Senior Associate

Roilan Rigil Kent A. Alonzo

Education

Juris Doctor
University of the Philippines, 2021

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
University of the Philippines, 2017
cum laude

Contact
(632) 8830-8000
2010
Location
Manila

Mr. Alonzo has handled significant transactions, including:

  • acting as counsel to the underwriters in the initial public offering of common shares of a renewable energy company;
  • merger involving two top Philippine banks, and due diligence arising from direct and indirect acquisitions by various venture funds of entities in the Philippines;
  • providing advice and assistance in national procurement and public-private partnership projects under the New Government Procurement Reform Act and the Public Private Partnership Code; and
  • securing regulatory approvals from the National Telecommunications Commission and providing advice for entities providing telecommunications and value-added services.

He served as an Editor of the Philippine Law Journal from 2018 to 2019.

He has published several legal articles, including:

  • “A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Liberty as an Enforceable Right for Persons Deprived of Liberty” [95 PHIL L.J. 824 (2022)]
  • “Procedural Impact of Gios-Samar v. Department of Transportation and Communication on Certiorari in the Traditional and Expanded Form” [94 PHIL L.J. 705 (2021)];
  • “The Executive & Local Governments versus COVID-19: A Cycle of Blame and Burden” [93 (Special Online Feature) PHIL L.J. 24 (2020)];
  • “A Civil Gideon for the Indigent Filipino Litigant: The Necessity of a Statutory Anchor in Effectuating the Right to Counsel of Indigents in Civil Cases” [92 PHIL L.J. 709 (2019)]; and
  • “Procedural Considerations in Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Survey of Jurisprudence” [91 PHIL L.J. 666 (2018)]

Mr. Alonzo was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2022 and is a member of the Quezon City Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

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