Amabelle (Che-lin) M.
Reviewer
Experience
Mar 2024 - Present
1 year 9 monthsReviewer
USA BARBRI Multistate Bar Review
- Provide guidance on the effective drafting and presentation of answers and study strategies focusing on the essay portion of the multistate bar exams.
- Assist students in mastering reasoning and writing skills to enhance their exam performance.
Jan 2021 - Present
4 years 11 monthsSpecial Counsel
Gerodias Suchianco Estrella Law Firm
- Advise multinational and local businesses ensuring robust legal frameworks to enhance operational efficiency and mitigate risks.
- Establish legal entities including representative offices and subsidiaries ensuring compliance with laws and other regulatory requirements for seamless market entry.
- Provide guidance on corporate governance, compliance with post-incorporation requirements, ensuring regulatory adherence and operational integrity.
- Strengthen clients’ compliance with data privacy regulations and intellectual property laws, safeguarding sensitive assets and ensuring secure business operations.
- Counsel clients on tax laws and regulations, ensuring compliance with local and international tax requirements, and advocate for clients in tax disputes and audits, providing strategic insights on minimizing tax liabilities and optimizing tax strategies to align with business goals.
Jan 2009 - Dec 2020
12 yearsSenior Partner, Head of Tax Practice Group
Gerodias Suchianco Estrella Law Firm
- Represented the firm in key industry associations including The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) and the Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP), fostering strategic relationships and enhancing the firm’s industry presence.
- Held various management and partnership roles with hands-on staff supervision, mentoring and training junior lawyers to ensure professional development and maintain high standards of legal practice.
- Directed the establishment of legal entities, including representative offices and subsidiaries, ensuring completion within timelines and compliance with relevant laws.
- Secured favorable outcomes in high-stakes mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures by leveraging due diligence, strategic negotiations, and tax expertise to optimize legal and financial advantages.
- Developed and led the firm’s tax advisory services, creating innovative tax strategies that reduced liabilities and optimized financial outcomes for clients.
- Managed complex tax issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, buy-outs, and other transactions, ensuring full compliance with tax regulations while maximizing fiscal advantages for clients.
- Designed and implemented efficient tax compliance frameworks for clients with international presence, reducing exposure to cross-border tax risks and streamlining global financial strategies.
- Represented clients in high-stakes tax disputes, obtaining favorable rulings and negotiating settlements that minimized exposure and protected financial stability.
- Structured and negotiated high-impact transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, franchising, and joint ventures, identifying issues and developing practical solutions aligned with clients’ long-term strategic objectives.
- Led successful restructuring initiatives for clients in real estate, financing, business process outsourcing, energy, and pharmaceuticals, optimizing operations to align with market trends while ensuring full regulatory compliance.
- Managed the protection of intellectual property, including trademarks, industrial design, and copyrights, safeguarding clients’ assets to preserve business value and competitive edge.
- Simplified the process of setting up businesses in the Philippines, ensuring compliance from incorporation through post-establishment requirements and assisting clients in expansion plans.
- Led equity realignment and corporate reorganization efforts to enhance financial positioning and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Guided and advised companies on governance responsibilities and statutory obligations, ensuring sound corporate governance, ethical practices, transparency, and good housekeeping.
- Led the bidding process, formulated proposals, ensured regulatory compliance, and spearheaded projects to achieve awards.
- Advised clients on compliance with government data privacy requirements to minimize risk exposure.
- Advocated for clients before agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Intellectual Property Office, obtaining approvals and resolving disputes.
- Advised clients on corporate housekeeping, ensuring timely filing of reports and disclosures, managing board and shareholder communications, organizing and documenting meetings, and mitigating governance risks.
May 2002 - Dec 2005
3 years 8 monthsSenior Associate
DE BORJA MEDIALDEA BELLO GUEVARRA & GERODIAS
- Led the drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of high-value contracts for companies across multiple sectors including real estate, business process outsourcing, food, retail, software and information technology, media, and financing, ensuring client interests were protected and aligned with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Advised on developing and implementing corporate governance structures, improving decision-making processes, and ensuring compliance with statutory and industry standards.
- Strategized and executed dispute resolution through negotiation and mediation, minimizing legal complications and reducing financial exposure.
- Conducted legal due diligence and compliance audits to identify non-compliance, providing corrective measures to mitigate legal risks and ensure regulatory adherence.
- Represented clients in regulatory matters, securing approvals, managing disputes, and ensuring compliance with government regulations to advance business interests.
- Conducted comprehensive legal research and in-depth case and project analysis to shape strategies and provide actionable client advisories.
- Spearheaded corporate transactions including incorporations and business registrations, enabling clients to operate soundly and expand operations while ensuring legal soundness.
Summary
Results-driven Data Privacy, Corporate, and Commercial Counsel with years of legal experience resolving complex challenges and managing transactions for global enterprises. International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E & CIPP/US) and dual-qualified to practice law in the Philippines and New York State. Specializes in corporate, commercial, tax, and data privacy law. With the ability to guide businesses in interpreting and applying privacy regulations such as the GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and other emerging laws to develop and implement robust privacy frameworks. Proven expertise in cross-border transactions, compliance, tax strategy and planning, and regulatory matters in the US and the Philippines for multinational companies and subsidiaries. Skilled in structuring multi-party transactions, facilitating foreign investments, and drafting and negotiating agreements. Recognized for engaging with stakeholders, providing strategic counsel to executives and business teams, aligning legal strategies with organizational goals to enhance productivity, addressing evolving statutory and regulatory landscapes, and delivering measurable results.
Languages
English
NativeTagalog
NativeEducation
Silliman University College of Law
Juris Doctor · Law · Dumaguete City, Philippines
Silliman University School of Communication
Bachelor of Mass Communications · Mass Communications · Dumaguete City, Philippines
Certifications & licenses
IAPP Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) Certification
IAPP
IAPP Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) Certification
IAPP
IAPP Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) Certification
IAPP
New York State Bar Examination
Philippine Bar Examination - Seventh (7th) Place in the Top Ten
Philippine Government Career Professional Exams
Philippine Government Career Sub-Professional Exams
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