sy & Partners

Previously, Felix Sy was the Managing Partner/Country Head of Insights Philippines Legal Advisors,
Philippine Member of ZICO Law ASEAN Network. He also served in the Executive Committee of ZICO Law and was the Co-Head of the ASEAN Corporate/M&A Regional Practice.

He was also a Partner and Head of the Banking & Finance/Insurance Practice Group at Baker & McKenzie in the Philippines. Felix was a member of Baker & McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Insurance Focus Group Steering Committee and the Financial Services and Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Industry Groups.

Felix has won many awards and recognition as a leading lawyer and legal expert.

Felix is admitted to the Philippine Bar and the California Bar (U.S.A.).

Felix is a Fellow at the Institute of Corporate Directors. Felix is a founding trustee of the Energy Lawyers Association of the Philippines.

* In this alliance, matters concerning Philippine Law will generally be reviewed and undertaken by lawyer(s) from Sy & Partners.

Experience

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate, Commercial
• Banking and Finance, Structured Finance, Securitization, Derivatives and Financial Products
• Financial Institutions and Markets
• Real Estate Joint Ventures and Financing
• Insurance & Bancassurance Transactions and Products
  Power, Energy, Renewables, Infrastructure, Utilities, Privatization, Build-Operate-Transfer/Public Private Partnership
• Compliance
• Corporate Strategy / Negotiations
• Crisis Management
• Geoeconomics, Strategy and National Security
  

Qualifications

• National Defense College of the Philippines (Masters in National Security Administration, Gold Medal in Academic Excellence), Philippines
• Cornell Law School (LL.M. Honors), New York, U.S.A.
• Ateneo de Manila University (J.D.), Philippines
• NUS (Strategic Management Program), Singapore
  

Tara has extensive experience advising domestic and foreign companies on a variety of matters, including structuring of foreign investments, corporate structuring, corporate governance, compliance and regulatory issues, employee relations, and taxation. Tara’s practice focuses on corporate transactions in various sectors, including telecommunications, mining, oil and gas, real estate, and gaming and entertainment. She has served as the lead client contact and has executed ground-breaking transactions in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, equity and debt issuances, project financing, and public bidding.

Experience

• M&A
• Corporate
• Finance
• Real Estate and other relevant laws
• Information Law
• Competition Law / Antitrust Law and other relevant laws
• Tax
• International Trade / Foreign Investment Screening
• Cross-Border Practice

Qualifications

• 2016 | Columbia University (LL.M.)​
• 2010 | Ateneo de Manila University (J.D.), with honors​
• 2006 | Ateneo de Manila University (A.B. Management Economics)

Glenn’s practice focuses on international and domestic litigation and arbitration. He appears before various courts, including the Philippine Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, and trial courts, as well as arbitral tribunals constituted under the rules of the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, and CIAC, among others. Glenn handles contractual, corporate, property, construction, energy disputes, and various transactions involving asset or share acquisitions focused on oil, gas, energy, mining, and public infrastructure. He also advises on regulatory compliance matters, including compliance with tobacco, mining law, competition law, anti-dummy, and anti-corruption laws.

Experience

• Administrative Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Disputes Arising from Corporate Scandals
• Civil Litigation
• Corporate Disputes
• International Arbitration
• International Litigation
• Investor-State Dispute Settlement
• Labor Disputes
• Securities Litigation / Disputes Related to Financial Products

Qualifications

• 2020 | New York University School of Law (LL.M. in International Business Regulations Litigation and Arbitration); Dean’s Graduate Award scholarship, Charles D. Klein Law and Business awardee​
• 2011 | Ateneo de Manila University (J.D.), ranked 4th, with honors, most distinguished graduate​
• 2007 | Ateneo de Manila University (A.B. Communication, minor in Global Politics and International Relations) – graduated magna cum laude

Rachelle has experience in governance and compliance, commercial and transactional law, data privacy, mergers and acquisitions, tax, labor, public procurement, securities, blockchain and cryptocurrency law.

Josh has worked on general tax planning and various tax matters, including tax dispute resolution, regular audit assessments, tax exemption requests, and tax compliance for domestic and international clients. He also worked on dispute resolution and litigation matters in relation to commercial law, real estate and patent-related matters. He assists and advises clients across sectors including financial institutions, infrastructure, technology, consumer goods and retail, industrials, manufacturing and transportation.

Experience
Tax
Tax Disputes
Tax for M&A and Reorganizations
Tax Planning
Patent Litigation
Criminal Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Employment Advisory

Qualification
2020 | Ateneo de Manila School of Law, Makati City​
Juris Doctor Degree​
International Law and Development Track​
Silver Medalist (GWA: 85.11)​
2016 | Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City (Bachelor of Arts Major in Economics)

Claudine has experience handling corporate/commercial, data privacy and security, criminal law, and intellectual property matters, along with mergers & acquisitions.

Since joining the firm in 2023, Malcolm has worked on corporate/commercial transactions and litigation, data privacy compliance and breach responses, mergers & acquisitions closing, and financial restructuring. Between 2019 to 2022, Malcolm handled land-related disputes in the Philippine Department of Agrarian Reform. Before beginning his legal studies, Malcolm had experience on financial calculations (financial modeling, agrarian redemption and just compensation cases) and business consulting (Philippine business compliance, budgeting, people management, and marketing plan preparation).

Experience
M&A
Corporate
Finance
Real Estate and other relevant laws
Restructuring & Insolvency
Dispute Resolution and other relevant laws
IP
Information Law
Corporate Crisis Management
Tax
Labor
International Trade / Foreign Investment Screening

Samantha has experience in corporate/commercial law, data privacy, intellectual property, mining, immigration, mergers & acquisitions, business closures, and civil litigation.

Celine has experience in corporate/commercial law, intellectual property, immigration, and criminal and civil litigation.

Bernice has experience in the following practice areas: Corporate Law, Public- Private Partnership Projects (PPPs), Mergers and Acquisitions, Labor, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Banking and Finance, and Competition Law.

Rosabell has experience in corporate/commercial law, capital market transactions, and taxation.