Villaraza & Angangco (V&A Law)

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Partner

Atty. Leon Maria Angel P. Caguioa is a Partner with over eight years of experience in litigation and dispute resolution. His practice covers a wide variety of disputes, ranging from criminal prosecution and defense, civil cases including family and estate matters, graft and corruption, as well as suits against the government.

Leon was a key contributor to the Firm’s victory in the Court of Appeals in the first ever case against the Philippine Competition Commission involving an unprecedented merger deal worth P69 Billion, as well as the defense and acquittal of several officers of a leading bank in the Philippines, in relation to the most significant money laundering case in the Philippines involving a cyberheist worth US$81 Million. He also played a role in securing the victory for another leading bank in the Philippines all the way up to the Supreme Court, in relation to the collection of a long-standing loan worth over a billion pesos and was instrumental in handling and winning an arbitration against the Philippine government, securing an arbitral award worth P82 Million.

English, Filipino

Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Bachelor of Science in Management, Minor in English Literature, Ateneo de Manila University - 2011; Juris Doctor, Ateneo de Manila Law School - 2015