Ozaeta, Herminio S., Jr.

Herminio S. Ozaeta Jr. (Senior Partner), is a member of the Executive Board and head of Romulo’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice.

Mio specializes in providing business-focused, strategic, and creative legal advice related to commercializing and deploying innovative technologies and business models in the Philippine market. His team has extensive experience in navigating clients through regulatory, licensing, and other legal challenges inherent to pioneering companies and industry leaders seeking to do business in an emerging market. They are adept at providing practical legal solutions to address the client’s business requirements while fully complying with existing regulatory constraints.

Mio and his team regularly work and liaise with industry regulators, which allow them to anticipate and advise clients on the latest market developments, regulatory changes, legislative actions, and commercial and technical issues. His current and former clients include software companies; online retailers; gaming and digital media companies; broadcasters; wireless satellite and cable operators; network, mobile, and integrated operators; and publishers and advertisers.

Prior to founding the Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice, Mio was a member of the Securities team where he advised clients on various corporate transactions, including reorganization and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, issuances of all types of securities, and the formation of joint ventures.

Mio is an adjunct professor at the Ateneo de Manila School of Law where he lectures on International Securities law, Public Offerings, and Stock Exchange listings. He was formerly a foreign associate at Shearman & Sterling (New York), advising clients on a broad range of cross-border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, and corporate restructurings.

Mio received his bachelor’s degree in Management Honors from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1986 and his bachelor of law degree, silver medal, from the same university in 1990. He then received his LL.M in corporate law from the New York University School of Law in 1995. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1991 and the New York State Bar in 1996. He joined the firm in 1991.