Practice areas

Corporate & commercial; inbound investment; infrastructure; project finance; transport & utilities; strategic & developmental projects; and property development

Introduction

Manuel Manaligod Jr has been in the practice of law for more than three decades. He is a senior partner and current chair of Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia. He formerly headed the corporate and commercial law department, where he remains a member, continuing his involvement in infrastructure and public and public utility projects undertaken or proposed to be implemented through public-private partnerships and similar arrangements.

His practice includes work in the water, transportation, information and communications technology, and power and energy sectors. He acts as counsel and adviser to private local and foreign clients, is a consultant to a multinational organisation, and is presently engaged as a transaction adviser to government projects.

He earned his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1991 from the University of the Philippines College of Law and his Master of Laws degree (graduated with merit) in 1997 from the London School of Economics and Political Science as a Chevening Scholar.

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