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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
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
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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