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Erika Paulino

Partner · Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad

PhilippinesBanking & Finance, Capital MarketsEnglish, Filipino

About

Erika Paulino is a Partner who co-heads the Business Formation & Foreign Investment and the Real Estate and Construction practice groups at Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad. She has extensive experience in corporate and project finance — including loan syndications, project financings and corporate bonds — and has acted for arrangers, lenders, borrowers and project proponents on matters such as a Php7 billion term loan for the Widus Group, financing for a major water utility's modernization, multi-jurisdictional acquisition financing for Inspire Brand Asia, and financing for hydropower and solar projects; she was named a Recommended Lawyer and Next Generation Partner in the 2021 Asia Pacific Legal 500 for Banking & Finance.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceCapital MarketsReal Estate & ConstructionProject FinanceEnergy & Natural ResourcesForeign InvestmentCorporate Finance

Office

Expertise

Renewable energy financing (hydropower, solar)Hotel & casino finance (Widus Group)Water utility / infrastructure financingMulti-jurisdictional acquisition financingReal asset portfolio divestment

Education

  • University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Laws (2004)
  • Ateneo de Manila University, AB Social Sciences (2000)

Admissions

  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Languages

EnglishFilipino