Background
Garreth is a founding partner of the firm. His practice centers on election law, civil and criminal litigation, and legislative advocacy, and he also works on the firm's corporate, energy, labor, real estate, and wealth management matters.
He began his practice in 2019 as Chief of Staff to the nominee of a party-list group, providing legal services to the nominee and to the party-list's constituents across the country. He has since worked on national legislation and represented clients in mining, labor, and criminal matters.
Selected Matters
- Represented a mining company in a settlement involving its mining rights, and handled related special projects on high-value mining disputes
- Represented a group of workers against a logistics company and recovered a multimillion-peso claim
- Served as collaborating counsel for the prosecution in a widely reported 2020 shooting case in Tarlac
- Assisted in drafting legislation, including the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, and various labor laws, and served on the technical team that formed the Maharlika Wealth Fund
- Managed a senatorial campaign in the 2022 national elections
- Gave legal advice to listeners as a regular on the public-service radio program Wanted sa Radyo
Education and Other Achievements
- Passed the Philippine Bar Examinations in 2018
- Obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Ateneo Law School in 2018
- Obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Management Economics from Ateneo de Manila University in 2014