Partner

Admitted to the Bar, 1964 (Bar Topnotcher, 5th place)

Education: Ll.B.(University of the Philippines,1963); Master of Laws (University of Pennsylvania,1967); Section Head, Student Editorial Board, Philippine Law Journal(1962-1963); Completed Management Development Program, Asian Institute of Management (1976).

Professional Experience – Previous Positions: Co-founder and Senior Partner, Cayetano Bautista Picazo and Reyes (1983-1987); Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Officer-in-Charge for Loans Management, Union Bank of the Philippines (1982-1983); Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Officer-in-Charge for Originations and Underwriting, Bancom Group of Companies (1971-1981); Resource Speaker, Capital Markets Development Conference sponsored by the Securities & Exchange Commission (1988); Lecturer in Commercial Law and Taxation, University of the Philippines, College of Business Administration (1967-1971); Legal Assistant, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Law Offices (1966); Associate Lawyer, Lichauco Picazo and Agcaoili Law Offices (1963-1965; 1967-1971).

Present Positions: Director of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp. (PASAR), Corporate Secretary of several large Philippine corporations, Member of Board of Trustees of PGH Medical Foundation, the Haribon Foundation, and the Gerry Roxas Foundation.

Membership in Professional Associations: Management Association of the Philippines, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Tax Management Association of the Philippines, Philippine Bar Association, Wharton-Penn Alumni Association of the Philippines.