Atty. Wilfredo Borja

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Commercial Law, University of Salford Manchester UK

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Ateneo de Manila University School of Law

BS Legal Management, Ateneo de Manila University

Wilfredo studied at the Ateneo de Manila School of Law in Makati City and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1995 and was admitted to the Bar the following year 1996. Driven by a desire to further widen his academic and professional exposure, he recently earned his Master of Laws in International Commercial Law at the University of Salford Manchester UK and was conferred the LL.M. degree in 2023 With Merit.

He has extensive exposure both in government and the private sector beginning with the Supreme Court under SC Justice Regino C. Hermosisima Jr. as Court Attorney and, thereafter, as private practitioner in some of the established law firms in the country beginning with Poblador Bautista & Reyes Law Offices and Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices. He also served as Corporate Legal Head and later Director at United Overseas Bank Philippines (UOBP), a member of the UOB Group Singapore.

He is likewise a Professor of Laws since 2004 teaching Commercial Law Review, Corporation & Securities Law, Credit Transactions, Partnership Agency & Trust, Transportation Law, Torts & Damages, Labor, Insurance, Sales, Agrarian Law & Social Legislation and Banking.

He is currently a Senior Partner at Jabla Borja & Bagas Law Offices specializing in the field of Commercial & Civil Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, General Corporate Services, Real Estate Transactions, Special Projects and Banking.