Hao, Carrie Bee C.

Carrie Bee C. Hao, a partner, is a member of the Project Development & Finance, and Intellectual Property departments. Her practice focuses on project development and finance, and intellectual property.

Carrie heads the Japan desk of the firm. She advises Japanese companies, both local and overseas, regarding the incorporation of their Philippine subsidiaries or branches. She negotiates on their behalf with prospective local companies leading towards the formation of joint ventures. She provides consultation for doing business in the Philippines, handles queries in relation to various general laws such as retail trade, corporate, commercial, labor, tax, and intellectual property, and conducts due diligence for the acquisition of local companies. She also prepares and reviews agreements entered into by these Japanese companies, their subsidiaries, local partners, and their respective clients.

Carries’s practice also covers energy, infrastructure, and mining-related transactions. These transactions include regulatory advice for government procurement projects, railway and power plants, oil and petroleum exploration, and investment in mining companies.

Carrie was a recipient of the prestigious Japanese Government Monbugakusho research scholarship from 2008 to 2011. During her graduate studies in Tokyo, she underwent legal internships at major Japanese and international law firms such as TMI Associates, in association with Simmons and Simmons, City Yuwa & Partners, and Hogan Lovells Horitsu Jimusho Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo.

Carrie is currently a director of the Licensing Executives Society of the Philippines and an active member of the Philippine Japan Society, Philippine-Japan Economic Cooperation Committee, and Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines. She speaks Chinese and Japanese.

Carrie received her bachelor’s degree from De La Salle University in 1999 and her juris doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2003. She thereafter obtained her master of laws degree in Business Law from Hitotsubashi University’s Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy in 2013. She was admitted to the Philippine bar in 2004 and joined the firm in the same year.