Category Archives: Counsels & Consultants

Ricardo R. Blancaflor (Of-Counsel) first joined the Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & delos Angeles law firm after passing the bar in 1981. He handled civil, criminal, and corporate litigation and was also involved in labor and other special projects.

Ric was appointed as an Undersecretary in the Department of National Defense in 2001 and, in such capacity, was also concurrent Spokesperson and Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the  Anti- Terrorism Council  and was one of the enforcers actively involved in the anti-terror laws. He was moved to the Department of Justice, where he handled the task forces against human trafficking, extra judicial killings, and media killings.  He ended his government stint as Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines and was the driving force behind the stellar achievements of the Office.

Ric is the co-author of the book International Intellectual Property and the ASEAN Way – Pathways to Interoperability published by Cambridge University in October 2017. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he also completed his undergraduate degree in Economics. He is currently a lecturer in the Philippine Judicial Academy on Corporate Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Extra-Judicial Killings (EJK), and Cybersecurity and is also a Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) lecturer at the UP Law Center. He has been a member of the Supreme Court Subcommittee on Rules for the last 10 years. He was a bar examiner in 2013. 

Susana C. Fong rejoined Romulo Law as an of counsel after retiring from a career in investment banking, trust and investments, private banking, and insurance.

In her law practice, she had advised clients in various industries on legal and tax implications of commercial transactions, contracts, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, management and technical consultancy agreements, securities regulation, and initial public offerings.

She is well versed in wealth management, tax and estate planning, compliance with banking and insurance regulations, and negotiations with tax authorities in the handling of tax assessments. She has made representations before various government offices such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Insurance Commission.

Susana graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce with major in Management of Financial Institutions in 1980 as well as a degree in History-Political Science in 1981 from De La Salle University. She received her bachelor of laws degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1985. She was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1986 and joined Romulo Law until she pursued a career in banking and insurance for more than two decades.

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.