Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices | ACCRALAW®

ACCRALAW®

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Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Raising the bar and enriching jurisprudence and legislation through creative and dynamic strategies to attain clients' objectives

ANGARA ABELLO CONCEPCION REGALA & CRUZ LAW OFFICES (ACCRALAW) is the undisputed leader in Philippine litigation and alternative dispute resolution.  ACCRALAW has the country’s largest, most sophisticated and most specialized dispute resolution lawyers with a deep bench of litigators (commercial, civil, criminal, administrative) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioners, recognized by their peers worldwide for their consistent, outstanding track record. 

Services:

  • Arbitration – construction arbitration before the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) as well as commercial arbitration before various domestic and international arbitration commissions.
  • Banking – collection and damage suits arising from depositor-bank relationships; collection suits arising from lender-borrower relationships; actions involving forged or falsified instruments; violations of loan, trust or escrow agreements; lender liability and creditor abuse; anti-money laundering compliance and regulation.
  • Contract Law – actions for specific performance or rescission of contracts, with claims for consequential and other forms of damages.
  • Corporate Law – intra-corporate disputes, derivative suits, proxy fights and corporate takeovers, suspension of payments, insolvency and rehabilitation proceedings, appointment of receivers or creation of management committees, and other suits filed involving the Corporation Code, PD No. 902-A, Code of Corporate Governance, and the Securities Regulation Code.
  • Criminal Law – prosecution or defense from criminal charges.
  • Environmental Law Litigation – civil, criminal and administrative suits arising from alleged violations of the various Philippine environmental laws including the Local Government Code, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act.
  • Estate Proceedings and Probates of Wills
  • Family Law
  • Insurance –actions involving life and non-life insurance claims.
  • International Transactions – The enforcement of foreign judgments in the Philippines; the resolution of disputes involving power and infrastructure projects on build-operate-transfer and other similar project financing schemes.
  • Maritime and Admiralty – actions involving claims for death or injury of passengers; loss or damage to cargo and property; collisions and other maritime accidents.
  • Negligence and Mass Tort – actions for damages arising from quasi-delicts and torts
  • Product Liability – claims for damages involving defective products and/or adulterated goods as well as suits under the Consumer Act of the Philippine and other consumer protection laws
  • Public Utilities – matters pertaining to communications; land, air and water transportation; oil distribution; water and electrical power; applications for certificates of public convenience, actions for breach of contracts of carriage, injunction cases involving discontinuance of services for violations of service contracts or non-payment of utility bills including representation before the various administrative agencies governing these public utilities.  
  • Real Estate Conveyances, Mortgages and Leases – foreclosures of mortgages, unlawful detainer cases, and disputes involving land ownership, transfer, possession or use
  • Securities Regulation and Litigation – civil, administrative and criminal litigation arising from alleged violations of the Securities Regulation Code and other securities laws including representation before the Securities Exchange Commission, the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. and the courts