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JOEL RUIZ BUTUYAN  

MANAGING PARTNER  


Practice Areas:

Criminal/Civil/Commercial Litigation, Estate Planning and Administration, Banking and Foreign Investment, Intellectual Property, Election Law, Family Law and Domestic Relations, Human Rights, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Corporate Law 


Professional Qualifications:

Admitted to the practice of law in 1991 Admitted to the Virginia State Bar 


Career History:

Managing Partner, Butuyan & Rayel Law Offices (formerly Roque & Butuyan Law Offices) President & Chairman, Center for International Law (CenterLaw) Philippines Opinion Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer Former Consultant (DENR-EMB TWG), UP Institute of International Legal Studies Former Lecturer on Foreign Investments, Property Law, Media Law, Human Rights, Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Former Lecturer on International Business Law & Foreign Investments, University of Western Australia Graduate School of Management (Manila Campus) & Adamson University College of Law Former Supervising Lawyer, University of the Philippines Office of Legal Aid and Lyceum University of the Philippines College of Law


Education:Master of Laws, College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA (1994) Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of the Philippines College of Law (1990) Bachelor of Arts major in Economics, University of the Philippines (1986)


Languages:

Excellent spoken and written English and Filipino

  

ROGER RAÑOSA RAYEL 

MANAGING PARTNER 


Practice Areas:

Foreign Investments, Banking, International Arbitration, Criminal/Civil/Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Election, Local Government, Environmental Law and Human Rights Law


Professional Qualifications:

Admitted to the practice of law in 1999


Career History:

 ROQUE & BUTUYAN LAW OFFICES

 2010 - present  Partner

 2005-2007 Senior Associate 


 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW 

 April 2017- present  Director 


 UP INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES 

 2013 – 2015  Consultant, Department of Environment & Natural Resources Project 


 UP INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES 

 2013 – 2017  Consultant, DENR Environmental Management Bureau Project 


 CAPITAL SERVICING ADVISORS PHILIPPINES, INC. 

 2008-2009  (servicing arm of Lehman Bros.) Litigation Manager & Director 


 METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO., INC. 

 2001-2003  Litigation Lawyer 


 PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD

 1997-1998  Vice-Chairperson


 UP OFFICE OF LEGAL AID 

 1996-1997  Research Assistant, Atty. Bienvenido Amora 


Education:

Pre-judicature Seminar, Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court of the Philippines (2004)

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of the Philippines College of Law (1998)

Bachelor of Arts major in Political Science, University of the Philippines, College of Social Science & Philosophy (1993) 

  

Languages:

Excellent spoken and written English and Filipino

  

GILBERT TERUEL ANDRES

SENIOR PARTNER


Practice Areas:

Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Civil Law, Property Law, Contract Law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law, Private International Law, Media Law, Constitutional Law, Internet Freedom


Professional Qualifications:

Admitted to the practice of law in 2009  


Career History:

 BUTUYAN & RAYEL LAW OFFICES (Roque & Butuyan Law Offices) 

 July 2016  –  present  Junior Partner 

 2013 – 2016   Senior Associate 

 1998 – 2013  Associate


 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW 

 2022 – present   Executive Director

 2016 – 2022   Deputy Executive Director

 2014 – present  Asia Lead Coordinator 

 2013 – 2014  International Law Fellow Designate 

 2009 – 2013  International Law Fellow  


 MEDIA DEFENCE SOUTHEAST ASIA (MD-SEA) 

 2012 - 2014  Legal Officer 


 LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVESRITY COLLEGE OF LAW 

 2015 – 2016, 2011 – 2013  Lecturer, Private International Law 


 ADAMSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW 

 2016 – 2016  Lecturer, Human Rights Law 

 2016 – 2017  Lecturer, Legal Counseling & Social Responsibility 


 DE LA SALLE – COLLEG OF ST. BENILDE (School of HRIM) 

 2015 – 2016  Lecturer, International Law 


 UP INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES 

 2006 – 2008  University Research Associate 


 PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL 

 1999 – 2004  Full time, Special Science Teacher (Physics) 


Education:

Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of the Philippines College of Law (2008)

Bachelor of Science major in Physics, University of the Philippines (1998)


Languages:

Excellent spoken and written English and Filipino  

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