Mr Kenneth Chua > Quisumbing Torres > Manila, Philippines > Lawyer Profile

Quisumbing Torres
16TH FLOOR, ONE/NEO BUILDING
26TH STREET CORNER 3RD AVENUE, CRESCENT PARK WEST
BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY, TAGUIG 1634
Philippines
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Work Department

Employment

Position

Partner

Career

Kenneth Chua is a partner and the head of Quisumbing Torres’ Employment & Compensation Practice Group. He is also a member of the Financial Institutions and Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Groups. He participates in initiatives of Baker & McKenzie International of which Quisumbing Torres is a member firm. He is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Employment & Compensation Steering Committee. He has 24 years of experience advising clients on various labor and employment issues, including compensation and benefits, employment contract and employee handbook.

Kenneth serves as the legal counsel (representing Quisumbing Torres) for the Global In-House Center Council Philippines (GICC). He sits in the Tripartite Executive Committee and the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council of the Department of Labor and Employment as representative of the employer sector. He is consistently recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Employment by Benchmark Litigation and asialaw profiles. He is ranked Hall of Fame in Employment by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He is also among Asia Business Law Journal’s inaugural “A-List” of the Top 100 lawyers in the Philippines.

Kenneth’s practice focuses on general employment advice, compensation and benefits, pension funds, global equity services, and executive compensation and movement. He has represented multinational corporations in labor and employment matters.

Languages

English, Filipino

Lawyer Rankings

Philippines > Labour and employment (including immigration)

(Hall of Fame)

Kenneth ChuaQuisumbing Torres

The group at Quisumbing Torres assists its extensive roster of corporate clients, and maintains its strong reputation for advising on alternative company structures and the impacts of such change on employees, the termination of employment contracts, and employment disputes, which are Eliseo Zuñiga, Jr.‘s areas of specialism. The practice’s immigration work is overseen by Miguel Antonio Galvez and includes obtaining OECs from the Department of Migrant Workers. Patrick Henry Salazar and Gil Roberto Zerrudo are considered ‘trusted advisors’ by clients. Employment and compensation specialist Kenneth Chua leads the practice.