MARK ANTHONY C. DE LEON

Received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Ateneo de Manila University in 2001, graduating in the top 15 of his class and a consistent Dean's Lister. He received his Bachelor of Science (major in Management, minor in Legal Management) degree from the same University. He obtained the 13th highest ranking in the 2001 Philippine Bar Examinations was admitted to the Philippine bar in 2002.

Relevant Experiences

  • Acted as lead counsel for a bank relative to its Php3.4 Billion loan exposure in the corporate rehabilitation case of a debtor company; Acted as lead counsel for a Special Purpose Asset Vehicle (SPV) relative to its Php1 Billion loan exposure in the corporate rehabilitation case of a debtor company. Scope of work includes drafting and preparation of the Petition for Corporate Rehabilitation including the rehabilitation plan, various pleadings and filings with the rehabilitation court as well as the appellate courts, attendance in the rehabilitation proceedings, rendering legal opinions and advices on debt restructuring and review of various loan agreements and related contracts, corporate and financial documents as well as other commercial contracts.
  • Successfully litigated Creditor-Initiated Petitions for Corporate Rehabilitation of SPVs and a Hotel.
  • Handled and represented different creditors in Creditor-Initiated as well as Debtor-Initiated Petitions for Corporate Rehabilitation.
  • Prepared and drafted legal opinions for debtor and creditor clients relative to Corporate Debt Restructuring and Rehabilitation.
  • Acts as lead counsel for litigation in relation to the various non-performing loans (NPL) and acquired assets held by Special Purpose Asset Vehicle (SPV) clients. Scope of work includes legal advice and representation in civil cases involving sum of money, foreclosure of mortgages, writs of possession and corporate rehabilitation proceedings and other related cases including applications for temporary restraining orders and writs of injunction before the Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
  • Assisted Corporate and Bank Clients in Loan Restructuring and Refinancing and on legal issues and strategies relative to their loan exposures.
  • Acted as lead counsel for various intra-corporate suits involving domestic corporations and rendered legal opinions and advices to clients in relation thereto.
  • Represented one of the Largest Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies in the United States in its various intellectual property concerns and in its contracts with local subcontractors and collaborated with a US law firm in the course of the work. Scope of work included applications for search warrant in intellectual property infringement cases and violations of the Philippine E-Commerce Law initiated by the client and coordination with various law enforcement agencies for the enforcement thereof.
  • Acts as legal counsel and represents clients for nullity of marriage cases and other family law issues.
  • Acted as part of legal team which conducted due diligence work for a client on the acquisition of various generation assets of the National Power Corporation.
  • Secondment to corporate client engaged in ship building and ship repair to attend to various corporate matters and concerns relative to the business.
  • Conducted legal studies relative to ongoing litigation cases involving the a government agency and its officials and prepared legal memoranda, briefs, pleadings, advisory opinions and other legal documents for the agency. Reviewed, analyzed and made recommendations on legal documents and performed advisory functions relative thereto concerning litigation cases of the agency.
  • Represented various clients in labor-related disputes and provided advice on employee relations. Represented clients charged with illegal dismissal in cases filed before the National Labor Relations Commission.
  • Handled employment litigation matters for various business process outsourcing companies before the National Labor Relations Commission regarding termination disputes arising from issues such as: failure to reach performance targets, and serious misconduct and neglect of duties. The work includes prosecution of former employees for corporate fraud.
  • Assisted SPVs in the servicing of non-performing loans (NPL). The work includes negotiations for settlement, participation in rehabilitation proceedings and pursuing various litigation efforts to collect outstanding loan obligations.