Chambers and Partners recently released its latest Chambers Asia Pacific 2025 Guide, one of the leading and most trusted legal directories globally. SyCipLaw continues to be a Band 1 Firm 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

The Firm also maintained its “Spotlight” ranking for three practice areas, namely, Banking and Finance: Capital Markets, Corporate M&A: Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT).


In addition to the firm rankings, Chambers also ranked 13 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 Spotlight in Technology, Media, Telecoms
  • 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 2 in Tax
  • Vicente D. Gerochi IV, Band 2 in Banking & Finance
  • Vida M. Panganiban-Alindogan, Band 1 in Intellectual Property (improved ranking)
  • Arlene M. Maneja, Band 4 in Corporate/M&A
  • Melyjane G. Bertillo-Ancheta, Spotlight in Banking & Finance: Capital Markets
  • Jan Celine C. Abaño-Ranada, Up and Coming 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.


You may visit SyCipLaw’s page on the Chambers site for the Firm’s rankings and article contributions or view the complete rankings here.