Lawyers Partners

Santiago, Amado M. Jr
ams@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1959
• Specializing in Commercial and Civil Litigation, Corporate Practice and Land Registration
• Took his Tertiary Education at Colegio San Juan de Letran
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, was a consistent Dean’s Lister, and graduated in 1958, cum laude
• Placed ninth (9th) in the 1958 Philippine Bar Examinations
• Was named one of the three (3) foremost Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers in the Philippines (The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2002 Edition)
• Was named as a Member of the Supreme Court Committee for drafting of the Interim Rules of Procedure Governing Intra-Corporate Controversies Under Republic Act No. 8799

Santiago, Amado R. III
bummer@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1993
• Specializing in Tax Practice, Corporate Practice and Corporate Rehabilitation
• Took his Tertiary Education at Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister
• Professor in Taxation, Obligations and Contracts and Family Relations Law, Ateneo de Manila University

Associates Henares, Fidel Z
fzh@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1986
• Specializing in Civil and Criminal Litigation
• Took his Tertiary Education at De La Salle University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

Tanlu, Lawrence Joseph L.
larry@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1997
• Specializing in Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation, Administrative Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the University of the Philippines-Diliman
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

De la Rosa, Martin Vergel C.
verge@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1998
• Specializing in Corporate Rehabilitation, Corporate Practice, Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and the Arellano Law Foundation, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

Cuna, Juan Carlos T.
charlie@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1999
• Specializing in Land Registration, Corporate Practice, Commercial, Civil and Criminal Litigation and Administrative Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the University of the Philippines-Manila
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister
• Professor in Land Titles & Deeds, and Legal Writing, Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law

Carlos, Manuel Eduardo C.
manolette@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2003
• Specializing in Tax Practice, Corporate Practice and Administrative Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

Peña, Miguel Antonio C.
miguel@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2003
• Specializing in Criminal, Civil and Labor Litigation, Corporate Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the University of Santo Tomas
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and the Arellano Law Foundation

Wong, Maciel C.
mace@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2008
• Specializing in Tax Practice, Corporate Practice and Administrative Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

Estanislao, Rizalino C. Jr
rj@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2011
• Took his Tertiary Education at De La Salle University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and the Arellano Law Foundation, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

Sabio, Jose Conrado C.
joco@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2011
• Took his Tertiary Education at De La Salle University
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law

Salipsip, Darren L.
darren@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2011
• Took his Tertiary Education at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Arellano Law Foundation, was a consistent Dean’s Lister, and graduated in 2010, Class Valedictorian, cum laude
• Placed tenth (10th) in the 2010 Philippine Bar Examinations

Of Counsel Gimenez, Christopher N.
chris@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2001
• Specializing in Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation, Administrative Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and the Arellano Law Foundation, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister

de Grano, Romulo L. Jr
rlg@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2002
• Specializing in Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation, Administrative Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at De La Salle University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and the Arellano Law Foundation, where he was a consistent Dean’s Lister
• Professor in Torts & Damages, Transportation Law, Technology and the Law, Arbitration Law and Obligations & Contracts, Arellano Law Foundation

Ventus, Vincent S.
vince@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2005
• Specializing in Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation, Administrative Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law

Africa, Francis A.
francis@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2005
• Specializing in Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation, Administrative Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the University of the Asia & the Pacific
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law

Tiuseco, Mark R.
mark@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2005
• Specializing in Information Technology Law and Corporate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the University of British Columbia
• Earned his Juris Doctor degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law

Viudez, Emerson M.
sonni@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2006
• Specializing in Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Labor Litigation, Administrative Practice and Appellate Practice
• Took his Tertiary Education at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law and the Arellano Law Foundation

Torno, Ricardo M.
louie@santiagolaw.com.ph

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2012
• Took his Tertiary Education at the De La Salle University College of St Benilde
• Earned his Bachelor of Laws degree at the Arellano Law Foundation