SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (“SyCipLaw”) is the largest law firm

Law firm

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 in the Philippines

Philippines

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. Founded in 1945, the firm is now a full-service firm with 125 lawyers practicing out of its four offices in Makati, Cebu

Cebu City

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, Davao

Davao City

The City of Davao is the largest city in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its international airport and seaports are among the busiest cargo hubs in the Philippines....

 and Subic Bay

Subic Bay

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SyCipLaw has been named the Philippines’ National Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Its representative list of clients includes Chevron Texaco

Chevron Corporation

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, General Electric

General Electric

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, Citicorp, Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs

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, Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers

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, American Express

American Express

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, Bank of America

Bank of America

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, Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

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 and the government of the United States of America. The firm is a member of at least three international law firm networks, such as Multilaw, Pacific Rim Advisory Council

Pacific Rim Advisory Council

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 and the World Law Group.

Former Philippine Supreme Court Justice

Supreme Court of the Philippines

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 Florentino Feliciano, who served on the WTO Dispute Settlement Body

WTO Dispute Settlement Body

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, 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 Magazines Hot 100 List for 2004. The magazine noted that SyCipLaw "set[s] the standard in the market".

At the 2008 ALB SE Asia Law Awards, SyCip Salazar was crowned Deal of the Year - Philippines Deal Firm of the Year.