Atty. Michael A. Gaspar 

Atty. Gaspar is the Managing Partner of the Firm and the Head of the Litigation Department. He specializes in litigation, dispute resolution and government procurement.

Atty. Gaspar served the Philippine Government as Senior Legal Counsel of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) which culminated with his designation as PAGCOR’s acting Chief Legal Counsel.  Prior to his stint with the government, he was an associate of two highly respected respectable law firms in the Philippines. 

Atty. Gaspar has attended the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and is a member of the PMA Masinag Class of 1998. He graduated from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws and an Outstanding Law Intern Award from the University of the Philippines (UP) in 2004 and he was admitted to the Philippine Bar on the following year. In 2011, Atty. Gaspar was appointed as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) after passing the FSO Examinations. 

He is presently a law lecturer in criminal procedure at the UP College of Law. 

Atty. Josephine Joy D. Cañeba 

Josephine Joy Cañeba’s practice focuses on initial public offering, securities offerings, mergers and acquisition, corporate finance, regulatory compliance, and general corporate work.  She also provides advise on labor, privacy, transportation, logistics, construction, technology, and consumer laws. 

Joy has been in the practice of law for 16 years.  She was also the former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer of a domestic airline during its merger and turn around period.

Joy is a member of Philippine Bar Association and Filipina CEO Circle.  She is also a co-founding partner of CEO Advisors, Inc. and trained arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. (PDRCI).

Atty. Maria Katrina C. Franco

Atty. Franco was the Managing Partner of the Firm from 2019 to 2021. She handled various commercial law matters such as corporate governance issues, due diligence audits, contracts negotiations, dispute resolutions, and labor issues. She also handled aviation, civil, family, and intellectual property law matters. 

She was an associate professor of law at the De La Salle University College of Law, as well as the Lyceum of the Philippines College of Law. 

Prior to joining the Firm, Atty. Franco was an associate of two well-respected law firms in the Philippines, where she handled civil, criminal and administrative cases before various courts and administrative agencies. She also served as corporate secretary of various corporations and non-stock, non-profit organizations. She was a trustee and the corporate secretary of the UP Women Lawyers’ Circle, Inc. (WILOCI). 

She graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines in 2002 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Visual Communication) and she obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the same university and was one of the recipients of the Distinguished Law Intern Award in 2006. She was also a member of the UP Portia Sorority. Atty. Franco was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2007. 

Our beloved partner, Atty. Maria Katrina Carag Franco, joined our Creator last August 22, 2021.