Senior Partners

Simeon G. Hildawa

Simeon G. Hildawa, who received specialized training in international taxation in Switzerland, acts as the Firm's Managing Partner. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from the University of the Philippines in 1989 and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1990. The breadth of his experience is reflected in his practice areas which include taxation, estate planning, commercial and civil litigation, construction arbitration, corporate rehabilitation, mining, energy, intellectual property, immigration and environmental law. He has served as tax counsel for one of the leading telecommunications firm in the country and lead arbitration counsel in several of the biggest construction cases in the country. He was a member of the team that represented a major sugar refinery in its corporate rehabilitation proceeding and has represented several claimants in a similar proceeding against a major water utility company.

He is an arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.