SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) maintained its Band 1 rankings in the recently launched 2023 Chambers Asia Pacific Guide for the following practice areas covered by the guide:
Banking & Finance
Corporate/M&A
Corporate/M&A: Real Estate
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Employment
Intellectual Property
Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
Tax
The firm also received a "Spotlight Table" ranking in the areas of Banking & Finance: Capital Markets, and Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT). "Spotlight Table" rankings are given to firms and individuals where the table does not have numerical rankings yet, and are meant to highlight a select group of firms or individuals in certain practice areas.
In addition to the firm rankings, the following SyCipLaw partners were recognized, with three being ranked for the first time by Chambers Asia Pacific:
Hector M. De Leon, Jr., Eminent Practitioner in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
Rocky Alejandro L. Reyes, Band 3 in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez, Band 2 in Corporate/M&A and Spotlight Table in TMT
Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko, Band 4 in Dispute Resolution and Spotlight Table 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 2 in Intellectual Property
Marianne M. Miguel, Band 3 in Employment
Arlene M. Maneja, Band 4 in Corporate/M&A (newly ranked)
Melyjane G. Bertillo-Ancheta, Spotlight Table, Banking & Finance: Capital Markets
Jan Celine C. Abaño-Ranada, Up and coming in Banking & Finance (newly ranked)
John Paul V. De Leon, Spotlight Table in Corporate/M&A: Real Estate (newly ranked)
Meanwhile, the following SyCipLaw of-counsel retained their "Senior Statespeople" rankings:
Enrique T. Manuel, Intellectual Property
Emmanuel M. Lombos, Dispute Resolution and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Rolando V. Medalla, Jr., Tax
Chambers Asia Pacific is the leading international legal directory covering over 200 jurisdictions globally. Its rankings are based on interviews with clients and peers as well as firm submissions, and are among the most trusted.