PHILIPPINES Trends and Developments Contributed by: Patricia A. O. Bunye and Christianne Grace F. Salonga Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia (CMT) was estab - lished in 2013, and is a top-tier full-service law firm in the Philippines with proven expertise in corporate and special projects, litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property, mining, natural resources and energy. Its other practice areas include infrastructure, transportation and public utilities, taxation, labour and employ - ment, trade, telecommunications, data privacy, competition, financial technology, family law,
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and information and communications technol - ogy. Its multi-disciplinary approach, involving collaboration among the firm’s different depart - ments, guarantees its clients effective and com - prehensive legal solutions and representation. CMT’s lawyers consistently demonstrate ex - ceptional proficiency in their respective practice areas, earning acclaim from peers and industry accolades.
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Patricia A. O. Bunye is the managing partner of Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia, and is the head of its mining and natural resources department and of the energy practice
Christianne Grace F. Salonga is a senior associate of Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia’s corporate and commercial law group. Her practice areas include capital markets,
group. She is also a partner in the intellectual property (IP) department. Her IP practice is focused on trade marks and IP commercialisation, including licensing and franchising, and on the registration of food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. She is also recognised among the foremost mining lawyers in the Philippines. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and her degree in Bachelor of Science, Major in Legal Management from the same University.
securities regulations, competition, corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance. She has acted as counsel to issuers and underwriters for initial public offerings and follow-on offerings. She has contributed to international memorandums on shareholding disclosure and investment limitation regimes, and on pre-insolvency enforceability of derivative transactions for the Philippines. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the Law School of Ateneo de Manila University, and earned her Master of Laws degree from the University of Sydney, Australia.
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