Emerico O. De Guzman is a Senior Partner and currently the Managing Partner of ACCRALAW. He was the Head of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department from 2008 until his election as Managing Partner in February 2014.

 

He has consistently been recognized by legal publications, such as Chambers Asia, Asialaw Profiles and Asia Pacific Legal 500, as a Leading Individual in Philippine Employment Law practice. 

 

Mr. De Guzman’s practice areas include Employment Law litigation before the National Labor Relations Commission and the Appellate Courts. He is also advising several of the top multinational corporations in a variety of industries (manufacturing, semiconductor, offshoring and outsourcing, hotels and healthcare) with their labor and employment concerns. He has been assisting clients with their contracting arrangements as well as the conduct of compliance audits and the resolution of disciplinary cases and termination disputes. Mr. De Guzman also actively gives seminars and lectures on current employment law issues.

 

He is the Philippine Chapter author of: the International Bar Association’s Handbook on Global Recruiting, Screening, Testing and Interviewing Criteria, published by Wolters Kluwer; the Guide to International Employment and Labor Law published by Littler Mendelson LLP; and of the International Survey on Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law published by the American Bar Association.

 

EDUCATION

 

Bachelor of Science – Psychology – University of the Philippines

Bachelor of Laws – University of the Philippines

Academy of American and International Law, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A

Member, Executive Committee – Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law

 

ROLES IN INDUSTRY

 

People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP)

President – 2006

 

Chairperson, Industrial Relations Advisory Committee / Government/ National Affairs Committee 

Board Member – 1990-2005

 

National Competitiveness Council

Chairperson for the Human Resources Working Group – 2006-present

 

Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP Makati Chapter)

Board Member – 1995-1996

 

Managing Editor – IBP Journal – 2003-2005

 

Philippine Bar Association (PBA)

Vice President, 2013

President, 2014

 

National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC)

Employer Representative – 2011-present