DATE Wednesday, 23 May 2018 | |
TIME 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM | |
VENUE 118 Legazpi Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City 1229 Philippines |
Overview:
Looking back to 2017, there had been significant developments on Philippine Key Laws which are mainly the Philippine Data Privacy Law, Philippine Competition and the newly implemented Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or known as the TRAIN Law. Further amendments on regulations were released by its respective governing bodies, with this companies operating in the Philippines are faced to review each law and analyze how it will impact on their corporate legal departments and to the greater organization.
Target Audience:
- In-House Counsels
- General, Legal and Corporate Counsels
- Chief Legal/Ethics/Integrity/Risk Officers
- Heads of Corporate Legal, Compliance and Governance
- Corporate Legal and Compliance Directors, Managers and Executives
- Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management
- CEOs, CFOs and Company Secretaries
- In-House Legal Advisers and Consultants
- Private Practice and Corporate Law Firms
- Information Security and Technology Providers
- Consultants and Experts from Corporate and Financial Services, Legal and Compliance Industry
Why you should attend:
- Key insight into the latest legal updates on the laws under Philippine corporate compliance
- Networking opportunities with leading in-house legal counsels and key decision makers
- In-depth panel discussion sessions with some of the most distinguished corporate counsels in the region
- VIP networking luncheon and refreshments
Download the Forum Agenda, here
For more information, please contact Amanda Murillo at amanda.murillo@thomsonreuters.com or call +(632) 789 53 28
Keynote Speakers
Deputy Privacy Commissioner
Partner
The bestselling author of “Got A Question about Taxes? Ask the Tax Whiz!” The Philippine Tax Whiz MON ABREA, is the Founding President of the Asian Consulting Group (ACG), a tax advisory firm that helps taxpayers pay the right taxes, and the Center for Strategic Reforms of the Philippines (CSR Philippines), the advocacy partner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on tax education and reform. Recognized as one of the Outstanding Young Persons of the World, Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM), and a Distinguished Bedan in the field of Accounting & Taxation, he also founded the Tax Whiz Academy which provides tax seminars, a mobile app and tax publications such as the newly launched TRAIN Handbook featuring 100 questions & answers about the new tax law and regulations. Follow him on social media at @askthetaxwhiz
Geronimo L. Sy is a lawyer with specialization in competition policy and law. He established the Philippines’ first Office for Competition under the Department of Justice as Assistant Secretary and headed it from 2011 to 2015. He was instrumental in the crafting and shepherding into law of the Philippine Competition Act. Internationally, he served as Chair of the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition from 2013 to 2014. In July 2014, he successfully led the Philippine delegation in the Peer Review on Competition Law and Policy in Geneva, Switzerland. He was the Convenor of the APEC 2015 Competition Policy and Law Group (CPLG). Among the major cases he handled were cartels in the rice and garlic industries, abuses in the telco, transport and energy sectors. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Major in Management Engineering and Juris Doctor Degrees from the Ateneo de Manila University, his Master of Arts in Public Management from the University of the Philippines. At present, he is a Doctoral candidate in Public Administration at the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance.
Dean / Academic Head
Prof. Alizedney M. Ditucalan is the incumbent Dean of Mindanao State University College of Law and the Managing Partner of Subejano and Ditucalan. As Young Leader’s Program scholar, he pursued his Master of Laws in International Economic and Business Law focusing on Competition Law at the Graduate School of Law of Kyushu University. Part of his LL.M thesis, which is about the institutional design of Philippine Competition Law, was published in the Journal of Law and Legislation of Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI). It is also coming out in an upcoming book on Competition Law in Asia, a collaboration of Asian competition law scholars. Dean Ditucalan is currently writing his dissertation for his Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) at Kyushu University as the first Filipino long-term scholar of JICA. His dissertation is on disruptive innovation and competition law enforcement.
Division Chief of the Complaints and Investigation Division
Mr. Acero holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of the Philippines and a Juris Doctor from the Ateneo De Manila University School of Law. Mr. Acero is lawyer, having joined the Philippine Bar in 2008. Mr. Acero is also a member of the faculty of the Far Eastern University Institute of Law and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Law School. Prior to his most recent stint in government, Mr. Acero was a partner at Abad Alcantara Acero Law from July 2015 to July 2016, where his practice focused on technology, media, and telecommunications. Mr. Acero is a co-founder of Democracy.Net.PH and the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance, and is part of the policy team of the Philippine chapter of the Internet Society. Mr. Acero has also worked as a member of the Board of Directors and Corporate Secretary of Board of Directors of the Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation. Mr. Acero has appeared before the Senate and House of Representatives on Internet speeds, and has worked on the regulations for the proper measurement of broadband and mobile internet speeds before the National Telecommunications Commission. Mr. Acero was also part of the Senate Technical Working Group on what would become Republic Act No. 10844, which established the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
Head of Legal and Data Privacy Officer
Miscen Desiderio-Dime is currently the Director of Legal Services, Compliance Operations and Regulatory Affairs for Accenture Inc., the Philippine operating entity of the global IT BPO and Consulting firm. Concurrently, she is the Corporate Secretary of Accenture and its various subsidiaries in the Philippines, the Philippine Ethics Lead as well as Accenture’s Data Privacy Officer. She has been with the company for over 7 years and is the Senior Legal Business Partner leading over 100 legal professionals in Accenture Philippines. Miscen has over two decades of legal experience, having been admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1997. She spent six formative years of her legal practice in Ponce Enrile Reyes and Manalastas (PECABAR) as a litigation associate. As a senior associate, she later moved to Puno & Puno Law Office where she eventually became a Partner in the Commercial, Civil and Labor Litigation division. In 2009 she left Puno and Puno to work for a client, Banco De Oro Unibank as team head for Remedial Management - Asset Recovery and Litigation Unit. In 2010 she was recruited by the international investment bank Macquarie as Lead Commercial Lawyer of their local legal team which was being formed in Manila. At Macquarie, she concentrated on corporate and contracts skills as her team concentrated on the negotiation, drafting, review and management of commercial contracts with a strong focus on Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology. In 2012 she was tapped to head the Legal Team of Accenture Inc. where she has helped keep the company on even keel to this day as it grew from a little over 20,000 employees when she joined to the 50,000 strong workforce that it is today. Miscen received her Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo in 1996 and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from the University of Philippines, Diliman in 1991. When she takes off her “lawyer hat”, Miscen is wife to fellow lawyer Ron, mom to two girls Tempest and Tabitha, she is an amateur blogger, aspiring cook and lover of shoes.
Dr. Marie Karen Jiz is currently the Data Protection Officer and Director for Clinical Investigation Analysis of the Medical City. Prior to her current post, she was the Patient Conciliation Officer of The Medical City and was the Training Officer of the Department of Anesthesiology of Rizal medical Center. She was the former associate of Jiz Jiz Law firm from 2005-2008 and then an associate of Quasha Ancheta Peña & Nolasco from 2008-2011, and now the managing partner of Jiz Law Offices. She graduated from University of the Philippines in the Visayas earning her Bachelor degree of Science in Biology. And her Bachelor of Laws from University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Law. And her Doctor of Medicine from University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center.
Atty. Roel Arco Refran is the Chief Operating Officer of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc., (PSE), recognized as the Best Stock Exchange for 2016, 2015 and 2013 by Alpha Southeast Asia Deal Awards. Atty. Refran is the vice-chair of the Philippines’ National Market Practice Group (PH NMPG), and he chairs the Capital Markets Development Committee of Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Philippine Fulbright Scholars Association. Atty. Refran is a Professor of Law at Ateneo de Manila University. He was awarded the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of the Philippines (UP) Virata School of Business where he is a Professorial Lecturer 1. Atty. Refran is a lecturer at De La Salle University College of Law and Adjunct Faculty at the Asian Institute of Management. Atty. Refran holds an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School (USA) where he was a Fulbright scholar. While at Emory University, Atty. Refran worked at the Emory Center for Alternative Investments. He earned his Business Administration and Accountancy degree, magna cum laude, from UP, and his Juris Doctor degree, Second Honors, from Ateneo Law School. He placed 4th in the 1999 bar examinations, and ranked in the top 20 successful examinees in the 1995 CPA licensure examinations.
Joan de Venecia-Fabul is the Vice President and General Counsel of listed company Philex Mining Corporation. She is also a professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law (UP Law), teaching Public International Law and Agency & Partnership, as well as a regular lecturer in Mandatory Continuing Legal Education seminars, particularly on investor-State arbitration. Prior to joining Philex, Ms. De Venecia-Fabul was the Vice President for Public Relations of the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund. Before that, she was a Senior Associate at SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, where she started her legal career.Ms. De Venecia-Fabul graduated from UP Law in 2005 as class valedictorian and cum laude, and topped the Bar exam that same year. She holds an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University under a Fulbright grant and full tuition scholarship.
Atty. Jocelyn Villar-Altamira heads the Corporate Governance and Compliance Office (CGCO) of Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), a 115 year old listed company and the largest electric distribution utility in the Philippines with more than 6 million customers and market capitalization of almost USD7.8 Billion. The CGCO administers the implementation of the Company’s CG policies, goals and initiatives as mandated by the Company’s Board of Directors. It is tasked with developing compliance monitoring and employee training programs, cascading of the CG Manual and Code of Ethics, coordinating whistleblowing investigations of CG violations and submission of CG reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange (SEC and PSE). It provides board secretarial support to the Company’s subsidiaries, and administers disclosures required to be reported to the SEC and the PSE. It also provides support to the Company’s more than 45,000 common stockholders in relation to the facilitation and delivery of dividends and the issuance and transfer of stock certificates.
From 2016-2017 she served as President of the Good Governance Advocates of the Philippines or GGAPP, an association of ethics, governance and compliance officers mostly from listed public companies, as well as privately held firms, non-profit organizations, faith-based groups and educational institutions. Its principal aim is to empower and enhance the capacity of ethics, compliance and governance officers through consensus building, research and by engaging regulators and non-government actors in the field of business ethics and corporate governance particularly in policy reform and capability building.
Before joining Meralco, Atty. Altamira was an Assistant Director who headed various offices under the Enforcement, Corporation Finance and Market Regulation departments of the Securities and Exchange Commission.She obtained both her Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science major in Legal Management degrees from the Ateneo University.
My chosen career path coupled with my training and experiences have consistently driven me towards corporate practice. Since working in the legal profession for close to 12 years, I’ve been given the opportunity to work with distinguished lawyers of the Kapunan Lotilla Flores Garcia and Castillo Law Offices (now Kapunan & Castillo Law Offices) and large corporations such as the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Araneta Group of Companies, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. These experiences coupled with my CPA background, have enabled me to obtain a firm grasp of legal and business frameworks. As a Corporate Lawyer, specializing in Compliance, Commercial Law, Taxation Law, Corporation Law, Legal Audits, M&A Deals and Negotiations, General Taxation Matters and Intellectual Property Rights with exposure to Civil Law and Labor Law litigation, I have learned that one cannot rely merely on the stringent requirements of the law, but must also take into consideration the realities of business in order to strike a balance between what is legally permissible and commercially viable. Specialties: Accounting and Finance, Contract Management, Legal Due Diligence, Corporate Housekeeping and Corporate Secretarial Functions, Government and Corporate Compliance, Legal, Civil Law and Labor Law Litigation, Meeting Facilitation, Contract Review, Negotiations, Merger and Acquisition Deals, Tax and Estate planning
Macel Estavillo is the current Vice President and general counsel of JG Summit Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining JG Summit, Atty Macel was the Executive Vice President and Group Head of RCBC, AVP and global business development of ABS CBN Broadcasting, Chief of Staff of Senator Angara. Assistant Secretary for legal affairs and legislative liason of Dept of Agriculture, Assistant corporate secretary of PNB, associate litigation department of ACCRALAW where she started her legal career. Atty. Macel graduated cum laude from UP Law in 1997 and summa cum laude under the bachelor of Science in Business Economics, and the topped the bar exam at 1998. She holds LL.M in Corporate law and graduated cum laude from New York University under a Fullbright scholarship.
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