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Mark specializes in M&A, banking, corporate and project finance, energy, ESG, startups, financial technology, infrastructure, gaming, corporate reorganization and restructuring, and taxation law.
Mark’s practice started in 2007 at the Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices. In 2010, Mark moved to Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles, where he was a partner in the Project Development & Finance and Tax groups before founding the Firm in 2021 with Andrea.
Mark currently sits as the Corporate Secretary of the official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines and several Philippine corporations. He is likewise a director on the boards of several clients.
Mark received his bachelor’s degree in Management Communications Technology from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2002 and his juris doctor degree from the same university in 2006. He was admitted to the Philippine bar in 2007.
Andrea’s practice currently focuses on banking and finance, energy, infrastructure, capital markets, financial technology, and labor law.
Andrea’s practice started at Quisumbing Torres, a member firm of Baker McKenzie International. She was also previously affiliated with Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles before founding the Firm in 2021 with Mark.
Andrea is one of the founders and Executive Director of Lingkod at Pagmamahal ng St. Michael’s College of Laguna, a foundation based in Binan, Laguna that is engaged in community development and education. She currently sits as the Corporate Secretary of the Bankers’ Association of the Philippines. Andrea received her bachelor’s degree in Legal Management, cum laude, from the De La Salle University in 1996. She received her juris doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 2000 where she graduated class valedictorian. She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2001, where she placed 9th overall. Andrea also holds a license to practice New York law and was admitted to the New York bar in 2012.
TJ specializes in special projects involving mergers and acquisitions, structuring, corporate finance, and project finance transactions for onshore and offshore industry leaders in the natural resource, energy, utilities, and infrastructure industries.
TJ has been ranked as a Leading Lawyer for Banking and Finance (Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific, 2018-2020), Leading Lawyer for Corporate and Finance (Chambers and Partners Global, 2020), and as a Rising Star for Banking and Financial Services (Asialaw Leading Lawyers, 2020). TJ has also been cited as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the A-List Top 100 Lawyers in the Philippines (Asian Business Law Journal, 2018 and 2019).
Prior to joining the Firm, TJ served as the Chief Legal Counsel of Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. (PAVI), the investment holding company of the Villar Group for its energy, mining, utilities, and infrastructure interests. TJ was also a partner of Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices, before moving on to become partner at Quisumbing Torres, the member firm of Baker McKenzie International, and the concurrent head of its Banking and Finance practice and its Financial Institutions, Restructuring and Insolvency practice groups.
TJ received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2002, where he also minored in Hispanic Studies. He received his bachelor of laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 2006. TJ was admitted to the Philippine bar in 2006, where he placed 9th overall.