Maria Veronica M. Manalo
Biography
Maria Veronica M. Manalo is an associate at Quisumbing Torres. While in law school, she gained work experience as a legal apprentice at the Office of the Solicitor General and at the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She graduated with a Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence and was a member of the Order of the Purple Feather Honors’ Society of the University of the Philippines College of Law. She is also a member of the Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences.
Practice Focus
Veronica has worked with the Corporate & Commercial, Employment, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, and Tax Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on general dispute resolution, labor standards compliance, employment compensation and benefits, and review of various commercial and employment related agreements. She also has experience advising on commercial transactions, corporate counselling and governance, mergers and acquisitions, and financial regulations.
She assists clients across a wide range of industries, including Energy, Mining & Infrastructure, Industrials Manufacturing & Transportation, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Financial Institutions.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- International Bar Association - Member
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Member
Admissions
- Philippines (2020)
Education
- University of the Philippines, College of Law (Juris Doctor, Dean’s Medalist for Academic Excellence) (2019)
- University of the Philippines (BA Political Science, Cum Laude) (2015)
Languages
- English
- Filipino
Quisumbing Torres is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.