Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRALAW)

Head Office:  

22/F, ACCRALAW Tower,

2nd Avenue corner 30th Street,

Manila Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City,

Taguig, Philippines 1634

Telephone:+63 2 8830 8000

Fax: +63 2 8403 7007 / +63 2 8403 7009

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.accralaw.com

Cebu City Office: 

6/F Cebu Holdings Center Building,

Cebu Business Park (Ayala),

6000 Cebu City, Philippines

Email: [email protected]

Resident Partner: Maria Iolanda B. Abella

Davao City Office: 

11/F Pryce Tower, Pryce Business Park,

J.P. Laurel Avenue, 8000 Davao City, Philippines

Email: [email protected]

Resident Partner: Myra S. Motecalvo-Quilatan

Managing Partner: Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad

Email: [email protected]

Co-Managing Partner: Leland R. Villadolid, Jr.

Email: [email protected]

Number of partners: 47

Languages: English, Filipino 

Firm Overview:  

Founded in May 1972, ACCRALAW is a top-tier firm with a multidisciplinary team of 195 legal experts, with in-depth knowledge of specialised legal fields. The firm has full-service branches in Cebu City and Davao City — thriving commercial and business centres to the south of Metro Manila, and has links to global networks of lawyers, firms and bar associations. The firm has a track record in handling diverse, significant and complex business projects and joint ventures involving multinational clients, and has handled a great number of landmark litigation cases. ACCRALAW’s clientele represents the full spectrum of business and industry, as well as professional organisations and individuals, locally and globally.

Practice Areas  

■ Domestic & International Arbitration

■ Alternative Dispute Resolution

■ Antitrust & Competition

■ Banking & Finance

■ Capital Markets; Securities

■ Construction & Real Estate

■ Immigration

■ Infrastructures & Foreign Investments

■ IP Rights, Registration, Enforcement

■ Labour & Employment

■ Litigation

■ Mergers & Acquisitions; Joint Ventures

■ Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights

■ Public Private Partnership Arrangements

■ Taxation

■ Telecommunications, Media, Data Privacy

Main Areas of Practice:  

Retainer:  

44 partners; 161 fee-earners

The retainer department provides legal services required by the firm’s general retainer clients in the ordinary course of business, such as consultation and advice, preparation of simple contracts and legal documents, rendering of opinions.

Key Clients: Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation; Manila Electric Company; Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation; San Miguel Corporation; PLDT, Inc.

Contact: Andre B. Navato, Jr.

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:  

5 partners; 10 fee-earners

The intellectual property department (IPD) represents clients in all aspects of IP rights protection and management, including registration and enforcement of IP rights. ACCRALAW is a leading Philippine IP law firm.

Key Clients: Collective Brands; Hershey’s; The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., British Petroleum (BP); San Miguel; Philippines Daily Inquirer; Bayer AG; Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd.,; F. Hoffman-LaRoche AG LP

Contact: Victor N. De Leon

Email: [email protected]

Labour & Employment: 

5 partners; 25 fee-earners

The labour and employment department has established a sterling track record in both advisory and employment related litigation work.

Key Clients:Coca-Cola BeveragesPhilippines, Inc., Procter & Gamble Phils., Inc., JP Morgan PGCS, Melco Resorts Leisure (Php) Corporation (City of Dreams), Uber Philippines Centre of Excellence LLC, LizardBear Tasking, Inc., and Wells Fargo International Solutions LLC - Philippines

Contact:Clarence Darrow C. Valdecantos

Email:[email protected]

Corporate & Special Projects:  

14 partners and of counsels; 34 fee-earners

The corporate and special projects department performs legal services in connection with the establishment of business enterprises, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance (including project finance), securities issues and energy/utilities projects, among others.

Key Clients: AGC Inc.; BDO Capital and Investment Corp.; First Metro Investment Corporation; Manila Electric Company; SMMT-TM 2016, Inc.; SM Prime Holdings, Inc.; China First Highway Engineering Company Ltd.; House of Investments

Contact: Judy Hao

Email: [email protected]

Litigation & Dispute Resolution: 

16 partners; 50 fee-earners

The firm is a key player in Philippine litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). It has a deep bench of litigators and ADR practitioners with a consistent and outstanding track record, including the highly regarded Senior Of Counsel Victor P Lazatin, who is a member of ICC International Court of Arbitration, Chairman of Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, and accredited lecturer on ADR at CIAC, PDRCI.

Key Clients:Ayala Land, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc., SM Prime Holdings, Inc.; Manila Electric Company; Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company; Banco de Oro Unibank Inc.; PLDT Inc.; Chevron Philippines Inc.; Pilipinas Shell; and Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc.

Contact:Oliver L. Pantaleon

Email: [email protected]

Tax: 

2 partners; 9 fee-earners

The tax department offers services covering the entire field of national and local taxation, customs and trade laws.

Key Clients: Procter & Gamble Philippines, Inc.; Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.; Light Rail Manila Corporation; Rappler, Inc.; SM Prime Holdings; Hershey Group of Companies; Smartmatic Philippines affiliates, and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Contact: Eric R. Recalde

Email: [email protected]

Immigration: 

1 partner; 4 fee-earners

The Immigration Department provides legal representation before government agencies involved in defining the terms and conditions of a foreign national’s authorised stay in the Philippines, including petitions for administrative and judicial naturalisation, recognition, retention and reacquisition of Philippine citizenship.

Key Clients: ING Hubs B.V. Philippine Branch; LizardBear Tasking, Inc.; Chevron Holdings, Inc.; Deutsche Knowledge Services Pte Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.; Telephilippines Incorporated

Contact: Maria Kristina Z. Garcia – Angel

Email: [email protected]

Cebu Branch: 

4 partners, 16 fee-earners

Contact: Ma. Iolanda B. Abella

Email: [email protected]

Davao Branch: 

1 partner, 7 fee-earners

Contact: Myra S. Motecalvo-Quilatan

Email: [email protected]