Alfredo Molo III is a founding partner. He specializes in Constitutional litigation, complex commercial disputes, public utilities, and regulatory reform.
Mr. Molo holds landmark Supreme Court victories that include, establishing new doctrine in Intellectual Property, removing barriers to foreign participation in the construction industry, reforming the country’s Party-list System, and nullifying the legislative Pork Barrel (PDAF). He successfully enforced a $25 million Arbitral Award against a local conglomerate and won a Sovereign Guarantee claim before an international tribunal (value in dispute – $1.6 Billion). Government agencies and regulatory bodies have sought his advice on key matters.
He has served as counsel for former Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio, former Justice and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa, and several senior legislators. He has represented the Senate of the Philippines, its officers, and select committees in challenges before the High Court.
Mr. Molo has been cited by the Supreme Court for his “expertise, competence and invaluable service” and was chosen as a Member of the High Court’s Expert Panel on the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure. He has been recognized several times as one of the Top 100 Lawyers of the Philippines. He regularly speaks in conferences and, has upon invitation of the government, conducted training seminars for frontline agencies and new regulators.
He is a Past President of the Harvard Law School Association of the Philippines and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Harvard Asia Pacific Review.
He teaches Constitutional Law in the University of the Philippines College of Law and was Chairman of the Political Law Cluster of the Faculty (2020-2024). He has served as part of the US Fulbright Competition’s Selection Committee.
Fulbright Scholar
cum laude
cum laude
