Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016
Asialaw has released its 2016 edition of the Asialaw Leading Lawyers. The publication lists the leading practitioners in 18 practice areas in 24 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region. In-house counsel, corporate executives and lawyers at local, regional and international law firms participated in an online survey between December 2015 and February 2016. Respondents nominated individual …
SyCipLaw Advises Borrowers in Pagbilao LNG Power Plant and Hub Terminal Project
SyCipLaw is acting as borrower’s counsel for Energy World Corporation in the P6.75 billion financing package to partially fund the development of the first phase of the proposed 650-megawatt liquefied natural gas combined cycle power plant in Pagbilao, Quezon Province.
ALB M&A Rankings 2016
SyCipLaw is ranked once again as a tier 1 firm for M&A in the Philippines by Asian Legal Business (ALB). The full results of ALB's M&A Rankings 2016 was published in its September 2016 issue.
PRAC 60th International Conference in Manila
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan is hosting the Pacific Rim Advisory Council (PRAC) 60th International Conference in Manila on September 24-27, 2016 at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati City.
SyCipLaw Advises Borrowers in Tiwi-MakBan Geothermal Plants Project
SyCipLaw acted as borrower's counsel for AP Renewables, Incorporated (APRI), a unit of Philippine energy company Aboitiz Power, in the issuance of a landmark climate bond worth P10.7 billion ($225 million) for the Tiwi-MakBan geothermal power facilities.
SyCipLaw Shortlisted in 11 ALB Philippine Law Awards 2016 Categories
SyCipLaw has been shortlisted in eleven categories of the ALB Philippine Law Awards:
SyCipLaw Partner Wins Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Star of the Year
SyCipLaw partner Emmanuel M. Lombos wins Dispute Star of the Year for the Philippine jurisdiction at the Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2016.
SyCipLaw advises Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation and Manila North Tollways Corp.
SyCipLaw acted as counsel to Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation (MPTDC) in relation to its unsolicited proposal for the design, development, financing, construction, operations and maintenance of the NLEX-SLEX Connector Road.
ALB Philippine Law Awards 2016
SyCipLaw won the Philippine Law Firm of the Year award at the first ALB Philippine Law Awards. The firm was also named Arbitration Law Firm of the Year and Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year.
Hector M. de Leon, Jr. is new SyCipLaw Managing Partner
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) is pleased to announce that Hector M. de Leon, Jr. has been elected as the firm’s managing partner. Mr. de Leon joined SyCipLaw in 1988 and has been a member of the firm’s Executive Committee since 2014.