Augusto Leon Araneta Macatangay, Partner, Siguion Reyna, Montecillo & Ongsiako Law Offices.

Leo has over 15 years of experience in corporate and commercial law. He has a broad knowledge of Philippine policies, regulations, and business practices. He has counseled some of the biggest companies in the Philippines including various governmental agencies such as the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission. He has extensive experience in syndicated loans, restructuring proceedings, mergers and acquisitions, and joint venture agreements. He represented clients in administrative, civil and criminal proceedings involving contractual disputes, intra-corporate controversies, and regulatory disputes. As corporate secretary, member of the board of directors, or as a consultant, he regularly advises individuals and corporations involved in real estate, construction, sugar production, technology, power, logistics, education, retail, manufacturing, media and wellness.

Maria Caterina Cristina R. Lopa, Partner, Siguion Reyna, Montecillo, and Ongsiako Law Office

Atty. Maria Caterina Cristina R. Lopa is a Partner at Siguion Reyna, Montecillo, and Ongsiako Law Office where she has been practicing law since 2016. As part of a full-service firm, she has dabbled in virtually all practice areas. She has handled several due diligence projects with particular emphasis on regulatory compliance for both local and cross-border transactions.

Jennifer T. Ong, Partner, Subido Pagente Certeza Mendoza & Binay Law Offices

Jennifer graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 2003 with a Legal Management degree and obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 2007. She placed 2nd in the 2007 Philippine Bar Examinations. At present, she is a Partner in the Corporate and Special Projects Department of Subido Pagente Certeza Mendoza & Binay Law Offices. She specializes in special projects, corporate financing and secured lending, deal structuring, commercial transactions and contracts, contract review and negotiation, joint ventures and M&A including due diligence, as well as public-private partnerships, which she has undertaken for local and foreign clients.

Ari Singzon, Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York), Milbank

Ari regularly advises corporates, financial institutions, sponsors, lenders, and foreign and financial investors across equity and debt capital markets, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private credit, and project finance matters, with particular focus on Asia and the Philippines. He has worked on matters across diverse sectors including power, energy and infrastructure, TMT, data centers, logistics, banking and finance, real estate, retail, and aviation. His experience in the Philippines includes advising clients such as Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc., AC Energy, Aboitiz Power, Citicore, Actis, MPIC, Metrobank, MDI, Fast Logistics, Seaoil, PLDT, Globe Telecom, and Converge, to name a few.

Charmaine Yeo, Senior Associate, Milbank

Charmaine Yeo’s practice focuses on advising leading private equity firms, financial investors and corporations on cross-border mergers & acquisitions and private equity matters. Her experience spans a wide range of sectors including retail, real estate, technology and power and energy. Charmaine’s recent experience includes advising Philippine clients such as Globe Telecom and PLDT. She also advises private equity clients including firms such as CVC Capital Partners, Blackstone, Actis and TPG Capital, on a variety of corporate transactions.

Anna Bianca Torres Wong, Legal Director, Kenvue Philippines

Anna Bianca Torres Wong serves as Legal Director at Kenvue Philippines (formerly J&J Consumer Health), where she sits on the Philippines-Indonesia Leadership Team, overseeing legal matters for Kenvue’s Philippines-Indonesia Subcluster. She has been in this role since January 2023, following Kenvue’s separation from Johnson & Johnson as a standalone Consumer Healthcare Company. From February to December 2022, she was the Legal Director for Johnson & Johnson (Philippines) Inc., where she covered J&J’s cross-sector consumer health, pharmaceutical and medical device industries in the Philippines. With a wealth of experience, Bianca has held significant roles including Legal Affairs Director, Data Privacy Champion, and Corporate Secretary at Wyeth Nutrition Philippines from April 2019 to January 2022, while concurrently acting as Vice-President and Corporate Secretary for Nestlé Philippines where she began her in house career in May 2011. She began her legal career as an underbar at PJS Law in January 2007, where she was eventually promoted to Senior Associate before she moved in-house. Bianca’s expertise covers Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Law, Regulatory Law, Intellectual Property, and Information Technology. She was admitted to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in 2007, and she is also a certified professional coach, trained by Benchmark Consulting and having received her Coaching Certificate in 202. Bianca holds a degree in BS Management Engineering with a Minor in Marketing from the Ateneo De Manila University and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of the Philippines, where she was a consistent member of the UP Law Honor Society.

Joseph J. Marigomen, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation

Atty. Joseph J. Marigomen is a First Vice President for Legal Services of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, the largest toll road operator in the Philippines. He has been the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation since 2017. Atty. Marigomen obtained his law degree and undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines. He became a member of the Philippine Bar in 1996. Prior to joining the company in 2015, he was a Senior Partner at Puno and Puno Law Offices where he spent 17 years of practice in various fields of law including energy, privatization, dispute resolution, family law, infrastructure (roads and tollways, engineering, procurement and construction) and real estate law.

​Ryan Co, Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Pacific Synergy Food and Beverage Corp.

Ryan currently serves as the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs of Pacific Synergy Food and Beverage Corp. He was recently selected as one of the Top 10 Chief Legal Officers of the Philippines by CEO Insights Asia.  He was also included in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist Philippines and was recognized as one of the best in-house legal professionals in the Philippines. He also led his legal team to be recognized as one of Southeast Asia's best legal teams by The Legal 500. Prior to joining Pacific Synergy, he also also counseled for Shopee Philippines and other SEA Group entities, Rockwell Land and Megaworld Corporation. He also handled high profile litigation and employment cases and complex legal transactions at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan and Kapunan Lotilla Flores Garcia & Castillo. He obtained his Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) from Santa Clara University School of Law in California focused on High Technology, Employment and Intellectual Property and Law (J.D.) and Economics (A.B.) Degrees from San Beda University.

Rhys Alexei Y. Murillo, CPA, JD, CCO, General Manager, Compliance, Legal, External and Government Affairs, Nissan Philippines, Inc.

Atty. Rhys Alexei Y. Murillo is a C.P.A. Lawyer who completed his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree from De La Salle University-Taft, and his Juris Doctor Degree from Ateneo Law School. He passed the 2006 Philippine Bar Examinations, and has since been exposed to various industries, and worked with legal departments of local and multinational companies such as the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Araneta Group Companies, up to his current role as the General Manager of the Compliance, Legal, External and Government Affairs of Nissan Philippines, Inc. Since joining Nissan Philippines, Inc. in 2013, Atty. Murillo has since been actively working with industry stakeholders and the Philippine Government to push for and advance the interests of the Automotive Industry, including but not limited to the Philippine Lemon Law, LTO Plate and Registration Process improvements, and Electrification, among others. As part of his personal advocacies, Atty. Murillo is working with electrification advocates EVAP and the DOE to push for electrified mobility in the Philippines and promote the adoption of EV technologies by the Filipinos.