Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles Law Firm - Makati City, Philippines

Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De los Angeles traces its roots to the law firm of Gibbs, McDonough and Ozaeta which practiced law in the Philippines in 1902 when the country was still under American rule. Allison D. Gibbs was a well-known tax and corporate lawyer and Charles A. McDonough was a name in criminal law practice. In 1922, Roman A. Ozaeta became a partner of Gibbs & McDonough. After 15 years in the public service, highlighted by two appointments to the Supreme Court, one from 1941 to 1946, and the other from 1948 to 1950, and a brief period of semi-retirement, Justice Ozaeta and his son, Herminio, reconstituted the firm and formed Ozaeta, Gibbs (Allison J., the son of Allison D. Gibbs) and Ozaeta in 1957. On account of a rule (subsequently abolished, however) that limited  

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the partnership name to living and active partners, the Firm's name underwent several changes and evolved into its present name. The current senior partners are: Ricardo J. Romulo, Jose F. Buenaventura, and Eduardo de los Angeles. Atty. Jesus S. J. Sayoc died on June 21, 2002 and Atty. Roman Mabanta, Jr. died on August 19, 2005.