Philippines

Atty. Valeriano Del Rosario is the managing partner of VeraLaw and he has extensive education and business experience in the U.S. and Europe. Val, as he is known, was educated at Georgetown Preparatory School and New York University. He returned to the Philippines and obtained his law degree at the Ateneo College of Law with honors, and qualified as a lawyer in 1982. He obtained a masters degree in maritime law from the University of Wales, Institute of Science & Technology, United Kingdom, followed by three years of legal practice at the law firm of Sinclair Roche and Temperley in…

Carlo E. Abarquez, is an expert in Intellectual Property (“IP”) and Information Technology (“IT”) Law, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law, Government procurement and Public Private Partnership (“PPP”) projects. Prior to joining VAL Law, Atty. Abarquez served as Executive Director of the Philippine Sports Commission (“PSC”) and prior to that as an Associate at Quisumbing Torres (“QT”) – Baker & McKenzie Philippines. While in QT, Atty. Abarquez counseled various multinational companies having diverse IP and IT portfolios in the field of manufacturing, software, technology, retail, entertainment, food and beverage and motor vehicles. During one of the IP/IT training conferences of Baker &…