Quisumbing Torres is pleased to announce Timothy Joseph (TJ) M. Mendoza as a Partner and Head in the firm's Banking & Finance Practice Group and Financial Institutions Industry Group. TJ is also a member of its Corporate & Commercial Practice Group.mbing Torres is pleased to announce Timothy Joseph (TJ) M. Mendoza as a Partner and Head in the firm's Banking & Finance Practice Group and Financial Institutions Industry Group. TJ is also a member of its Corporate & Commercial Practice Group.

TJ has extensive experience leading and supervising teams in various local and international special projects involving mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and project finance transactions for industry leaders in the natural resource, energy and infrastructure sectors.

TJ's practice focuses on banking and finance, capital markets, energy, mining and infrastructure, M&A and real estate. He advises clients on foreign direct investment regulations, corporate, capital and deal structures, corporate governance, financing and security creation issues and national and local licensing and regulatory issues. He has also acted as counsel for various issuers and/or underwriters, or other financial advisors of issuers in transactions involving initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Philippines and initial listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. Prior to joining Quisumbing Torres, TJ worked on some of the biggest M&A and project financing transactions in the Philippines, several of which were awarded or nominated as notable deals by various international publications.

He graduated from University of the Philippines College of Law in 2006, and was admitted to the bar the following year. He obtained his undergraduate degree (AB Political Science) from Ateneo de Manila University.

Chambers Asia Pacific 2017 and 2018 named TJ as one of the leading lawyers in the Philippines in Banking & Finance.