Villaraza & Angangco (V&A Law)

Corporate and Commercial Law

Managing Partner

Atty. Sylvette Y. Tankiang has always been ahead of the curve. In an era when the field of corporate law was still predominantly male-driven, Atty. Tankiang took the helm in building V&A Law’s Corporate & Commercial Law Department into what it is today: one of the most trusted corporate and business law practices in the Philippines.

With particular expertise in the fields of taxation, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, securities, real estate, mining, natural resources, and power and energy, it is no surprise that Atty. Tankiang has consistently been acknowledged by global and domestic legal publications.

Never one to merely do things for the sake of doing, Atty. Tankiang’s ability to elegantly deliver decisive direction with meticulous attention to detail has earned the adoration, not just of her peers, but of clients here and abroad.

Atty. Tankiang now continues to guide a new era of emerging trailblazers as the Managing Partner of V&A Law.

Filipino and English

Local Philippine Bar Association University of the Philippines Women Lawyers’ Circle, Inc. (UP WILOCI) Harvard Club of the Philippines Harvard Law School Association of the Philippines Foreign International Bar Association (IBA) Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) ASEAN-Plus Group (APG)

Master of Laws — Harvard University (1986) Juris Doctor — University of the Philippines College of Law (1981), Cum Laude and Valedictorian B.A. Economics — De La Salle University (1977), Summa Cum Laude