ENRIQUE V. DELA CRUZ, JR.
evdelacruz@pecabar.ph

He obtained his Master of Laws degree major in  International and Comparative Business Law (with  Distinction) from the London Metropolitan University,  U.K. He also completed a Single Masters Course  (MSc) in International Trade Law from the University  College London, U.K. as a Chevening Scholar of the  British Council. His thesis for his LLM degree is on  "Biopiracy; A comparative Analysis of Patent Laws in  the European Union &the U.S."  

 He received his Bachelor of Laws degree (3rd honors)  from the University of Santo Tomas in 2000, as a full  scholar. He passed the Bar exams given in the sameyear, with a general weighted average of 86.05%. He received his Bachelor ofArts degree major in Legal Management (cum laude) from the same University in 1996, as a Rector's scholar.

While in UST, he won as National Public Speaking Champion twice (1998 and 1999). He led UST to three (3) consecutive National Law Debate Championships at the ALSP Conflicts of Law Debate Tournament, from 1997 to 1999. He was awarded Best Speaker in the 1997 4th All Asians Intervarsity Debate Tournament in Singapore where he led the UST Debate Team in winning the Championship. He was FIRST RUNNER-UP in the 1998 World’s Public Speaking Competitions held during the XVI World’s Debate Championships, where he led UST to the quarter-finals. In June 1999, he represented the Philippines in the 3rd Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In August 1999, he led the Philippine Law Debate Team to win the Championship of the ASEAN Law Debates in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In 2001, he took up a Masters in Public Management degree from the Ateneo School of Government. In 2002, he completed a post-graduate executive program in Leadership and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

He is on his 2nd term as an elected Councilor of the Municipality of Baliwag, Bulacan and currently the Vice-President of the Philippine Councilors League (Bulacan Chapter). He is the current Regional Representative for South East Asia (2006 to 2008) of the Young International Arbitrators Group (YIAG) of the London Chamber of International Arbitrators (LCIA).

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SALVE REGINA VENTURANZA - CORTEZ
rvcortez@pecabar.ph

She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo  de Manila School of Law in 2003 where she graduated  as Second Honors Silver Medal Awardee. In her undergraduate years in law school, she obtained a  ranking of second honors and was among the top  twenty (20) of her batch in her 4th year. She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2004. Even before  taking the bar, she received invitations from firms to  work for them, but eventually chose PECABAR.

 She received her Bachelor of Science degree in  Business Economics (Dean's Medalist Awardee) from  University of the Philippines in 1990. She finished her  undergraduate degree a semester ahead of the regular course schedule. After college, she immediately worked in local off-shore banks with financial institutions and insurance companies as clientele.

She has been active in interministry works at the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel in Greenhills, San Juan, since 1997.

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DALISAY V. OPLE-SAN JOSE
dsanjose@pecabar.ph

She received her Bachelor of Laws degree from the  Ateneo School of Law in 1987. She received her  Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of the Philippines and her Masters degree  in National Security Administration (MNSA) from the  National Defense College of the Philippines.

 She has previously worked as an attorney at the  Corporate and Legal Department of the Securities and  Exchange Commission (SEC). She also worked for a  time at the Tax Department of Joaquin Cunanan.  Thereafter, she served as Chief of Staff of then Senate  President Blas F. Ople. She was the Corporate  Secretary of IBC-13 in 2003.

She is concurrently a member of the Sangguniang Bayan of the Municipality of Hagonoy, Bulacan. She is affiliated with the Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA), Asian Institute of Taxation (AIT), Kapisanan ng Manananggol ng Hagonoy (KAMAHA), Kapisanan ng Kababaihang Manananggol ng Bulacan (KMB), a past President of the Rotary Club of Hagonoy and Center for National Security Administration (CNSM).

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WELSON T. CHU
wtchu@pecabar.ph

He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 2001. He received his Bachelor of Science in Legal Management (Cum Laude) from Ateneo de Manila University in 1997 . In 2006, he received his Master of Laws degree,with honors, from the Northwestern University School of Law and a Certificate in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2002.

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