Ramil received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Ateneo De Manila University in 1999 where he graduated with honors, and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2000. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree (Finance) from the De La Salle University (2006) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo De Manila University (1994). Prior to joining the firm, he has worked in SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, and was an attorney for the Philippine Department of Finance from 2002-2006.

• Acts as lenders counsel in major commercial loan transactions

• Acts as counsel to an investment house in several financing projects.

• Acts as counsel to private proponents in several pioneering BOT projects.

• Assists Allen & Overy and the Department of Finance on Philippine law matters in respect of a major international commercial arbitration case.

• Acted as transaction counsel to a P2-billion bond issuance by a Philippine GOCC.

• Acted as counsel to DOF’s International Finance Group on the first OPIC-insured NAPOCOR global bonds and review of transaction documents of numerous loans and bond issuance (both US dollar-denominated and peso-denominated) of the National Government.

• Negotiated for DOF’s Corporate Affairs Group the first peso-denominated zero-coupon bonds of NAPOCOR and worked on the transfer of NAPOCOR debts to PSALM.

• Advised the DOF’s Privatization Office on the successful privatization of the International School-Manila property and in the proposed restructuring the privatization of a government-held mining asset.

• Represented the DOF’s Revenue Operations Group in drafting key tax regulations including those on the R-VAT and the new excise tax on tobacco and alcohol products.

• Appeared before an ICSID arbitration tribunal as the youngest member of the Philippine legal team that successfully argued the Republic of the Philippine’s first ICSID arbitration case in Paris.

• Appeared before the Philippine Supreme Court as a member of the Philippine government team that successfully defended the constitutionality of the R-VAT Law.