Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ), a monthly magazine on legal and law firm news in Asia, has released its “A-List: The Philippines’ Top 100 Lawyers” for 2024. The list includes:


• Hector M. de Leon, Jr. – (Legal icon) Corporate/M&A, Projects, Infrastructure & Energy, Finance, Tax

• Imelda A. Manguiat – Corporate Services, Foreign Investments, M&A, Power & Infrastructure

• Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez – TMT, Investments, M&A, Data Privacy, General Corporate & Business Law

• Leslie C. Dy – Employment & Labor, Arbitration, Litigation, Collective Bargaining Negotiations, Real Estate

• Carlos Roberto Z. Lopez – Dispute Resolution, Commercial Arbitration, Mining, Patent Infringement, Competition

• Emmanuel M. Lombos (of counsel) – Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Product Liability

• Rocky Alejandro L. Reyes (of counsel) – (Legal icon) Taxation, Project Finance, Construction, Leveraged Leases, Projects, Infrastructure & Energy


“Legal icon” is a new designation for this listing, and is meant to identify “luminaries of the Philippines’ legal profession”. The complete list can be found here.