Practice areas
M&A; energy; project finance & acquisition finance; taxation; construction & infrastructure
Introduction
The co-managing partner of Sarmiento Loriega Law Office, Maria Elizabeth Peralta-Loriega, graduated class salutatorian from the University of the Philippines College of Law. She is also a certified public accountant and graduated cum laude, fourth in rank, from the University of the Philippines. She earned her Master of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, consistently ranked among the top law schools globally, with triple specialisation in artificial intelligence, business law and intellectual property law. She is also a proud member of UC Berkeley Law’s Dean’s Circle, an honour extended to some of the most impressive students of UC Berkeley Law.
She is a seasoned and highly-ranked practitioner in M&A and project finance, and has acted as counsel in major deals in the energy, real estate, infrastructure, banking, retail, manufacturing and telecoms sectors. She won citations for an M&A deal of the year and project finance deal of the year from prestigious deal award-winning bodies.
Peralta-Loriega has served as a Philippine tax expert before international arbitration tribunals. Her expertise enables her to provide effective and innovative tax solutions and deal structures, including multi-party transactions.
Asia Business Law Journal has consistently ranked Peralta-Loriega among the Philippines’ Top 100 Lawyers, from 2018 to 2024. She was among Asia’s Top 15 M&A Lawyers for 2022, and was cited by Chambers & Partners as a highly ranked lawyer in taxation and M&A. She was also cited as among the Top 100 Women in Litigation for Asia-Pacific for 2020, a Litigation Star for 2021, and Benchmark Litigation for 2022. She was recently cited as Highly Regarded Lawyer in the 2024/2025 IFLR1000 Rankings. She was recognised as Managing Partner of the Year for her instrumental role in leading the firm as the Philippines’ Rising Law Firm of the Year, and as one of the leading firms in private equity and venture capital, real estate, IP protection and insurance.
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