BEDA G. FAJARDO
Founding and Managing Partner

LEGAL PRACTICE

• Over 40 years of legal practice
• Renowned expertise in maritime, admiralty, insurance, corporate, commercial, construction, immigration and arbitration law
• Currently a graduate professor of Transportation Law, San Beda College Graduate School of Law

EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF ARBITRATION

• Member of the country’s first batch of construction arbitrators
• Has arbitrated over fifty (50) construction cases, whether as chairman, sole arbitrator or member of the arbitral tribunal, since 1989
• Elected as President of the Philippine Institute of Construction Arbitrators and Mediators Inc. (PICAM), the country’s foremost construction arbitration center
• A commercial arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI) and a member of its Board of Trustees
• Appointed member of an international arbitral panel instituted in London to resolve a maritime dispute regarding the sale of a vessel by a Taiwanese owner to a Filipino buyer

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

AB and Bachelor of Law degrees, University of the Philippines
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Harvard Law School
Special program in Admiralty Law, Tulane University

AFFILIATIONS

• Lifetime member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)
• Served for three (3) terms as member of the IBP’s National Board of Governors (1986; 1987-1989; 1991-1993)
• Served as Chairman of the IBP’s Committee on Administration of Justice
• Former Chairman of the Editorial Board of the IBP Law Journal
• Elected President of the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines (MLAP) in 1987
• Elected President of the Philippine Bar Association (PBA) in 2014
• Member of the New York Bar
• Proctor in Admiralty of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, with the rare distinction of being its lone Filipino member
• Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar
• Chairman of the Inter-Pacific Bar’s maritime law committee for two (2) terms (1991-1994), having received an award for his dedicated and distinguished service

JUAN PAOLO F. FAJARDO
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters of Law with special focus on Information Privacy and Competition Law – Columbia Law School, New York, NY
• Juris Doctor – University of the Philippines, College of Law, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
• Bachelor of Arts, Major in Economics – Ateneo de Manila University
• Member, Philippine Bar, Philippine Bar Association, International Association of Privacy Practitioners
• Certified for Admission, New York Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE

ARTHUR S. ALICER
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Juris Doctor – University of the Philippines, College of Law, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
• Bachelor of Arts, Major in Political Science – Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
• Member, Philippine Bar, Philippine Bar Association, and JCI Manila.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Civil, Criminal and Commercial Litigation
• Corporation Law
• Information and Communications Technology Law
• Election Law
• Information Privacy Law

CHRISTIAN JOSEPH MARIE F. FAJARDO
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Laws – University of Santo Tomas, College of Law
• Bachelor of Arts – University of the Philippines, Philippines
• Member, Philippine Bar, Philippine Bar Association.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Corporation Law
• Maritime Law
• Labor Law
• Insurance Law

RAFAELITA F. FAJARDO
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Laws – University of the Philippines, College of Law
• Member, Philippine Bar, Philippine Bar Association.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Corporation Law
• Real Estate Law

JACINTO G. FAJARDO
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• On leave, serving as Regional Trial Court judge in Talisay City, Cebu
• Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College of Law
• Bachelor of Arts, San Beda College
• Member, Philippine Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Maritime Law
• Immigration Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law
• Agrarian Law
• Civil, Criminal, Corporate and Construction Law

ADOLFO G. FAJARDO
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently on leave after being appointed as Regional Trial Court Judge in Sorsogon
• Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College of Law
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Management), University of the East
• Member, Philippine Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Civil Law
• Criminal Law
• Family Law
• Real Estate Law

DIANA F. FRANCO
Partner

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
• Bachelor of Arts, University of the Philippines
• Gained international experience as a member of several San Francisco law firms before eventually joining the firm
• Previously served as Editor of Bar Briefs, formerly the official organ of the IBP
• President of the U.P. Women Lawyers’ Circle (WILOCI)
• Member, Philippine Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Family Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Corporate Law

JOEL ENRICO N. SANTOS
Senior Associate

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Lyceum College of Law
• Bachelor of Arts, Colegio San Juan de Letran
• Member, Philippine Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Immigration Law
• Transportation Law
• Criminal Law
• Civil Law

JANINA FRANCHESCA R. GONZALES
Associate

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Juris Doctor, San Beda College Alabang School of Law
• Bachelors of Arts, International Studies Major in European Studies, De La Salle University – Taft Manila
• Member, Philippine Bar

SARAH MAE G. ALCAZAREN
Associate

ACADEMIC DEGREE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Juris Doctor, San Beda College Alabang School of Law
• Bachelor of Science, Major in Legal Management – San Beda College, Alabang
• Member, Philippine Bar