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Cebu Office
Senior Partner
Dara C. Acusar
Dara C. Acusar is a Senior Partner and Resident Counsel at DivinaLaw. She is a Global Hauser Scholar and was formerly Undersecretary for Internal Management at the Department of Budget and Management. She placed 2nd in the 1999 Philippine Bar Examinations.
Practice Areas
LitigationIntra-Corporate DisputesFamily LawTestate and Intestate ProceedingsLocal Government, Election, and Administrative LitigationCorporate and Special ProjectsBanking and FinanceCorporate Services, Housekeeping, and DirectorshipEnvironment and Natural ResourcesForeign InvestmentsPublic-Private Partnership and Joint VenturesMergers and AcquisitionsPublic Bidding and ProcurementReal Estate and DevelopmentTax and Estate PlanningEstate PlanningIntellectual PropertyPatent and Trademark RegistrationRisk and Crisis ManagementCrisis Communication
Education
Master of Laws, General Studies, with concentration in Corporate and International Economic Law
New York University School of Law, United States of America
Global Hauser Scholar
Juris Doctor
Ateneo de Manila University School of Law
Class Valedictorian
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
University of San Carlos
Class Valedictorian, Magna Cum Laude
Professional Background
- Former Consultant, Office of the Vice Governor of the Province of Cebu
- Former Undersecretary for Internal Management, Department of Budget and Management
- Former Finance Associate, Haynes and Boone, LLP, New York City, United States of America
- Former Assistant Secretary, Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel of the President of the Philippines
- Former Alternate Director, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority
- Former Legislative Staff Officer IV, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives
- Former Consultant on Systems Management, Office of the Mayor of Cebu City
- Former Associate, Quisumbing Torres Law Offices (an affiliate of Baker & McKenzie)
- Former Staff Auditor, Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. (an affiliate of Ernst & Young)