Maria Katrina C. Franco

Founding Partner · In Memoriam

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.