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Amanda C Santos

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Romulo Law Office

30/F Citibank Tower
8741 Paseo de Roxas
Makati Ciy, Philippines

Tel: (632) 848-0114
Fax: (632) 815-3172
amanda.santos@romulo.com
www.romulo.com


Amanda joined Romulo in 2006 and has advised, prepared documentation, and negotiated for and on behalf of international and domestic clients on the establishment of local companies, joint ventures, deals and transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, equity and debt issuances, corporate structuring, labour issues, and regulatory matters.

Education:

  • Columbia Law School, Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Parker School Recognition in Foreign and Comparative Law (2006)
  • University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – Order of the Purple Feather, Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence, Esteban Bautista Award for Best Paper (2004)
  • University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (1999)

Professional Activities/ Seminars: Amanda has attended seminars and lectures in the Practicing Law Institute in New York on Initial Public Offerings, Securities Laws, and Drafting Corporate Agreements in 2006 and the Hague Academy of International Law’s Program in the Netherlands held in 2008. In 2009, she attended an Asia Multilateral Training Conference in Hong Kong on antitrust and anti-competition issues and developments in the region.

Publication: Fruit of the Poisonous Tree?: A Discussion on the Constitutionality of the Rule on Search and Seizure in Civil Actions for Infringement, Philippine Law Journal Volume 79 (2004).