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Tricia is one of the firm’s active arbitration counsels, having represented clients in various arbitration proceedings before the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC), Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI), and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).  She has represented clients in Philippine courts on interim relief applications and other procedures in aid of arbitration.

Tricia also specializes in commercial and criminal litigation.  She has significant experience in handling intellectual property cases, which include inter partes cases and violations of intellectual property rights (IPVs).  She has also worked on disputes related to family law, competition law, consumer-related matters, and mining law.

Tricia has participated in pre-litigation and arbitration negotiations, conducted extensive legal research on employment, immigration, and regulatory matters, and collaborated directly with relevant teams at the firm to develop legal strategies and opinions for the firm’s clients.

Tricia is a member and a trained arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (PDRCI).  In July 2021, she was accredited as one of PDRCI’s first batch of File Counsels.

Before joining C&G Law in August 2021, Tricia worked as a junior associate at Tan Venturanza Valdez from 2017 to 2019, and as a mid-level associate from 2020 to 2021.

Qualifications

• De La Salle University School of Law, Juris Doctor (Class of 2016), Ateneo de Manila University, Interdisciplinary Studies, Minor in Philosophy (Class of 2012)

• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2017

Experience

Tricia’s experience in disputes encompasses a variety of significant cases, including:

• Acting as Philippine counsel for a leading retail electricity supplier in interim relief/measures proceedings before a Philippine court.
• Acting as counsel for a leading Philippine geothermal power generation company in an arbitration before the CIAC against one of its contractors.
• Assisting and advising a major FMCG company to defend itself in an ongoing proceeding before the Philippine Competition Commission, where it has been charged with alleged abuse of dominance.
• Acting as counsel for a non-stock, non-profit corporation consisting of government accounting professionals and finance officers to prosecute a former officer/trustee involved in a multi-million embezzlement of company funds.  This officer/trustee has been convicted of a non-bailable offense.
• Acting as counsel for one of the largest contractors in China, specializing in hydropower construction, in a CIAC proceeding.
• Advising and representing a mining corporation in an ongoing opposition to the renewal of its mineral production sharing agreement.
• Advising a leading Philippine power generation company in a dispute against a government-owned and controlled corporation regarding the operation and maintenance of a multi-purpose dam.
• Advising a leading multinational cement and building materials company in its dispute with the main contractor for the supply of mechanical and electric equipment for two of its cement mills.
• Acting as Philippine counsel for a leading Philippine conglomerate in a multimillion-dollar arbitration before the SIAC against its Thai counterparty.
• Acting as counsel for a Philippine corporation engaged in the agro-industrial and aqua-industrial business of production and distribution of animal feeds in two (2) trademark opposition cases filed by one of the largest food and beverage companies in the Philippines before the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).

Memberships

• Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2017-present)
• Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. (2018-present)
• Philippine Institute of Arbitrators or PIArb (2023-present)