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Cesar Santamaria

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

PhilippinesLabour & Employment, ImmigrationEnglish, Filipino

About

Partner at Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law) in the Philippines who specialises in employment litigation and advisory and leads the firm’s immigration practice. He advises on a wide range of employment matters — including terminations, sexual harassment, redundancies, union certification and collective bargaining, recruitment (including overseas recruitment), policy handbooks, data privacy and labour compliance — and is a ranked lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific (since 2022) and a leading lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (since 2017).

Practice areas

Labour & EmploymentImmigrationData Privacy

Office

Expertise

Employment litigation and advisoryCollective bargaining and union mattersWorkforce restructuring and redundanciesRecruitment for overseas employment and RPO arrangementsEmployment policy handbooks and complianceEmployment-related data privacyEmployment benefits migration following mergersImmigration practice management

Education

  • LLB (Hons), University of Santo Tomas
  • BSA (Hons), University of Santo Tomas
  • Certified Public Accountant, Philippines

Admissions

  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  • Certified Public Accountant (Philippines)

Languages

EnglishFilipino