Press Release

SyCipLaw maintains its “Outstanding” rankings across all industry sector and practice area categories covered by the asialaw 2025 research. These categories are:

Practice areas

• Banking
• Capital markets 
• Competition/antitrust 
• Construction  
• Dispute resolution 
• Intellectual property 
• Labour and employment
• M&A
• Tax 

Industry sectors

• Banking and financial services 
• Energy 
• Infrastructure 
• Real estate 
• Shipping 
• Technology and telecommunications

Notably, SyCipLaw is the only Philippine firm ranked “Outstanding” in Infrastructure, Competition/Antitrust, and Construction.

The guide also published this year’s Leading Lawyers list, featuring 14 partners and two of counsel from SyCipLaw:

Elite Practitioners

• Hector M. de Leon, Jr. – Corporate and M&A, Energy, Infrastructure
• Carlos Roberto Z. Lopez – Dispute resolution

Distinguished Practitioners

• Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez – Technology and telecommunications
• Ricardo Ma. P.G. Ongkiko – Dispute resolution
• Leslie C. Dy – Labour and employment
• Ramon G. Songco – Dispute resolution
• Carina C. Laforteza – Tax
• Vicente D. Gerochi IV – Banking and finance
• Arlene M. Maneja – Competition/antitrust, Energy, Infrastructure
• Franco G. Larcina – Competition/antitrust

Notable Practitioners

• Angel M. Salita, Jr. – Construction, Energy, Infrastructure
• Amer Hussein N. Mambuay – Labour and employment
• Melyjane G. Bertillo-Ancheta – Capital markets

Rising Star

• Easter Princess U. Castro-Ty – Labour and employment

Senior Statesmen

• Emmanuel M. Lombos (of counsel) – Dispute resolution
• Rocky Alejandro L. Reyes (of counsel) – Energy, Infrastructure

The complete rankings are accessible on the asialaw website.