Job is part of the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Practice Group of PJS.  He advises investment banks that underwrite debt capital market issues.  Among his recent transactions on debt capital markets include the maiden PhP 2.0B Corporate Notes issuance by the Philippine Ports Authority and the P2.0B Retail Housing Bonds issued by the Home Development Mutual Fund.  He also advises international banks and funds in the acquisition, sale and servicing of non-performing and other distressed assets.  Job also served the Philippine Department of Finance as special counsel to the Corporate Affairs Group, International Finance Group and Privatization Office.  He obtained his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1998 and his Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from the same university in 1994. He is admitted to the Philippine Bar and the California Bar.

• Advised underwriters in the P2.0B Corporate Notes Issuance by the Philippine Ports Authority and the P2.0B Retail Housing Bonds issued by the Home Development Mutual Fund (PagIBIG Fund).

• Advising Deutsche Bank Strategic Investment Group and Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets in the purchase of portfolios of distressed assets from a local banks under the SPAV Law.

• Acting as legal adviser to an asset management company currently servicing a portfolio of residential mortgage loans.

• Acted as consultant to the Privatization Office of the Department of Finance (DOF) which included advise on the sale by the Philippine Government of its indirect shareholding in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).

• As special counsel to the DOF, work included, among others, providing:

(i) Assistance in relation to the rehabilitation of a public utility company. Work included (i) negotiation with project sponsors, international and local lenders and the rehabilitation receiver on key terms of the restructuring of debt obligations; (ii) review of the concession agreement and its amendments and assess the impact of the rehabilitation proceedings on such agreements; and (iii) drafting of various agreements related to the rehabilitation of the project company and the restructuring of its debt obligations.

(ii) Advising the DOF on certain legal and regulatory issues involving (i) the public utility regulator and the project company providing water services; (ii) the provision of credit enhancements by the Philippine Government (such as Performance Undertakings) to water supply projects with private sector participation under the BOT Law; and (iii) the viability of tapping Government Financial Institutions as conduits for water sector related loans funded by multilateral financial institutions.

(iii) Advising the Privatization Council and the Privatization Management Office (PMO) on the privatization of a portion of the Philippine Government's interest in an oil and gas exploration contract, including the review of the public bidding procedures and tender documents to ensure compliance with privatization laws.

(iv) Acting as legal adviser: (i) on the restructuring of P42 Billion worth of loan obligations of the government owned and controlled corporation involved in housing projects; (ii) for the Bids and Awards Committee for the disposition through a public bidding of approximately P13 Billion worth of non-performing residential mortgage loans, including the review of the bidding procedures and terms of reference, and the drafting of bidding/tender documents; (iii) for the regulatory framework for the joint venture of the government corporation and the winning bidder for the purchase of the non-performing loans, including coordination with the various government agencies to secure the required approvals.

(v) Negotiating with international and local lenders and reviewing transaction documents in relation to the issuance by the Philippine Government of guaranteed loans and government bonds. Also acted as DOF representative to the Inter-Agency Committee on the Review of Foreign Loan Documents composed of the DOF, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Justice