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Jun 26
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Romulo, Ricardo J.

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Ricardo J. Romulo (Senior Partner), chairs the Executive Board. His practice focuses on corporate law.

 

Mr. Romulo was, from 1987 to 2006, Chairman of the Makati Business Club, which is composed of more than 400 of the top Philippine corporations. His Holiness Pope John Paul II conferred on him the Order of St. Gregory the Great with the rank of Knight in 1997. He was also appointed Consul General in 2002 by Her Majesty Queen Margethe II of Denmark, who conferred on him the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Dannebrog in 2010.

 

Mr. Romulo has worked on a number of commissions for the Philippine government, including the 1986 Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution and the Fact-Finding Commission that investigated the 1989 attempted coup d’etat. He also served in Committees established by the Supreme Court that dealt with Legal Education, Revision of the Judicial Code, and Revision of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, Small Claims, and Judicial Management. The Supreme Court appointed him Bar Examiner in taxation in 1974 and commercial law in 1992, and member of the Executive Committee for the Supreme Court’s Centenary Celebrations. He was also appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as one of the five members of the Governance Advisory Council in 2001.

 

Mr. Romulo received his bachelor of laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1958 and his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, graduating cum laude in 1955. He joined the law firm in 1960, the same year he was admitted to the Philippine bar.

Manila Office
Direct Line: +63 2 8818-6530
Sec. DID: +63 2 8555-9588
Fax: +63 2 8810-3110
Primary Email: Ricardo.Romulo@Romulo.com

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May 16
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Ramiro, Epifanio Y.

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Epifanio Y. Ramiro is a partner based in the Hong Kong branch of the Firm. His legal practice covers a broad range that has special focus on corporate, tax, trusts involving multi-jurisdictions.

 

Epifanio specializes in setting up business and structuring foreign investments in the Philippines, ensuring they are legally-compliant and most tax-efficient. His work extends to estate and tax-planning covering local as well as foreign-based assets. He renders tax, investment and business-related advice on doing business in the Philippines, Hong Kong and other tax-efficient jurisdictions. He likewise assists on accounting and audit requirements in the Philippines and offshore jurisdictions.

Hong Kong Office
Office No. : (852) 2866-2292
Direct Line : (852) 2866-9491
Mobile No. : (852) 9747-7519
Primary Email: Epifanio.Ramiro@RomuloHK.com
Secondary Email: Epifanio.Ramiro@Romulo.com

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Jan 02
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Wong, Joyce Anne C.

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Joyce Anne C. Wong is a partner whose practice focuses on general corporate matters as well as the more specialized fields of Securities & Capital Markets, Project Development & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Banking & Finance.

 

Joyce’s corporate practice extends to corporate restructuring, project financing and registration of foreign investments in nationalized industries such as banking, real estate, retail, media and telecommunications, and energy and infrastructure projects.  She has been involved in both domestic and cross-border deals involving equity and debt transactions, including Initial Public Offering of leading Philippine-registered companies, follow on and rights offering, as well as issuance of both local and international bonds. Joyce has also served as corporate secretary and compliance officer for several private and public corporations.

 

Joyce received her bachelor’s degree in Management from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2007 where she graduated with an honorable mention. She thereafter received her juris doctor degree from the same university in 2012, graduating with second honors. Joyce was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2013 and joined the firm in the same year.

 

Joyce graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia Law) with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in May 2018. She received an honors distinction as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and was awarded a Parker Certificate of International Law.  She was also chosen to participate in Columbia Law’s United Nations (UN) Externship Program and placed with the Marshall Islands Permanent Mission to the UN in New York where she worked as a legal advisor on climate change and environmental treaties, and sustainable development projects. Joyce was admitted to the New York Bar in 2019.

Manila Office
DID 1: +63 2 8555-9569
Sec. DID: +63 2 8555-9571
Fax: +63 2 8810-3110
Primary Email: Joyce.Wong@Romulo.com

Jan 01
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Yuyucheng, Frances Marie T.

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Frances T. Yuyucheng is an of counsel whose practice focuses on project development and finance, and corporate law.

 

Fran has represented a number of Philippine-listed corporations as well as foreign equity funds and corporations seeking to invest in the Philippines. The clients she has represented include entities engaged in the financial service, retail, gaming and entertainment, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. Chambers Asia-Pacific has cited her as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A.

 

Fran received her bachelor’s degree in Management from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1990 and her juris doctor degree from the same university in 1994. She was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1995, and joined the firm in the same year.

Manila Office
Sec. DID: +63 2 8555-9592
Fax: +63 2 8810-3110
Primary Email: Frances.Yuyucheng@Romulo.com