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

Managing Partner

Ben is a founding partner and the managing partner of C&G Law.

Ben specialises in litigation and arbitration, and also has experience in corporate and commercial transaction work in the energy sector.

Ben’s litigation and arbitration experience led him to be named by Asialaw Profiles as a leading Philippine lawyer in dispute resolution and litigation from 2015 to 2018, and as Disputes Star of the Year for the Philippines for 2018. His experience in these fields also led him to be named by Chambers Asia Pacific as a leading Philippine lawyer in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration in its 2015 to 2018 Asia Pacific publications, as well as a leading Philippine lawyer in Dispute Resolution in its 2018 edition. He has also been recognised as a leading Philippine individual in Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific from 2015 to 2018. In addition, Ben’s corporate and commercial work earned him citations as a leading Philippine lawyer in the corporate/commercial field by Chambers Asia Pacific in its 2012 to 2014, and 2018 publications.

English, Filipino

Integrated Bar of the Philippines Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb)

Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, Juris Doctor (Class of 1997, class salutatorian, and recipient of Evelio Javier Leadership Award)Ateneo de Manila University, Bachelor of Science in Management, Major in Legal Management (Class of 1993)Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1998