Partner
Admitted to the Bar, 1983 (Bar Topnotcher, 3rd place)
Education: A.B. Political Science, cum laude (University of the Philippines); Ll.B., salutatorian-cum laude (University of the Philippines); Member, Order of the Purple Feather, the honor society of the U.P. College of Law (1979-1982); elected to the international honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu; Chairman, Student Editorial Board, Philippine Law Journal (1980-1982); Third Best Oralist, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Washington, D.C. (1981); Member, Philippine Group, Southeast Asian Youth Invitational Program, Japan (1980).
Professional Experience – Previous Positions: Senior Associate (1986-1987), Junior Associate (1983-1985), Cayetano Bautista Picazo and Reyes; Associate, Antonio Rodriguez Bautista Law Offices (1982-1983); Member, Board of Editors, Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (1988-1989); Author of three (3) legal articles published in the Philippine Law Journal and two (2) legal articles published in the Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines; Co-editor of UP College of Law: A Bit of History (2007); Editor of Coming Home – 1982-2007, The UP College of Law Alumni Homecoming (2007).
Present Positions: Corporate Secretary of Bloomberry Resorts Corporation (BLOOM); Assistant Corporate Secretary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICT) and Apex Mining Company Inc. (APX); Director and Corporate Secretary of Prime Metroline Holdings Inc., Bravo International Port Holdings Inc., Eiffle House Inc., Negros Perfect Circles Food Corp.; President of Celestial Corporation, Skywide Assets Limited; and Corporate Secretary of several companies including Bloomberry Resorts & Hotels Inc., Sureste Properties Inc., Mapfre Insular Insurance Corporation, Dressline Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, Monte Oro Resources & Energy Inc., International Cleanvironment Systems Inc. etc.
Membership in Professional Associations: Philippine Bar Association.