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Senior partners
EDMUNDO L. TAN,
born 1945; admitted to the Bar, 1974, Philippines. Education: De La Salle
College, Bacolod (A.B., magna cum laude); University of the Philippines
(LL.B.). Former Associate, Cruz Villarin Ongkiko Academia & Durian Law Offices. Former
Partner, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices. Former Senior Partner,
Ponce Enrile Cayetano
Reyes & Manalastas Law Offices. Member:
Integrated Bar of the Philippines; International Law Association
(Philippine Branch). Trustee, Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.
(PDRCI). Chairman: EBC Investments, Inc.; Director: BDO Leasing and
Finance, Inc. and Sinophil, Inc.; Director and
Corporate Secretary: APC Group, Inc., Philippine Global Communications,
Inc., PhilCom Corporation and Aragorn Power and
Energy Corporation; Corporate Secretary: Banco de
Oro Unibank, Inc.; APC Mining Corporation, and
Aragorn Coal Corporation. LANGUAGES: English, Filipino, and Chinese.
e-mail: elt@talfirm.com
SABINO E. ACUT, JR.,
born 1950; admitted to the Bar, 1975, Philippines. Education: Mindanao
State University (A.B., magna cum laude); University of the East (LL.B.,
cum laude); University of Pennsylvania (LL.M.). Journal Editor, 1971 Philippine
Constitutional Convention. Special Assistant to the Director, Bureau of
National & Foreign Information, 1973-1974. Former Confidential Attorney
to Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Supreme Court of
the Philippines. Special Lecturer, University of the Philippines Law
Center, Institute on Criminal Procedure, 1984. Former Partner, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala
& Cruz Law Offices. Former Senior Partner and Head of the Litigation
Department, Ponce Enrile Cayetano
Reyes & Manalastas Law Offices. Former President,
Legal Management Council of the Philippines. Former Trustee, Makati Law
Foundation. Former Legal Counsel, Alabang Country
Club, Inc.; Philippine Hospital Association. Former Corporate Secretary,
Equitable-PCI Bank; Boulevard Holdings, Inc.; Eastern General Reinsurance
Corporation. Director: Philippine Global Communications, Inc.; Corporate
Secretary, EBC Investments, Inc.; Assistant Corporate Secretary, Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc.. Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines;
Philippine Bar Association; Wharton-Penn Club of the Philippines.. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail:
sea@talfirm.com
BERNARD
B. LOPEZ, born 1965; admitted
to the Bar, 1990, Philippines. Education: University of the Philippines
(A.B., cum laude; LL.B.). Former Associate, Ponce Enrile
Cayetano Reyes & Manalastas
Law Offices. Corporate Secretary, Philippine Bank of Communications.
Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino.
e-mail: bbl@talfirm.com
MARTIN
ISRAEL L. PISÓN, born 1967, admitted to
the Bar, 1994; Philippines. Education: University of the Philippines (B.A.;
LL.B.). Former Undersecretary/Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief
Presidential Legal Counsel (1998). Member: Licensing Executives Society.
Arbitrator: Intellectual Property Office, Philippine Dispute Resolution
Center, Inc. Director, Executive International Movers, Inc. Member:
Integrated Bar of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail:
mlp@talfirm.com
MARITONI
Z. LIWANAG, born 1966;
admitted to the Bar, 1993, Philippines. Education: University of the
Philippines (B.S.; LL.B.). Former Associate, Roco
Buñag Kapunan Migallos & Jardeleza Law
Offices. Member: People Management Association of the Philippines. Member:
University of the Philippines Women Lawyers’ Circle; Federacion
International de Abogadas. Member: Integrated Bar
of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail:
mzl@talfirm.com
Partners
RICHARD ANTHONY D. ALCAZAR,
born 1970; admitted to the Bar, 1995, Philippines. Education: University of
the Philippines (B.S.; LL.B.). International University of Japan (M.A.).
Former Tax Director, SyCip Gorres
Velayo & Co. (a member practice of Ernst
& Young Global). Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Member: Tax
Management Association of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino.
e-mail: rda@talfirm.com
PAUL
MAR C. ARIAS, born 1970;
admitted to the Bar, 1997, Philippines. Education: University of the
Philippines (B.A.; LL.B.). Former Councilor, University Student Council,
University of the Philippines (1989-1990). Member: Integrated Bar of the
Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail: pma@talfirm.com
VALENTINO
V. DIONELA, born 1959,
admitted to the Bar, 1985, Philippines. Education: National College of
Business and Arts (A.B.); San Beda College (LL.B). Research Attorney IV,
Legal Officer IV, Senior Legal Officer, Med-Arbiter and Supervising
Med-Arbiter, Department of Labor and Employment. Former Senior Partner and
Head of the Labor and Retainer Department, Ponce Enrile
Cayetano Reyes & Manalastas
Law Offices. Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines; Employers
Confederation of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail:
vvd@talfirm.com
JEFFREY
P. PUNZALAN, born 1977,
admitted to the Bar, 2004, Philippines. Education: University of the
Philippines (B.A.; LL.B.). Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail: jpp@talfirm.com
Senior Associates
ANNE
PAULA V. ORIBELLO-RAMIREZ,
born 1980, admitted to the Bar, 2006, Philippines. Education: Ateneo de Manila University (B.S. Legal Management);
University of the Philippines (LL.B.). Former Associate, Ocampo and Ocampo Law
Offices. Former Corporate Secretary, Asalus
Corporation. Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English
and Filipino. e-mail: pvo@talfirm.com
MINA
LEAH A. VERGARA, born 1976, admitted to the Bar, 2005,
Philippines. Education: Ateneo de Manila
University (A.B. Communication); University of the Philippines (LL.B.).
Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino.
e-mail: mav@talfirm.com
Associates
ELIUM L. BANDA, JR.,
born 1972, admitted to the Bar, 2007, Philippines. Education: University of
Santo Tomas (B.S. Hotel and Restaurant Management); Far Eastern University
Institute of Law (LL.B.). Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail: elb@talfirm.com
RAMON
ALFREDO E. DELA CRUZ, born 1981, admitted to the Bar,
2011, Philippines. Education: University of the Philippines in Mindanao (B.A.
Social Major in Behavioral Studies); San Beda College of Law (LL.B.).
Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines. LANGUAGES: English, Filipino,
Hiligaynon and Bisaya. e-mail: rec@talfirm.com
RICHARD
V.
GARCIA, born 1977, admitted to the Bar, 2011, Philippines.
Education: University of the Philippines (BLIS); Ateneo
de Manila University (J. D. with honors). Member: Integrated Bar of the
Philippines. LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail: rvg@talfirm.com
HASMINAH D. PAUDAC,
born 1985, admitted to the Bar, 2010, Philippines. Education: De La Salle
University - Manila (B.S. Commerce major in Legal Management); San Beda
College of Law (LL.B.). Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
LANGUAGES: English, Filipino and Maranao. e-mail:
hdp@talfirm.com
CHERISH
S. CALO-PAYAWAL, born 1975, admitted to the Bar, 2007,
Philippines. Education: University of the Philippines (B.A. Sociology); San
Beda College of Law (LL.B.) Member: Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
LANGUAGES: English and Filipino. e-mail: csc@talfirm.com
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