Arlene M. Maneja

Philippines

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan · Arlene M. Maneja is a partner in SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan specializing in the practice areas of Banking, Finance & Securities, Special Projects, as well as Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has led due diligence teams in several high-value transactions and assisted in rendering regulatory, transaction and business advice in connection with, as well as in documentation of, deals involving commercial lending, acquisitions, investments and divestments, capital restructuring, project financing and corporate reorganizations in, among others, the real estate, public infrastructure, oil and gas, mining and power/energy industries. Her recent projects include: Acquisition by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company of controlling interest in Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc.; Acquisition by Century Pacific Group of substantial equity interest in Arthaland Corporation—a real property development company; Sale of South Star Drug, Inc., a chain of retail drugstores; Php 75 Billion Syndicated Loan to the National Food Authority; Php 75 Billion Syndicated Loan to the Power Sector Asset and Liabilities Management Corporation; and US$ 270 Million project financing of a 2x100 MW coal-fired power plant in Naga City. .

Philippines