asia Pacific guide provides the most independent, in-depth insights, and reliable recommendations on law firms and legal practitioners in the region.

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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was founded in 1945 and is a leading full-service law firm in the Philippines. Its principal office is in Makati City, with branch offices in Cebu City, Davao City and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The firm offers a broad and integrated range of legal services, with departments in the following fields: banking, finance and securities; special projects; corporate services; litigation and dispute resolution; employment law and immigration; intellectual property; and tax.

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