Atty. Ma. Jazmin B. Banal
Senior Associate | Jazmin.Banal@Romulo.com
(02) 849.2331

Atty. Banal joined the firm in August 2000. She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1999.

Practice
Atty. Banal is a member of the Litigation Group of the Firm. She handles civil and criminal cases and special proceedings, both at the trial and appellate levels and covering various subjects such as contract and construction disputes, family law, and intra-corporate controversies.

Atty. Banal also handles corporate and commercial matters for entities in the banking, food, freight forwarding, transportation, infrastructure, power, water, and mining sectors. She regularly advises Philippine and foreign clients, including listed companies, on the regulatory aspects of doing business in the Philippines. She has worked on projects involving corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, government long-term leases, infrastructure projects, mining claims, franchising, technology transfer arrangements, bond issuances, tender offer, and initial public offering. Her participation includes preparation of the transaction documents, due diligence audit, contract negotiations, and securing the pertinent government approvals and licenses.

Professional Activities
Atty. Banal is a consultant to the Asian Development Bank. She has also been involved in the Doing Business project of the World Bank in relation to the Philippine setting. She also performs corporate secretarial work for corporate clients.

Education
University of the Philippines, 1994, B.S. Business Economics.
University of the Philippines, 1998, LL.B.