Practice areas
Corporate litigation; arbitration; infrastructure projects on build operate and transfer law; M&A; financial rehabilitation proceedings
Introduction
Cesar P Manalaysay is managing partner and the head of the corporate litigation department. He joined Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongsiako in 1975.
He has more than 45 years of experience in corporate litigation before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Regional Trial Courts, and appellate practice before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
He handled intra-corporate controversies involving struggles for control of some of the biggest publicly-listed companies in the Philippines, and engaged in fields as diverse as universal banking, food manufacturing, telecommunications, mining, oil exploration and real estate holdings.
He has handled arbitration in the International Chamber of Commerce, Construction Industry Arbitration Commission, Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc and International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington DC.