- SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (“SyCipLaw”) is the largest
law firm in thePhilippines . Founded in1945 , the firm is now a full-service firm with 125 lawyers practicing out of its four offices inMakati , Cebu, Davao andSubic Bay .fact|date=April 2008SyCip Salazar has been named the Philippines’ National Law Firm of the Year by the "
International Financial Law Review " in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005.fact|date=April 2008 Its representative list of clients includes Chevron Texaco,General Electric ,Citicorp ,Goldman Sachs ,Lehman Brothers ,American Express ,Bank of America ,Asian Development Bank and the government of theUnited States of America . The firm is a member of at least three international law firm networks, such asMultilaw ,Pacific Rim Advisory Council and theWorld Law Group .SyCip Salazar counts among its alumni founders of its competitors in the Philippine legal market, such as top notch law firms
ACCRALAW , Quisumbing Torres, and Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose. Many of the firm's alumni have also joined top law firms in other markets all over the world, such asBaker & McKenzie inChicago, Illinois ,Simpson Thacher & Bartlett inNew York ,McKee Nelson inNew York ,Warner Norcross & Judd inGrand Rapids, Michigan ,Clifford Chance inNew York andLondon ,Mori Hamada & Matsumoto inTokyo , Japan, and Allen & Gledhill inSingapore .Former Philippine Supreme Court Justice
Florentino P. Feliciano , who served on theWTO Dispute Settlement Body , was the firm's managing partner from 1983 to 1986 and is now the firm’s senior counsel. The firm’s immediate past managing partner, Andres G. Gatmaitan, was the only Filipino named on "Asian Legal Business Magazine"'s Hot 100 List for 2004. The magazine noted that SyCipLaw "set [s] the standard in the market".
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