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V&A Law Lawyers Recognized in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Rankings 2024

January 21, 2024

We are pleased to announce that the lawyers of Villaraza and Angangco have been ranked as leading lawyers in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 Rankings. Managing Partner, Sylvette Y. Tankiang has been recognized in the Hall of Fame for the Capital Markets Practice Area. She is also listed in the elite "Leading Individuals" group for the Tax practice area and a recommended lawyer for practice areas Antitrust and Competition, Corporate and M&A, Projects and Energy, Real Estate & Construction, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, and TMT alongside Senior Partner, Raoul Angangco. Also included in the roster of "Leading Individuals" are partners, Bienvenido I. Somera, Jr. for Intellectual Property, and Alejandro Alfonso E. Navarro, Augusto A. San Pedro, Jr., and Joseph Anthony P. Lopez for Dispute Resolution. Partners Kristin Charisse C. Siao and Katrina V. Doble have both been recognized as Next Generation Partners for the Corporate and M&A and Intellectual Property Practice Areas, respectively. Senior Partner Raoul R. Angangco is also a recommended lawyer for Tax and Immigration. Other recommended lawyers include, Partners Raquel Wealth A. Taguian for Dispute Resolution, Kristin Charisse C. Siao for Projects and Energy, Real Estate and Construction, and TMT, Rashel Ann C. Pomoy for Labour and Employment, Antonio Miguel C. Lu for Intellectual Property, Richard Henrick I. Beltran for Projects and Energy and TMT, Mark Leo P. Bejemino for Intellectual Property, Mark Benjamin C. Yam for Immigration, and Senior Associate Carlo Augustine A. Roman for Projects and Energy.

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