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Mark Gorriceta - Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra

Mark Gorriceta

Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra

Contact
Tel: +632 8696 0687/0988
Email: msgorriceta@gorricetalaw.com

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Practice areas

Technology & innovation; corporate law; capital markets; M&A; securities law; banking law

Introduction

Mark S Gorriceta is the managing partner and head of the corporate group and head of the technology media and telecommunications group of Gorriceta Africa Cauton & Saavedra. With more than 19 years in private practice, Mark has developed extensive expertise in complex corporate transactions, commercial contracts and regulatory matters in a range of areas that impact businesses – whether for startups or for Top 1000 companies in the Philippines. He is a leading lawyer in the Philippines in capital markets, M&A and securities law.

Mark has been recognized as one of the Philippines’ Top 100 Lawyers for 2020, 2021 and 2022 by Asia Business Law Journal. He was also recognised by Asian Legal Business (ALB) as one of the top TMT lawyers in Asia and ranked #1 in the Philippines in the tech and fintech space. With pioneering expertise in the law on digital assets, fintech, blockchain, virtual currencies, e-commerce, data privacy, and artificial intelligence, he is legal counsel to the biggest and most impactful technology and online companies in the Philippines. He was also awarded as the Philippines’ Managing Partner of the Year for 2020 during the Philippine Law Awards of ALB, named as one of the Dealmakers of Asia for 2021 and among the Top 10 Philippines’ Clients Choice Lawyers for 2021 and 2022 by ALB.

Under his leadership, the firm has been awarded for three consecutive years (2019, 2020 and 2021) technology media and telecommunications law firm of the year and 2019 and 2021 innovative technologies law firm of the year in ALB’s Philippine Law Awards. The firm was also voted for three consecutive years (2019, 2020 and 2021) the best technology media and telecommunications law firm of the year by Asia Business Law Journal in its Philippine Law Firm Awards. The firm was also awarded the construction and real estate law firm of the year (2020), Philippine deal firm of the year (2021), equity deal of the year-midsize (2021), data privacy & protection law firm of the year (2021) by ALB in its Philippine Law Awards.

In 2017 and 2018, Mark was named one of Asia’s Top 40 lawyers under 40 by ALB. In 2018 and 2019, he was also named as one of Asia’s Who’s Who Lawyers by ALB.

Mark is a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Centre for Continuing Education. He teaches M&A for the advanced module diploma course in corporate finance.

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