Elita Joy P Quicho

Elita Joy P Quicho is a Senior Partner at Siguion Reyna, Montecillo & Ongsiako. She is also concurrently the Partnership Secretary. She joined the firm in December 2008.

Ms Quicho’s practice includes both commercial law and corporate litigation.

As a commercial law practitioner, Ms Quicho has rendered legal advice and transactional assistance to both Philippine and foreign clients on a wide range of issues. She enjoys working on cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, project finance and M&A, involving such industries as telecoms, energy and power, online gaming, banking, property development, media and advertising. She also advises clients on their data privacy, competition and antitrust concerns. She has supervised major due diligence projects of the firm on key players in the pharma, cement, offshore banking, business process outsourcing, maritime tourism, real estate and online gaming industries. Ms Quicho’s practice further includes dealings with Philippine regulators, such as the Securities & Exchange Commission, the Philippine Stock Exchange and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, as well as being appointed as corporate secretary and director for various Philippine companies.

Ms Quicho’s extensive background in commercial law has also led to her participation in important corporate litigation matters handled by the firm involving shareholder disputes, corporate rehabilitation, debt recovery, corporate fraud government contracts and commercial arbitration.

She graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 2002 as a member of the Order of the Purple Feather, and gained her Master’s in Law at the University of California at Berkeley in 2018, with honours. She teaches civil and commercial law courses at the University of the Philippines College of Law, University of Makati School of Law and San Beda College Alabang School of Law.