Practice areas

Employment & compensation; employment litigation; managing business change & disruption; technology, media & telecommunications; consumer goods & retail

Introduction

Gil Roberto Zerrudo is a partner in the employment practice group of Quisumbing Torres, where he is a member of its management committee, and co-head of the technology, media and telecommunications industry group. Gil also participates in initiatives of Baker & McKenzie International of which Quisumbing Torres is a member firm. He is a member of Baker McKenzie’s global policy committee, nominating committee, and Asia Pacific regional council.

In his more than 25 years of law practice, Gil is consistently cited as a Legal 500 and Chambers Asia Pacific leading individual for employment. Gil’s strategic focus on employment practice propelled his and the team’s consistent top-tier ranking in The Legal 500 from 2006 to the present and the Chambers Asia Pacific from 2009 to the present. Gil regularly advises on employment agreements, employee benefits and compensation, executive compensation, transfers, and employment-related investigations and terminations. He also handles occupational health and safety matters, discrimination law advice, trade union recognition procedures, and labour litigation. He has extensive experience representing clients engaged in business process outsourcing, IT and telecommunications, and digital transformation in the pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.

Gil authored many publications and legal updates on employment matters, including the Power UP! Employers’ Playbook: Reopening the Workplace, Quisumbing Torres’ Guide to Philippine Employment Laws for the Private Sector, and various client alerts on key issues facing employers amid the current pandemic. He spearheaded the firm’s latest primer, Going Digital: Legal and Regulatory Framework of Doing Business Online in the Philippines. He also served as a resource speaker on labour and employment law in various local and regional seminars.

Leveraging his firm management roles in Quisumbing Torres’ management committee and the various global and regional committees of Baker McKenzie International, Gil drives socially relevant and meaningful initiatives of Quisumbing Torres’ CSR and pro bono work. He led the team in mobilising assistance and aid for the front liners since the beginning of the pandemic. His other CSR programs include organising relief operations in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Odette in collaboration with the Philippine Coast Guard, where he is an Auxiliary Officer.

He also provides pro bono advice and assistance to an international organisation focused on human rights in several cases involving the illegal trafficking of women and children. Gil is instrumental in promoting inclusion and diversity in the larger Philippine legal community in partnership with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Some initiatives include virtual events on relevant topics, such as workplace diversity and the role of LGBTQ+ in Driving Business Transformation Beyond Covid-19, International Women’s Day: #BreaktheBias Movement, and A Lawyer’s Guide to Better Mental Health. Gil champions the Quisumbing Torres’ Women in Law series that celebrates the talent, mentorship, and advancement of the leading female lawyers of the firm.

Based on research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal, the following are the philippines’ top 100 lawyers. Biographies and contact details, where provided, were written by the lawyers themselves and have not been independently verified.

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