Mr John Christian Joy Regalado > SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan > Manila, Philippines > Lawyer Profile

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SYCIPLAW CENTER, 105 PASEO DE ROXAS
1226 MAKATI CITY
METRO MANILA 1226
Philippines
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Work Department

Litigation & Arbitration; Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

John Regalado is a partner in SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration practice group, and has been been cited as a Next Generation Lawyer (2019, 2018, 2017) and a Next Generation Partner and Recommended Lawyer (2020) for Dispute Resolution by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Mr. Regalado specializes in commercial arbitration, having represented clients in disputes before the International Chamber of Commerce-International Court of Arbitration, the Philippine Construction Industry Arbitration Commission, ad hoc arbitral tribunals, and the Philippine courts in applications for interim relief.

Mr. Regalado is experienced in commercial and criminal litigation, and he has handled and tried cases before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, Sandiganbayan, trial courts, the Department of Justice, and prosecutors’ offices. He also specializes in product liability cases and has successfully defended, and continues to represent, an international automobile manufacturer in product liability suits filed by consumers before (1) the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry and trial courts, and (2) prosecutors’ offices for crimes arising out of alleged violations of consumer laws.

Mr. Regalado is also a member of the firm’s Special Projects and Tax practice groups. His corporate practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and foreign investments.

Career

Mr. Regalado was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2010.

Languages

English and Tagalog

Memberships

Mr. Regalado is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a member and a junior officer of the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators.

Education

Mr. Regalado received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce (cum laude) from De La Salle University-Manila and his Juris Doctor (second honors) from Ateneo de Manila University.  

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