PHILIPPINES Law and Practice Contributed by: Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez, Melyjane G. Bertillo-Ancheta and Franco Aristotle G. Larcina, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was found- ed in 1945 and is one of the largest law firms in the Philippines. Its corporate M&A team has acted as counsel in many of the country’s largest and most complex investments and M&A deals. The firm’s ex - pertise in a wide range of practice areas – such as tax, employment law, competition law, intellectual
property, nationality restrictions, and laws impacting highly regulated industries – enables the M&A team to provide integrated and practical advice to projects. Moreover, the firm represents and advises many banks and financial institutions, both global and lo - cal, on all types of financing transactions and related regulatory matters.
Authors
Rose Marie M. King-Dominguez is a senior partner at SyCipLaw and head of its special projects department, specialising in M&A, TMT and data, investments, and general business law. She has handled M&A projects
Franco Aristotle G. Larcina is a partner at SyCipLaw and a member of its special projects, and banking, finance and securities departments.
His specialisations include competition law, M&A, TMT
and market entry work in a range of industries, including technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical enterprises, retail, real estate and manufacturing.
investments and general business law. His advice on merger filings relating to high-value transactions has resulted in landmark developments in Philippine competition law. These include advising Sanofi on its Philippine merger filing relating to its acquisition of the consumer healthcare business of Boehringer Ingelheim, resulting in the first merger clearance being issued by the PCC after a full substantive review, and advising Grab in relation to the motu proprio review of its acquisition of Uber’s assets and business in the Philippines, the first case of its kind.
Melyjane G. Bertillo-Ancheta is a partner at SyCipLaw and a member of its special projects, and banking, finance and securities departments.
She specialises in foreign investments, joint ventures, acquisitions and divestments, among other areas. She also regularly advises clients in financing transactions as well as capital markets transactions, such as those involving registration of shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission and listing of shares with the Philippine Stock Exchange, as well as on regulatory matters relating to public companies. SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan SyCipLaw Center 105 Paseo de Roxas Makati City 1229 Metro Manila Philippines
Tel: +632 8982 3500 Fax: +632 8848 2030 Email: info@syciplaw.com Web: www.syciplaw.com
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