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2025 Edition
Banking (asialaw)
Tier 4
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos (asialaw)
3 practice areas
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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (asialaw)
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Puyat Jacinto & Santos (PJS Law) (asialaw)
10 practice areas
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Quisumbing Torres (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Abuda Asis & Associates (asialaw)
5 practice areas
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Gruba Caganda Advincula Melo & de la Fuente (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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PunoLaw (asialaw)
7 practice areas
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Villaraza & Angangco (asialaw)
15 practice areas
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Tier 4

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Gulapa Law (asialaw)
16 practice areas
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Serrano Law (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Notable

Disini Law Offices (asialaw)
9 practice areas
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Morales & Justiniano (asialaw)
1 practice area
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Sarmiento Loriega Law Office (asialaw)
9 practice areas
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Capital markets (asialaw)
Notable
12 firms ranked
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Outstanding

ACCRALAW (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos (asialaw)
3 practice areas
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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (asialaw)
15 practice areas
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Highly recommended

Quisumbing Torres (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Recommended

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Puyat Jacinto & Santos (PJS Law) (asialaw)
10 practice areas
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Notable

Serrano Law (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Villaraza & Angangco (asialaw)
15 practice areas
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M&A (asialaw)
Tier 3
27 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos (asialaw)
3 practice areas
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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (asialaw)
15 practice areas
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Villaraza & Angangco (asialaw)
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

PunoLaw (asialaw)
7 practice areas
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Puyat Jacinto & Santos (PJS Law) (asialaw)
10 practice areas
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Quisumbing Torres (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia (asialaw)
12 practice areas
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Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Gulapa Law (asialaw)
16 practice areas
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Serrano Law (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Abuda Asis & Associates (asialaw)
5 practice areas
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Sarmiento Loriega Law Office (asialaw)
9 practice areas
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Notable

Disini Law Offices (asialaw)
9 practice areas
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Fortun Narvasa & Salazar (asialaw)
2 practice areas
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Gruba Caganda Advincula Melo & de la Fuente (asialaw)
8 practice areas
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Kua Sy & Yeung Law Offices (SKY Law) (asialaw)
4 practice areas
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MOSVELDTT Law (asialaw)
1 practice area
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Meer Meer & Meer (asialaw)
1 practice area
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Poblador Bautista & Reyes (asialaw)
7 practice areas
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Tayag Ngochua & Chu (asialaw)
2 practice areas
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Overview

Founded by legal expert Elmer Serrano in 2021, Serrano Law offers legal services across various industries and practice areas with a focus on corporate and M&A, capital markets, banking and finance and more. Managing partner Serrano is a key contact. 

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Capital markets (asialaw)

Work highlights 

Advised BDO Unibank on its P63.3 billion ($1.1 billion) Asean sustainability bond issuance, the bank's largest single corporate bond offering to date. The issuance, which exceeded its original P5 billion target by more than 12 times due to strong investor demand, closed a week ahead of schedule. The 1.5-year bonds carry a 6.025% coupon rate and will support the bank's sustainable finance initiatives. 

Key clients 

BDO Capital & Investment Corporation, Belle Corporation, Gratia Capital 

Corporate and M&A (asialaw)

Work highlights 

Advised BDO Unibank on its P7 billion merger with SM Keppel Land, consolidating ownership of the Podium Complex in Ortigas central business district. The transaction involved complex share issuance structured as a tax-free exchange and secured expedited regulatory approvals from multiple agencies including the central bank, securities commission and competition authority within a compressed six-month timeline. 

Key clients 

CSJ Trident International OPC, Industry Holdings and Development Corporation, RYM Business Management Corporation, Unioil Petroleum Philippines 

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