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Cesar E. Santamaria, Jr.

Cesar E. Santamaria, Jr.

Work Department

Labour & Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Jun is a partner of C&G Law.

Jun specializes in employment litigation and advisory, and has assisted clients on a broad range of employment matters including: (a) disputed and non-disputed employment terminations; (b) sexual harassment; (c) plant closure and redundancies; (d) union certification and collective bargaining; (e) recruitment of locals for employment abroad by a foreign principal; (f) recruitment of locals by a foreign employer in the Philippines through recruitment process outsourcing; (g) employment and non-employment service contracts; (h) data privacy; (i) policy handbooks (including policies on employment standards, employee discipline, HIV/AIDS discrimination, and drug testing); (j) employment benefits migration following a merger; and (k) labor regulations compliance. He is also in charge of the firm’s immigration practice.

As a result of Jun's efforts, C&G Law was cited in the Labour & Employment field by AsiaLaw in 2016.

Jun has been teaching employment law at the University of Santo Tomas since 2005.

Prior to becoming a partner of C&G Law in 2011, Jun was a junior associate (from 2008 until 2009) and senior associate (from 2009 until 2011) of the firm.  Before joining C&G Law, he was a junior associate at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (from 2003 until 2007) and a Court Attorney of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2007.

Jun was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2004.

Languages

English, Filipino

Memberships

Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Education

University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Civil Law, Juris Doctor (Class of 2003, class valedictorian and recipient of the Rector’s Award for Academic Excellence); University of Santo Tomas,  College of Accountancy, Bachelor of Science in Accounting (Class of 1998, cum laude)