About
Senior Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department at Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia, with experience litigating civil, labor, commercial and criminal matters as well as bank fraud, debt restructuring, international trade, taxation and alternative dispute resolution. He holds a Juris Doctor (with honors) from Ateneo de Manila University (1998) and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center (fellow, Institute of International Economic Law); his student thesis was published and cited by the Philippine Supreme Court in Caprio-Morales v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 217126 (10 November 2015).
Practice areas
LitigationDispute ResolutionBanking & FinanceRestructuring & InsolvencyInternational TradeTaxLabor & EmploymentCriminal Litigation
Office
Expertise
Bank fraudDebt restructuringInternational trade disputesTax litigationAlternative dispute resolutionLabor disputesCommercial and civil litigationCriminal litigation
Education
- Juris Doctor, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law (with honors), 1998
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), Georgetown University Law Center (fellow, Institute of International Economic Law)
- Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Ateneo de Manila University (merit scholar)
