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