Mr. Gonzales is the Monitor of the Firm’s Immigration Department. He assists international banks, government institutions, business process outsourcing corporations, and other multinational companies with the work permit and visa applications of their foreign personnel, and counsels them on the relevant rules and regulations concerning the expedient entry of their expatriates into the Philippines.
Mr. Gonzales has successfully represented clients in judicial naturalization cases and has also rendered assistance in challenging unmeritorious deportation charges and blacklist entries at the Bureau of Immigration. He regularly appears before both trial and collegiate courts in the Philippines and has advocated for clients in various criminal cases, including alleged graft and corruption charges, cyberlibel offenses, and child abuse violations.
He has been ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a “Rising Star” or “Leading Associate” for Immigration from 2021 to 2025. He has also been cited by the same publication as a recommended lawyer for Immigration since 2020.
Mr. Gonzales serves as a lecturer in the Paralegal Training Program of the University of the Philippines Law Center, where he teaches the module on Philippine Immigration and Citizenship Law. He also co-authored the Philippine chapter of International Immigration and Nationality Law that was published by the Center for International Legal Studies, Austria, in 2022.
In 2023, Mr. Gonzales was awarded a Chevening scholarship by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom and pursued a Master of Laws degree at the University of Westminster, where he graduated with Distinction.
Mr. Gonzales was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2018, and is a member of the Quezon City Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Immigration Lawyers Association of the Philippines, and the ASEAN Law Association.