Associates

Patch’s practice areas include disputes (litigation & arbitration), labor, construction, energy, and infrastructure.

Patch’s work experience pre-dates her joining the firm in 2023. From 2021 to 2022, she worked as a Legal Assistant in the Supreme Court under the Office of Associate Justice Marvic MVF Leonen. From 2018 to 2019, she was a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Political Science of the School of Social Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University.

While in law school, she served as President of the UP Law Charivari. She was also a member of the Order of the Purple Feather and the University of the Philippines Women in Law.

Qualifications

• University of the Philippines, Juris Doctor (Class of 2023), Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence
• Ateneo de Manila University, Master of Arts in Political Science – Major in Global Politics (Class of 2019)
• Ateneo de Manila University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Class of 2018, Cum Laude)
• Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2023

Experience

Patch has participated in several matters.  Her experience has included:

• Assisting on energy, labor, competition, telecommunications and public utilities, and corporate advisory matters.
• Advising clients who wish to do business in the Philippines.
• Assisting in domestic and international arbitration cases
• Assisting in civil, criminal, labor and administrative cases before various Philippine courts and quasi-judicial bodies
• Assisting with contract drafting for various corporate and commercial transactions
• Assisting with energy and infrastructure projects

Memberships

• Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2023 – Present)