Eric R. Recalde presently heads ACCRALAW’s Tax Department.

Eric assists clients in different fields of law, including Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Law, Government Contracts, Public Private Partnership Arrangements and Privatization Projects, Antitrust & Trade Regulation.

Eric is a Certified Public Accountant. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy in 1996 from San Beda College.  He ranked 11th in the September 1996 CPA Licensure Examinations. Eric then completed his Bachelor of Laws from the same school and graduated Class Salutatorian in 2002. He ranked 3rd in the 2002 Philippine Bar Examinations.  Eric also completed two post-graduate degrees in law, particularly, Master of Laws from San Beda College in 2009 and Master of Corporate Law from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom in 2014.

Eric has published several books on taxation: “A Treatise on Tax Principles and Remedies,” Rex Bookstore Publishing Company (2009), with its 2016 revised edition, “The Philippine Local Tax and Tariff and Customs Laws,” Rex Bookstore Publishing Company (2011), and “The Philippine Internal Revenue Taxes,” Rex Bookstore Publishing Company (2014). With Francisco Ed. Lim, he co-wrote “Philippine Competition Act: Salient Points and Emerging Issues” (2016).

He also lectures on various topics on business and investment laws.