Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)

Partner

Katrine (Kat) Paula became a partner of C&G Law in January 2021. She is a key member of the firm’s General Corporate Practice Group, Energy, Construction & Infrastructure Sector Group, and Labour & Immigration Practice Group.

Kat’s practice areas include construction, corporate services, energy, foreign investments, infrastructure, employment, and mergers & acquisitions.

Kat has been cited by The Legal 500 as a Rising Star in corporate and M&A in its 2021 and 2022 publications, and a Next Generation Partner in its 2023 publication. The Legal 500 has also recognized Kat in the field of labor and employment as a Next Generation Lawyer in its 2019 and 2020 publications, as a Rising Star in its 2021 and 2022 publications, and a Next Generation Partner in its 2023 publication. In relation to her labor and employment work, impressed clients have described her as an “expert in both substantive and procedural law” and mentioned that she “responds to our requests in a very prompt and extensive manner and look at our issues at all angles.”

In 2017, Kat was seconded to the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP.

Kat has been teaching at San Beda University and San Beda College-Alabang since 2014.

Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2014-present) Faculty, San Beda College of Law (2014-present) Legal Intern, San Beda Legal Aid Bureau (2012-2013) Associate Editor, San Beda Law Journal (2012-2013)

LLB, San Beda College of Law BA Political Science, University of the Philippines Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2014