Contact
Manila Office
Partner
Mary Jude C. Marvel
Atty. Mary Jude C. Marvel is a Partner at DivinaLaw and Dean of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas College of Law. She is a Rankin M. Gibson LL.M. Scholar.
Practice Areas
Arbitration and Alternative Dispute ResolutionInternational ArbitrationMediationCorporate and Special ProjectsBanking and FinanceMergers and AcquisitionsCorporate Rehabilitation and LiquidationForeign InvestmentsPublic-Private PartnershipCompetition LawLegislative AdvocacyGovernment RelationsTax and Estate PlanningIntellectual PropertyLicensing and Franchising
Education
Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution with concentration in International Arbitration and Litigation
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
Rankin M. Gibson LL.M. Scholar, Top Student
Certificate in Trust and Wealth Management Program
Trust Institute of the Philippines
Bachelor of Laws
Arellano University School of Law
Bachelor of Science in Child Development Education
University of the Philippines Diliman
Professional Background
- Dean, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, College of Law
- Associate Professor, Jose Maria College, College of Law
- Former Associate Dean, University of Negros Occidental Recoletos, School of Law
- Former Party-Appointed Expert Witness in international commercial arbitration
- Former Partner, DivinaLaw
- Former Associate, International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Former Mediator, Better Business Bureau, Metropolitan New York
- Former National Staff Consultant/Legal Specialist, Asian Development Bank
- Former Legal Adviser/Documentation Attorney, Equitable PCI Bank (now BDO)
- Former Law Clerk/Court Attorney IV, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Office of Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing
Publications
- The South China Sea Arbitration: Navigating Compliance Strategies through the Lens of Raya and the Last Dragon(2024)
- Court-Ordered Mediation in the Philippines(2016)
- Conflict of Interest and Good Governance in the Public Sector(2015)
- Party-Appointed Arbitrator Ethics and Ethos(2014)
- Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards in the Philippines(2012)