SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) partners, Bhong Paulo A. Macasaet and John Christian Joy A. Regalado, wrote the Philippine chapter of the Global Aviation Restructuring Index (GARI) developed by Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) and its aviation experts. WFW is an international law firm that has aviation as one of its areas of focus. GARI offers a comparative index of more than 55 restructuring procedures available in 30 key aviation jurisdictions, including the Philippines. Freely available to all aviation sector participants, GARI presents information visually through infographics and assigns debtor and creditor ‘friendliness’ scores to complex restructuring procedures to make high-level comparisons easy to digest.
Mr. Macasaet is a commercial lawyer who specializes in aviation. He is a member of the firm’s Special Projects and Banking groups and has been cited as “Next Generation Partner” for Aviation and Banking and Finance by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific.
Mr. Regalado, also cited as “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, is a litigator who has extensive experience in issues concerning mergers and acquisitions and foreign investments. His practice areas include arbitration, tax, and M&A.
A copy of the GARI is available for free. To access it, please visit the WFW website.