GC Summit Philippines 2023

Agenda

Speakers

Miscen Desiderio-Dime, director of legal services, regulatory and compliance operations and corporate secretary, Accenture

Francisco Castro, research analyst, The Legal 500

Francisco joined the Legal 500’s GC Powerlist series in August 2022. As part of its in-house legal research team, Francisco’s work focuses on researching, editing and interviewing some of the most prominent and exceptional in-house counsel of some of the largest companies in the world. He has also played a part in the hosting of the Legal 500 webinar series, which provides market-leading expertise on a distinctive digital platform.

Additionally, Francisco has extensive research experience in other fields, such as Public Policy, Higher Education and International Law. Other scientific areas of interest include International Relations, Geopolitics and International Humanitarian Law. Francisco is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Cynthia Roxas-Del Castillo, Senior Partner, Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles

Cynthia Roxas-Del Castillo is a member of the Executive Board and head of the Securities group. Her practice focuses on securities and corporate law. Cynthia is responsible for projects of the firm involving securities law practice, capital market transactions, registration of securities, and offerings of securities to the public. She is also involved in major investment projects of foreign companies in the Philippines, organization and operation of mutual funds, acquisitions, joint ventures, mergers, and structuring and executing capital-raising activities.

Nilo T. Divina, Managing Partner, DivinaLaw

Fernand Joseph D. Miranda, partner, Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia

Fernand Joseph D. Miranda, leads the firm’s Technology and Fintech Practice Group and is also Partner in the firm’s Corporate and Special Projects Department.

His Technology and Fintech practice involves addressing the peculiarities and quickly evolving regulatory framework for these industries. He has experience in working with e-commerce platform operators, 3PL platform operators, and operators of payment systems. He also covers Philippine regulatory updates on fintech matters including cryptocurrency and virtual assets.

His Corporate Law practice involves servicing our clients’ legal concerns and requirements including with their corporate structuring, corporate setup, permitting and acquisitions. He has been involved in a number of significant M&A transactions, including equity purchase deals and asset acquisitions involving various industries and interests. He is likewise experienced in government project development and finance; public-private partnerships; and governmental procurement.

Jerome D. Canlas, partner, Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia

Jerome D. Canlas’ practice focuses on Telecommunications and Information and Communications Technology Law. He is currently a member of the firm’s Data Privacy Practice Group and is part of a team that successfully defended an online lending corporation against a temporary ban on processing of personal data, which would have effectively halted the operations of said corporation. Mr. Canlas is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E).

Mr. Canlas is also a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and his areas of practice include tax and customs litigation, appellate practice, trial advocacy, and corporate and banking litigation.

Carlos Garcia, head of legal, PDAX - Philippine Digital Asset Exchange

Carlos P. Garcia is the Head of Legal of Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), Inc., a leading cryptocurrency exchange in the Republic of the Philippines. He sits at the helm of the company’s legal department, handling business-to-business transaction negotiations, product development concerns, internal legal governance, and general day-to-day advisory. Aside from handling corporate affairs, he also has extensive experience in dispute resolution, involving both court and arbitration proceedings. Before joining PDAX, he was an active partner in Garcia Habacon and Han. He was also a former associate in Siguion Reyna, Montecillo and Ongsiako, and SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan.

Camille Aromas, general counsel, Huawei

Marian Vanslembrouck, associate general counsel, Enjin

Jose Amelito Sutton Belarmino II

Attorney Jose Belarmino II is an experienced data privacy lawyer with extensive knowledge on different data privacy laws including the GDPR, UK Data Privacy Act, and the Philippine Data Privacy Act among others. Having worked for the National Privacy Commission as Head Executive Assistant, Enforcement Division Chief, and ultimately OIC Executive Director and at Ardian UK Ltd in London, Atty. Belarmino boasts years of experience on the most important and current aspects of data privacy. He has worked on transfer impact assessments, third party vendor assessment, data retention schedule, data subject access request, and data privacy audit and other requirements set forth by the GDPR. Aside from having the legal aptitude on data privacy, Atty. Belarmino is also technically adept as he recently obtained his Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the University of Westminster with Distinction (highest educational award in the United Kingdom) as a Chevening scholar. He is now part of the Chevening alumni community, having been awarded the prestigious Chevening scholarship in 2021. He finished his JD at the San Beda University (College of Law) and his BA at the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

Mark S. Gorriceta, managing partner, Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra

Mark S. Gorriceta is the Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate, Banking and Finance, and Technology Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Groups of Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra – a multi-awarded and fast-rising full-service Philippine law firm established in 2015.

Mark is the Philippines’ top lawyer in the TMT sector with his pioneering legal expertise on fintech, blockchain, digital assets, web3 technology, e-commerce, data privacy, and artificial intelligence. He represents domestic conglomerates in their digitization efforts as well as the Philippines’ top technology companies – both local and global entities – and further renders his expertise in corporate structuring, tax, banking and finance, capital markets, equity financing, and in navigating complex cross-border commercial transactions.

In his almost two decades in private practice, Mark has amassed recognitions from notable local and global publications and awarding bodies. He is recognized by Asian Legal Business (ALB) as one of Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers and is the only Filipino lawyer to be included in the said list. He was awarded the Managing Partner of the Year in 2020 and Dealmaker of the Year in 2021 by the ALB Philippine Law Awards, and is recognized as one of the Philippines’ Top 100 Lawyers for 2020, 2021, and 2022 by the Asia Business Law Journal. He is also recognized by The Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in TMT and is recommended in the areas of Tax, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Mark is currently a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Graduate School and teaches Mergers & Acquisitions for the Advanced Module Diploma Course in Corporate Finance.

Bhong Paulo A. Macasaet, partner, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

Bhong Paulo A. Macasaet is a Partner and is a member of SyCipLaw’s Banking, Finance and Securities, Special Projects and Corporate Services departments. His main practice areas include commercial lending, acquisition and project finance, securities and mergers and acquisitions. He specializes in energy, infrastructure, securities offerings and aviation. He has experience in sustainable financing, including issuance of social bonds. He also has wide experience in assisting clients in various and numerous aviation transactions, including aircraft and engine leases, aircraft financing and refinancing, aircraft registrations and de-registrations. The Legal 500 Asia Pacific cites Mr Macasaet as a “Next Generation Partner”, and a “Recommended” and “Key” lawyer in Aviation and Banking and Finance in its latest rankings.

Alex Ferdinand S. Fider, senior partner, ACCRALAW

Mr. Fider has assisted foreign and local clients in the pharmaceuticals, broadcasting, motorcycles, engine lubricants, food manufacturing, sportswear, cosmetics and music industries in the protection and enforcement of their intellectual property (IP) rights in the Philippines. He has advised international organizations including the EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Cooperation Program (ECAP II), the Japan Export Trade Organization and the International Rice Research Institute on matters involving IP rights in the Philippines.

His scholarly works include the Philippine Chapters of several authoritative textbooks which were published by Kluwer Law International (London) as part of the Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Law.

Julian Chenoweth, assistant general counsel, Asian Development Bank

Julian Chenoweth is Assistant General Counsel (Private Sector Operations) with the Asian Development Bank.

With ADB, he works on ADB’s equity and capital markets investment products across financial services, energy, infrastructure, agribusiness, health and other sectors, as well as ADB’s private sector co-investment funds.

Mr Chenoweth has extensive experience with the application of ADB’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to its investment and lending operations and has advised on investments in a range of green bond issuances by companies across Asia Pacific.

Mr Chenoweth has 25 years’ experience as a transactional lawyer. Prior to joining ADB, he worked with leading international law firms in Australia and Europe and in the not-for-profit sector. He is admitted to practice as a lawyer in Australia and England & Wales.

Christian Gerard Castillo, counsel, ACEN

Christian Gerard P. Castillo is a Senior Vice President of ACEN Corporation, the listed energy platform of the Ayala Group. He manages the Philippine transactions of ACEN, including partnerships, acquisitions, and financing, and provides oversight to operations and development. He handled the acquisition and restructuring of ACEN (then Phinma Energy Corporation), green bond issuances listed in SGX and PDTC, and the first market-based energy transition mechanism of a 246-MW coal plant. He has been with the Ayala Group since 2007 and has significant experience in real estate, electronics manufacturing, offshore investments, joint ventures, capital markets, and private equity. He was an associate of SyCipLaw from 2004 to 2007 where he handled banking, finance and securities, special projects, and litigation. Mr. Castillo graduated from the University of the Philippines, Diliman with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics in 2000 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2004.

Jennifer T. Ong, partner, SPCMB

Roel A. Refran, Chief Operating Officer, The Philippine Stock Exchange

Roel Arco Refran is the Chief Operating Officer of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE). He started his career at SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan before joining public service as chief of staff of Sen. Ralph G. Recto who was then the Chair of the Senate Ways & Means Committee. He had a brief stint at ACCRA before joining PSE. Roel is a member of the Commercial Law Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) and a Professorial Lecturer 1 in the PHILJA Corps of Professors. He chaired the Capital Markets Development Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness and development of the capital markets through advocacy and investor education programs. He was a past President and Chairman of the Philippine Fulbright Scholars Association. Roel is a Professor of Law at Ateneo Law School (ALS) and a lecturer in the MCLE and bar review programs of ALS. He is a lecturer in the Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law. He is a Professorial Lecturer at the University of the Philippines Virata School of Business for its Master of Science in Finance (MS Finance) program. He designed and teaches a course on Fixed Income Market Analysis and Strategies at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) where he is Adjunct Faculty.

Michael P. Garcia, Partner, Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles

Michael P. Garcia is a member of the Securities and Taxation Departments. His practice focuses on taxation, corporate law, and dispute resolution. Mike has extensive tax experience and regularly advises domestic and foreign clients on various tax issues, including the tax implications of various business structures. He appears for clients in appeals against tax assessments and judicial claims for tax refund or tax credit before local trial courts, Court of Tax Appeals, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court, where some of the cases he handled have led to reforms in Philippine taxation law and practice. He also represents clients before the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of Justice.

Bridget Rose M. Mesina-Romero, Officer-in-Charge, Payments Policy and Development Department, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Bridget Rose M. Mesina-Romero is the Officer-in-Charge (OID) of the Payments Policy and Development (PPDD) under the Payments and Currency Management Sector (PCMS). The PCMS is charged with promoting the safety, efficiency, reliability, inclusivity and affordability of all major payment systems in the Philippines. PPDD is primarily tasked with the formulation of policies in support of the BSP’s mandate under the National Payment Systems Act; the implementation of payments development initiatives in order to accelerate the nationwide adoption of digital payments; and the periodic monitoring and measurement of the effectiveness of said policies and the progress of various initiatives using select payments indicators. Prior to her current role as OIC of PPDD, Atty. Romero was the concurrent head of the Policy and Payments Development Group (PPDG) and the Payments Data Management and Analytics Group (PDMAG) under the then Payment System Oversight Department (PSOD).

Catherine Marie Drilon-Gancayco, General Counsel Group at JG Summit Holdings

Catherine is the Head for Corporate Legal I (General Counsel Group) of JG Summit Holdings Inc., one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines, with core businesses in airline, food, retail, banking and real estate, and which continues to find strategic plays in data, fintech, logistics and e-commerce. She also heads the Data Privacy Office and Intellectual Property Office of the Group, and advises the conglomerate on complex commercial transactions and joint ventures with leading international and domestic companies. She has completed several local and cross-border M&A transactions for the Gokongwei Group in Asia, Oceania and the US, with a total transaction value of approximately USD 2.5B for 2021 and 2022.

Catherine graduated with honors from both Ateneo De Manila University and the University of the Philippines – College of Law. She continues to expand her practice by taking various courses from Harvard Law School, Ateneo Graduate School of Business, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Prior to joining JG Summit, she was a former associate in ACCRALAW and the Assistant Vice President and Head of the Legal Operations Department of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation. She is married with two children.

Mary Jade T. Roxas-Divinagracia, Managing Partner, Deals and Corporate Finance, M&A Advisor, PwC Philippines

Mary Jade Roxas-Divinagracia is the Managing Partner of Deals and Corporate Finance at PwC Philippines. She has over 25 years of combined experience in M&A advisory, financial audit and due diligence, valuation and value creation, and infrastructure advisory. Jade works with private equity firms and strategic investors in numerous cross-border deals: from target search, due diligence, valuation up to transaction close. She also assists local business owners, including startups, in raising equity funding from both financial and strategic investors. She and her team concluded M&A transactions amid the challenges of the pandemic. Jade is a Certified Public Accountant, a CFA charterholder, as well as a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser by the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore. She is a Graduate Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Jade also completed the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Gabriel U. Lim, senior vice president and head of corporate finance, BDO Capital & Investment Corporation

Leandro Angelo Y. Aguirre, deputy commissioner, Philippine National Privacy Commission

Jay-r C. Ipac, Partner, DivinaLaw

Atty. Jay-r C. Ipac is a partner at DivinaLaw and a professor at San Sebastian College-Recoletos College of Law.

His practice areas are Litigation, Corporate and Special Projects, Labor, and Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, E-commerce and Technology (including Data Privacy), and Legal Education, Legislative Advocacy and Policy Reform.

He is the author of a book entitled “Information Technology, Law, and Policy,” soon-to-be-released by publisher CentralBooks.

A Chevening scholar, he recently completed his Master of Laws in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom where he finished with Distinction.

He obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Civil Law, where he graduated Salutatorian. He also obtained his degree in Bachelor of Science in Legal Management from UST.

He was a Certified Information Privacy Manager by the International Association of Privacy Professionals from 2018 to 2020.

Glenn Sotto, APAC Sr. Counsel, TransUnion Glenn Sotto, APAC Sr. counsel, TransUnion

Atty. Glenn Sotto is currently the Asia Pacific Senior Counsel of TransUnion, a global information and insights company with presence in more than 30 countries and the largest private credit bureau in Hong Kong and in the Philippines. He graduated from the University of San Carlos, School of Law and Governance and is an esteemed member of the academe teaching commercial law subjects and courses at De La Salle University.

He is a member of the American Chambers of Commerce Hong Kong with committee interest on US-China business and was influential in the establishment of the Credit Bureau Association of the Philippines (CBAP) as one of its founders and trustees. Prior to his transfer to the regional headquarters in Hong Kong, Atty. Sotto was the Head of Legal and Compliance and the Data Protection Officer of TransUnion Philippines.

Solomon M. Hermosura, Senior Managing Director - Chief Legal Officer, Ayala Corporation

Solomon M. Hermosura is the Senior Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Group Head of Corporate Governance of Ayala Corporation, which was founded in 1834 and is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with core interests in real estate, banking, digital solutions, and power.

Further, Mr. Hermosura serves as Corporate Secretary and Group General Counsel of Ayala Land Inc., and Corporate Secretary of Globe Telecom Inc., Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc., AC Energy Corporation and AREIT Inc. He is also the Corporate Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of a number of other companies in the Ayala group.

Mr. Hermosura is a member of the faculty of the College of Law of San Beda University. He graduated valedictorian with Bachelor of Laws degree from San Beda College in 1986.

Manuel Alberto R. Colayco, Senior Vice President - Chief Legal Officer, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.

Mr. Manuel Alberto R. Colayco is currently Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer/Corporate Secretary/Chief Compliance Officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. He is concurrently the Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Aboitiz Power Corporation.

He has practiced in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities regulation, corporate and financial restructuring, and litigation. Prior to joining the Aboitiz Group, Mr. Colayco acted as an independent legal consultant providing professional advice, representation, and transactional assistance to private companies and individuals. His previous work experience includes: General Counsel for AGP International Holdings Ltd. and Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila, Inc. from August 2013 to December 2014; Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. from July 2010 to August 2013; and Vice President and Legal Counsel of DKR Oasis (Hong Kong) LLC, a private investment management firm, from August 2007 until March 2010. He was an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &Flom, LLP from 2000 to 2007, and at Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc& De Los Angeles from 1996 to 2000.

Mr. Colayco earned his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from the Ateneo de Manila University, and a Master of Laws degree from the New York University School of Law, U.S.A. He is a member in good standing of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the New York State Bar.

Jo Ann Bueno-Eala, Vice president and Head of sustainability office, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)

Jo Ann Bueno-Eala is Vice President and Head of BPI’s Sustainability Office, which ensures that BPI’s Sustainability Agenda and its vision and mission to be a Responsible and Sustainable bank are achieved via the bank’s strategies, products, services as well as day-to-day operations.

BPI’s ESG-related initiatives include:

• BPI’s Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) of assets vis-à-vis natural hazards like earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and volcanic eruption
• BPI’s Coal Commitment
• BPI’s Sustainable Development Finance (SDF) program, which ensures energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate resilience, green buildings, and sustainable agriculture projects are successful, profitable
• BPI as signatory of TCFD
• Green Building Certification of BPI branches

These cutting-edge innovations allowed BPI to garner the most number of local and international ESG-related accolades and the highest ESG scores among Philippine banks.

Kristian Nico Calugay Acosta, legal manager, Golden ABC

Kristian Nico Calugay Acosta is the legal manager for intellectual property and brand protection of retail giant The Penshoppe Group. He is a part of the company’s elite in-house legal and regulatory team, which has primarily contributed to innovating the legal and business compliance landscapes of the local fashion and retail industries. This multi-awarded legal counsel is labeled by the Philippine law enforcement and prosecution authorities as “one of the ace lawyers to beat” when it comes to commercial crimes litigation. Prior to joining The Penshoppe Group, Nico served as an in-house counsel, and then officer-in-charge, of the biggest collective management organization in the Philippines. He also worked in two notable law firms and EY Philippines before entering the corporate world.

Estrella C. Elamparo, senior partner, DivinaLaw

Estrella C Elamparo is a senior partner and co-head of DivinaLaw’s dispute resolution group. She practises commercial litigation, criminal prosecution and defence, arbitration and dispute resolution, and crisis management. She pioneered and currently heads the firm’s crisis management and communications department – a unique practice group catering to the legal and public relations requirements of clients embroiled in crisis situations.

James Grandolfo, partner, Milbank LLP

James Grandolfo is a partner of Milbank LLP, head of Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP and a member of Milbank’s Global Capital Markets Group. He has over 25 years’ experience representing issuers and investment banks in a variety of debt, equity and equity-linked capital markets transactions, including high yield and investment grade debt issuances, initial public offerings, a variety of liability management exercises, Rule 144A and Regulation S transactions and SEC-registered offerings.

Active throughout Asia, including in many of its emerging and frontier markets, James is especially sought out for his experience in India and the Philippines. In the Philippines in particular he advises across a variety of capital markets, M&A, private equity and leveraged finance matters and is widely considered one of the most experienced international lawyers practicing in this jurisdiction. Mr. Grandolfo’s experience spans a wide range of sectors, including finance, renewable, conventional and new power and energy, real estate, hospitality and gaming, TMT, infrastructure and logistics, among others. Combining his expertise in both capital markets and M&A, Mr. Grandolfo advises on SPAC transactions from Asia and is also active on sustainability and sustainability-linked transactions.

Paul Pery, partner, Milbank LLP

Chrysilla Carissa P. Bautista, partner, ACCRALAW

Ms. Bautista advises clients on a variety of issues involving laws and regulations on telecommunications, environment, anti-competition, securities laws, and advertising. She has an extensive litigation experience which include representation of domestic and foreign companies in complex commercial and civil litigation and the conduct of internal investigations.

She has also assisted clients in the registration of their securities before the relevant government agencies. She has advised clients on foreign investment laws in the Philippines including the registration of incentives with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.

Dawn Chua, APAC regional privacy counsel, Cognizant Technology Solutions

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For 16 years, DivinaLaw has championed dynamic lawyering—becoming an institution venerated and recognized by its peers, respected and admired by its competition, and cherished and relied upon by its clients. It is a full-service law firm in the Philippines that provides prompt, proactive, and results-oriented service to ensure client satisfaction. The firm offers depth and range in experience and resources while fostering a professional and collaborative work ethic.

Litigation, corporate and special projects, labor, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, tax and estate planning, intellectual property, immigration and naturalization, e-commerce and technology, risk and crisis management, and legal education, legislative advocacy and policy reform are the firm’s ten major practice areas.

Founded in 1972 by Senator Edgardo J Angara, Attys. Manuel G Abello, Teodoro D Regala, Jose C Concepcion and Avelino V Cruz, ACCRALAW is a cohesive multi-disciplinary team of legal professionals with in-depth knowledge of specialized legal fields.  Backed by almost fifty (50) years of experience in Philippine law, the firm has grown to a prestigious service organization of 170 lawyers and 178 non-legal personnel.

A top-tier institutional firm, ACCRALAW is based at the ACCRALAW Tower in the Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, and has full-service branches in Cebu City and Davao City – thriving commercial and business centers in the southern islands of the Philippines. The firm is linked to a global network of correspondent lawyers, law firms and Bar associations.

To enhance the delivery of services to clients, the firm has computerized its operations since the early 1980s. It was the first law firm in the Philippines to utilize a widely used, comprehensive and integrated computer system for law offices.

15 partners with sterling professional reputations, led by former Presidential Legal Counsel/Secretary of National Defence Avelino Cruz Jr and former Solicitor General/Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, founded Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia to establish a lasting legal institution anchored on professionalism, meritocracy, innovation and mutual respect. Its leadership is rich in experience in both public and private sectors as well as in international organisations. The firm is committed to delivering the best legal services to help its clients attain optimum business success, as well as promoting public interest.

The firm’s lawyers have over three decades of experience in litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate and special projects, mining and natural resources, energy, infrastructure, transportation and public utilities, intellectual property, and taxation. By matching arduous training of its associates with the expansive experience of its partners (which also enables it to attract top legal talents), the firm has earned a reputation of delivering tailored solutions to its broad spectrum of clients, including established conglomerates, leading banking and financial institutions, multinational corporations and even entire industries and government regulatory institutions like the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines).

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra (“Gorriceta”) is a top-tier full service law firm in the Philippines. Gorriceta is internationally ranked, recognized and multi-awarded for its excellence, innovative approach, and outstanding client service.

Our core practice areas are Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology Media & Telecommunications, Corporate and Securities Law, Banking and Financial Services, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, Construction and Real Estate, Transportation Law and Taxation.

Gorriceta prides itself as being the “Youngest Biggest Firm” in the Philippines, with nearly 50 professionals under a total complement of 80 legal and non-legal staff.

The Firm’s clients include Fortune 500, S&P 500, and NASDAQ 100 companies, and several of the top 1000 companies in the Philippines.

Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles (“Romulo”) is one of the largest and oldest firms in the Philippines. It maintains a constant presence in international transactions and is consistently endorsed by local and international market sources as a “leading law firm” in the Philippines.

The firm offers expertise across the whole gamut of corporate issues, including strategic alliances, investments and international joint ventures. Romulo frequently handles regulatory and compliance advisory work and is well equipped to act on cross-border transactions. Romulo is composed of 93 lawyers, all of whom speak English fluently and the majority of whom have received training and graduate degrees from international universities.

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) was founded in 1945. It is one of the largest law firms in the Philippines. It has offices in Makati City, the country’s business and financial center, as well as Cebu City, Davao City, and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

We offer a broad and integrated range of legal services, covering the following fields:

• Banking, finance and securities
• Special projects
• Corporate services
• General business law
• Tax
• Intellectual property
• Employment and Immigration
• Litigation
• Dispute resolution

SyCipLaw has specialists in key practice areas such as mergers and acquisitions, energy, power, infrastructure, natural resources, transportation, government contracts, real estate, insurance, international arbitration, mediation, media, business process outsourcing, and technology.

The firm represents clients from almost every industry and enterprise, and the firm’s client portfolio includes local and global business leaders. We also act for governmental agencies, international organizations, and non-profit institutions.

SyCipLaw maintains links with established and leading firms based in other jurisdictions, including the United States, and countries in Europe and Asia. We are an active member of various international lawyers’ associations, such as the Employment Law Alliance, the Interlex Group, the Multinational Association of Law Firms, the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, the World Law Group, and the World Services Group.

Milbank LLP is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal services to clients around the world. Founded in New York over 150 years ago, Milbank has offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, DC.

Our business is focused on providing the world’s leading financial institutions, corporations and governments with the highest quality advice on high-end, complex matters.

Much of our business is international in nature, and we have offices around the world with long-standing and strong relationships with leading law firms in jurisdictions where we do not have an office.

Our partners are hands-on lawyers and not just managers or marketers.

We operate in lean, well-managed teams which are fully integrated across offices and practice areas providing first class legal advice across borders efficiently and cost effectively.

We combine this integration with technical excellence, genuine sector expertise and a strong tradition of innovation and client service.

Founded on the mission and vision of its pillars, Dean Ponciano DM Subido† and Hon Jejomar C Binay, the law firm of Subido Pagente Certeza Mendoza & Binay (SPCMB) provides personalized quality service to its clients and offers prompt legal advice on a cost-effective basis.

SPCMB offers its clients responsive and results-oriented representation and seeks to facilitate its clients’ business interests and strives to resolve controversies at the earliest opportune time. It is a highly focused law office that represents a broad range of individual, private and publicly listed business clients, local and multinational clients. SPCMB’s experienced attorneys devote personal attention to each of their clients’ legal needs and matters and provide consistent high quality and integrity in their work.

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