GSE LAW - Key Persons
Denise is a member of the Firm's Corporate Practice Group. Her practice focuses on corporate organization and secretaryship, corporate restructuring, immigration, intellectual property, real property transactions, and foreign investment. She represents clients across a range of industries including real estate and holding activities, insurance, manufacturing, retail and distribution…
Annika is a member of the Firm's Corporate Practice Group. Her practice focuses on general corporate housekeeping and special projects. Her practice focus includes estate planning and settlement, corporate reorganization and restructuring, corporate due diligence, and real estate transactions. She represents clients across a range of industries including the automotive industry, telecommunications…
Carlo is a Junior Partner in the Litigation, Labor, and Immigration Practice Group. He has significant experience in civil, criminal, and tax litigation, and has represented clients in various courts and administrative agencies. He has extensive experience in labor proceedings before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). His experience also extends to advising corporate clients in various labor concerns affecting their operations, such as assistance in negotiation and execution of collective bargaining agreements, and in the transition and transfer of employees to another corporate entity.
Loy is a Senior Partner in the Corporate Practice Group. She has extensive experience in corporate and commercial M&A, capital markets, registration and listing of securities, corporate governance, and general corporate legal affairs for 20 years. Her experience also extends to areas such as cross-border project financing for renewable energy projects, public-private partnerships (PPP)…
Tin specializes in corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and contract negotiation. She has advised clients on foreign investments and conducted due diligence for various commercial transactions. Her practice also includes representing clients before key regulatory agencies, including the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Immigration, Department of Justice…
Mikee's practice focus includes corporate reorganization and compliance, taxation, estate planning and settlement, mergers and acquisitions, administrative intellectual property, real property transactions, special registrations, and data privacy. She has extensive experience in the settlement of tax assessment audits at the administrative level and the conduct of due diligence on the transfer of shares of stock and/or real properties. She represents clients across a range of industries including IT-business process management, hotel chains, construction, niche or high-end retail, manufacturing, and real estate, and regularly advises these clients on a wide array of commercial transactions.
Grace is the co-Managing Partner of the Firm. She is a key member of the Corporate Practice Group, specializing in advising foreign investors on establishing and expanding their businesses in the Philippines. With extensive experience in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector and Employer of Record (EOR) solutions, she provides strategic legal counsel on corporate structuring, tax advisory, contracts, and regulatory compliance. Her expertise ensures seamless market entry and ongoing legal compliance for multinational companies. As the head of the firm's Intellectual Property Group, Grace also advises clients on trademark registration, copyright protection, licensing agreements, and IP enforcement strategies, helping businesses safeguard and maximize the value of their intellectual assets.
Jaana's practice focuses primarily on handling civil cases, particularly in the field of property law, obligations and contracts, taxation, and family law, criminal cases, and labor disputes. She likewise assists clients in legal matters and queries pertaining to labor laws, immigration matters, and other legal disputes.
Job Titles:
- Junior Associate
- Member of the Firm 's Corporate Practice Group
Johanna is a member of the Firm's Corporate Practice Group. Her practice focuses on corporate organization, corporate housekeeping, real estate transactions, special registration, and intellectual property. She has also assisted in mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and tax audit and assessments.
Torc's practice focuses on corporate reorganization and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, taxation, real property transactions, foreign investments, retail trade, anti-trust, and data privacy. His practice focus also extends to administrative intellectual property and tax litigation. He represents clients across a range of industries and companies including food and beverage…
Kish's practice focuses on corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, renewable energy projects, general corporate legal affairs, foreign investments, and bidding projects in her seven (7) years of practice. She has represented clients across a varied range of industries including entertainment, retail, e-commerce, banking and energy industries. She regularly assists clients in relation…
Jyle's practice focuses on telecommunications, media, and technology; intellectual property; corporate organization, foreign investment, and special registrations; and real estate transactions. He specializes in media and entertainment law, and has extensive experience in estate planning and settlement. He represents clients across a range industries, including broadcast networks, insurance companies, consumer goods, retail and service-oriented businesses.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Firm 's Litigation
Sofia is a member of the Firm's Litigation, Labor, and Immigration Practice Groups. She specializes in labor and civil, criminal, administrative, and tax litigation. She has represented clients from initiatory stage to trial and appeal before various administrative and judicial fora such as the Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Trade and Industry, National Labor Relations Commission, Insurance Commission, first and second-level courts, Court of Tax Appeals, Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court. She represents clients across a range of industries including Agriculture, Allied Medical Services, Banking, Business Process Outsourcing, Construction and Engineering, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Information and Technology, Insurance, Lending, Manufacturing and Distribution, Real Estate, and Shipping and Fuel Importation. She has assisted clients in addressing data privacy concerns including possible and actual data breaches, as well as labor and employment concerns. She has facilitated seminars on various legal topics such as data privacy, labor and related DOLE regulations, and laws for the protection of women and children.
Denise is a member of the Corporate Practice Group. Her practice focuses on corporate organization, foreign investment, special registration, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, intellectual property and real estate transactions. She represents clients across a broad range of industries including telecommunications, media, entertainment, broadcasting, technology, renewable…
Morris' practice focus includes corporate organization, foreign investments and special registrations, mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring, legal due diligence, and real estate transactions. He also regularly advises clients on data privacy, taxation, estate and financial planning, intellectual property, and post-acquisition corporate regularization. He represents clients across a range of industries including media and technology, telecommunications, energy, finance, trade and retail, hospitality, health, and business process outsourcing.
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner
- Head of the Real Estate Practice
Mike is the head of the Real Estate Practice Group and part of the Corporate Practice Group. He has extensive experience in infrastructure and real estate projects, involving both horizontal and vertical structures, land and property transactions, including acquisition, sale consolidation, corporate and commercial M&A, corporate governance, and general corporate legal affairs for almost 20 years. His experience also extends to areas such as public-private partnerships, government bidding, and various cross-border corporate transactions and loan documentation. He sits as a member of the Board of Directors and acts as Corporate Secretary of various corporations.
His practice focuses on corporate secretaryship, real property transactions, and settlement of estate. He represents clients across a range of industries including aviation, energy, business process outsourcing, and gaming. He assists clients in ensuring their compliance with the regulatory and reportorial requirements with several agencies such as the Civil Aeronautics Board…
Job Titles:
- Member of the Corporate Practice Group
Pia is a member of the Corporate Practice Group. Her practice focuses on corporate organization and restructuring, foreign investment, and special registration, real estate transactions, as well as capital markets and securities. She represents clients across a range of industries including telecommunications, media, entertainment, broadcasting, technology, renewable and non-renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, wholesale/retail distribution, and holding companies. She sits as a member of the Board of Directors and acts as Corporate Secretary of various corporations. She is likewise a Compliance Officer for a publicly listed company.
Raul is the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Head of the Corporate Practice Group of the Firm. He was the Managing Partner from the Firm's inception in January 2006 to December 2015. He has over 35 years of experience in corporate organization, foreign investment and special registration, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, capital markets and securities, taxation…
Her practice focuses on corporate organization, real estate transactions, corporate restructuring and special registration.
Rhea is a partner and co-heads the Tax Practice Group and is part of the Firm's Corporate Practice Group. She has over 16 years' experience in tax practice, specializing in tax audits, assessments, corporate tax structuring, tax treaty relief applications, tax advisory and compliance, and estate tax planning. Rhea has extensive experience in corporate and commercial law practice including corporate organization, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, large-scale real property acquisitions and corporate governance. She sits as a member of the Board of Directors and acts as Corporate Secretary and Resident Agent of various corporations. She is the representative of the Firm in the Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP) and currently serves as a director of TMAP
Ryan is a Partner of the Corporate Practice Group. He co-heads the Tax Practice Group and is also part of the Firm's Securities Practice Group. He is a seasoned legal professional specializing in corporate law, tax advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance. He provides strategic counsel to multinational corporations, and high-profile clients on complex legal and financial matters. He sits as a member of the Board of Directors and acts as Corporate Secretary and Compliance Officer of various corporations.
Vanec is part of the Corporate and Tax Practice Groups. She has over 16 years of extensive experience in corporation law and taxation, specializing in corporate organization, foreign investment and special registration, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. She advises clients across diverse industries, such as but not limited to, business process outsourcing, infrastructure…