Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 Edition

Finance Monthly Global Awards 2017 www.finance-monthly.com 88 BANKING & FINANCE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Firm Profile Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles (“Romulo”) is widely known as one of the top law firms in the Philippines. It traces its roots to the law firm established by Allison D. Gibbs and Charles McDonough in Manila in 1902. Today, Romulo is considered a top-tier firm and one of very few Band 1 Philippine firms in banking, capital markets, energy and infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance by reputable law reviews. Romulo’s Corporate Banking & Finance Group (the “Group”) is particularly regarded as the firm’s expert center for financial law matters. The Group itself is composed of six full-time members and draws on the resources and expertise of the firm’s other departments, notably for tax, litigation, and labor matters. With the Group, Romulo is preferred Philippine counsel in finance and mergers and acquisition by multilateral institutions, multinational banks, foreign funds and private equity, and large Philippine banks. It is also frequently engaged as issuer’s, arranger’s, or underwriter’s counsel in ROP issuances, Basel III compliant securities, and corporate notes and bonds, and has a formidable power and PPP practice and advises numerous electric power industry participants and infrastructure project investors. The Group’s primary contact is Zaldy Mirasol (Mirasol@Romulo.com ), Senior Partner of the firm and head of the Group. Mr. Mirasol specializes in corporation, investment, securities, contract, and regulatory law as these apply to the fields of banks and financial intermediaries, government contracts, energy and natural resources, and real estate. Aside from being a commercial law lecturer at the Supreme Court’s Judicial Academy, he is a member of the faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law. Contact Manila Office 21st floor, Philamlife Tower 8767 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City Philippines 1226 Tel: + 63 (2) 555 9678 (Direct) Tel: +63 (2) 555 9555 (Trunk) Email: Mirasol@Romulo.com Website: www.Romulo.com PHILIPPINES Manila | Hong Kong | Cebu