Atty. Maricris is the Firm’s Tax Principal and Tax Group Head. She is a lawyer by profession and is in the practice of taxation and corporate law. She joined the firm in March 2009 as part of the Tax Division. She handles inter-corporate structuring, tax and estate planning, contract review, mergers and acquisitions of domestic corporations, tax compliance and tax due diligence of Philippine local companies. She assists clients in contesting tax assessments and in securing tax rulings on their behalf. She also provides incorporation and corporate secretarial services to local clients. Likewise, she also represents clients before the revenue attorneys of the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Court of Tax Appeals.
Prior to joining the Firm, Atty. Maricris was a litigation lawyer from Hechanova, Bugay, Vilchez Law Office and Cabrera and Associates Law Offices where she represented various clients in intellectual property cases and other civil cases before the regular courts. Atty. Maricris graduated Cum Laude for her degree in Bachelor of Arts Major in Political Science at the University of the Philippines, Cebu in 2001. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from San Sebastian College - Recoletos de Manila, College of Law in 2006. She passed the Bar examinations in 2007. She is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP).