Awards and Recognition:
• Asian Business Law Journal
• Asian Legal Business Philippine Law Awards
o Boutique Law Firm of the Year (2016)
o Project Finance Deal of the Year, finalist (2016)
o Rising Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2016)
o Construction Law Firm o f the Year, finalist (2016)
o Young Lawyer of the Year, Aris Gulapa, finalist (2016)
• Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards
o Boutique Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2016)
• International Financial Law Review
o Energy & Infrastructure Guide, Notable Law Firm (2016)
• Asialaw Profiles
o Construction & Real Estate (Recommended Law Firm); Projects & Infrastructure (Recommended Law Firm) (2019)
o Recommended Law Firm in (a) Competition/Antitrust; (b) Construction & Real Estate; (c) Corporate/M&A; (d) Projects & Infrastructure; and (e) Restructuring & Insolvency (2017)
• Chambers & Partners Asia
o Corporate/M&A, Aris Gulapa, Band 3 (2016)
o Projects, Energy & Infrastructure, Aris Gulapa, Up and Coming (2016)
• Chambers & Partners Global
o Projects, Energy & Infrastructure, Aris Gulapa, Up and Coming (2016)
• The Legal500
o Real Estate & Construction (Tier 1); Projects & Infrastructure (Recommended Law Firm) (2018)
o Real Estate & Construction, Aris L. Gulapa (Leading Individual) (2018)
o Real Estate & Construction, Aris Gulapa, Leading Individual (2016)
o Corporate/M&A, Aris Gulapa, Recommended Individual (2016)
o Projects & Infrastructure, Aris Gulapa, Recommended Individual (2016)
• Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards
o Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2017)
o Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2017)
o Rising Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2017)
o Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the year, finalist (2017)
o Asset & Corporate Finance Deal of the Year for its new Philippine e-Passport System Project, nominee (2016)
o Boutique Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2016)
• Asian Legal Business Philippine Law Awards
o Rising Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2016)
o Philippine Law Firm of the Year, nominee (2016)
o Project Finance Deal of the Year, finalist (2016)
o Construction Law Firm of the Year, finalist (2016)
• International Financial Law Review
o Financial & Corporate Guide, Notable Law Firm (2017)
o Energy & Infrastructure Guide, Notable Law Firm (2016)
• The Legal500
o Corporate/M&A (Recommended Law Firm) (2017)
o Projects & Infrastructure (Recommended Law Firm) (2017)
• Asialaw Profiles
o Construction & Real Estate (Recommended Law Firm) (2017)
o Corporate/M&A (Recommended Law Firm) (2017)
o Projects & Infrastructure (Recommended Law Firm) (2017)
o Restructuring & Insolvency (Recommended Law Firm) (2017)
• Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific
o Projects, Infrastructure, and Energy, Aris Gulapa, Up and Coming (2017; 2016)
• Chambers & Partners Global
o Projects, Infrastructure, and Energy, Aris Gulapa, Up and Coming (2017; 2016)
• The In-House Community Counsels of the Year (Asian-Mena)
Testimonials
“Aris Gulapa is recommended.”
– The Legal 500, Corporate and M&A (2016)
“Aris Gulapa recently set up Gulapa Law Office. He is well regarded for his experience in cross-border transactional matters and regularly assists with issues at the intersection of the corporate finance and projects spheres. He attracts extensive praise from clients, who describe him as ‘very responsive, thorough and easy to work with’ and pay tribute to his ‘amazing memory and ability to retain an extraordinary amount of information’.”
– Chambers and Partners, Corporate/M&A (2016)
“Aris Gulapa of Gulapa Law Office is a specialist in project finance with extensive experience of representing government and private sector clients in the bidding processes of Philippine procurement projects. Sources note that he is ‘very thorough and knowledgeable, foresees imbalances and addresses concerns quickly’.”
– Chambers and Partners, Projects, Infrastructure & Energy (2016)
“… most particularly partner Aris Gulapa – very responsive, hard-working, on top of the technical details and a pleasure to work with,” a foreign client says. “I would happily recommend Aris … to anyone considering a corporate transaction in the Philippines.”
– IFLR1000, M&A (2015)
“With a specialist focus on sectors like transport, social infrastructure and utilities, the firm is steadily growing into its own…
Its strength of handling Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects landed Gulapa some of the significant government projects in the last year….”
– IFLR1000 Energy & Infrastructure (2016)
