PRACTICE AREAS:
- Banking and Finance
- Loans and Other Credit Facilities
- Project Finance
- Acquisition Finance
- Financial Regulation
- Power and Infrastructure Development and Other Special Projects
- Real Estate Project Development
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Corporate/Commercial Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Restructuring
- Corporate Compliance
Jehremiah “Jehri” Asis has acted as the lead local and international counsel of various corporate and finance transactions. His work is focused on project finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investment, real estate, infrastructure and general corporate work. Jehri is one of the trusted project lawyers in the Philippines and is sought after because of his keen ability to combine sound legal advice with strategic business thinking. He was the most senior associate of the Banking & Finance Practice Group in Quisumbing Torres (a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International) prior to forming Abuda Asis & Associates.
Global Law Experts endorsed him as the top specialist for banking and finance in the Philippines for the year 2017.
Admission to the Bar:
Philippines (1999)
Education:
University of the Philippines (LL.B.; Awardee, Roberto Sabido Award for Best Legal Paper) (1998)
University of the Philippines (B.S. Economics, magna cum laude; Member, Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu Honor Societies) (1994)
Work Experience:
Associate, Quisumbing Torres (1999 to 2007)
Lecturer of Business Law, University of the Philippines (2002)
Lecturer of Tax Law, Ateneo de Manila University (2003-2004)
Professional Association:
Integrated Bar of the Philippines
