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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

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Donemark Calimon is a partner in Quisumbing Torres’ Dispute Resolution Practice Group and heads the Firm’s arbitration sub-practice as well as the Construction sub-sector of the Industrials, Manufacturing & Transportation Industry Group. He was the head of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group from 2013 to 2020. Donemark has more than 20 years of experience in dispute resolution, including civil, criminal, corporate and regulatory litigation, and commercial arbitration. He is one of the founders of the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (PIArb). He is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC), the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center (PDRC) and the Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution (PICCR). He is also an accredited arbitrator of several Philippine arbitration institutions including the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). He is also presently serving as Secretary General of the PICCR, an alternative dispute resolution center set up by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines to provide arbitration and other dispute resolution services and facilities.

Donemark has acted as counsel or arbitrator in various commercial arbitrations, including arbitrations conducted under the arbitration rules of the PDRC, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the CIAC, and ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

Donemark has represented various multinational clients, including chemical manufacturing companies in several of the largest torts/product liability actions in the Philippines, mining corporations in mining/environment-related litigation, energy companies involved in commercial arbitration and tax litigation, airline companies in torts/quasi-delict actions, construction companies in arbitration, administrative and criminal proceedings, including proceedings before the World Bank’s Sanctions Board in Washington, DC, and other multinational corporations in regulatory proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Trade and Industry, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, and the Civil Aeronautics Board.

Languages

English, Filipino

Lawyer Rankings

Philippines > Real estate and construction

The team at Quisumbing Torres has experience advising on the full gamut of complex real estate transactions. Its workload includes advising on transactional, regulatory and due diligence aspects of acquisitions of land, relocation projects, and constructions of large-scale facilities. The client portfolio the team assists features well-known names from an array of industry sectors. Julius Cervantes has expertise in regulatory and contractual aspects of real estate and construction matters. Donemark Calimon is adept at handling the construction elements of industrial, manufacturing and transportation work. Ramon Miguel Bacani is also a noteworthy name with a specialism in renewable energy, as is Michael Macapagal.

Philippines > Dispute resolution

(Leading partners)

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The practice at Quisumbing Torres is well equipped to handle the range of high-value and high-stakes disputes, often in cross-jurisdictional contexts. It is helmed by Eliseo Zuñiga, Jr., who is noted for her ‘years of experience dealing with diverse issues and clients’ alongside Donemark Calimon. Key practitioner Ramon Quisumbing has a focus on ADR and international arbitration cases. Healthcare, construction and compliance disputes, as well as criminal litigation are all areas of experience of Michael Macapagal. Dranyl Jared Amoroso has a focus on criminal litigation and arbitration. Marvin Masangkay is equipped to handle ADR matters and has particular expertise in aviation, being a member of the firm’s industrial, manufacturing and transport group.