Angel Salita

Angel M. Salita, Jr. is a partner of SyCipLaw. Mr. Salita’s practice area is corporate law, specializing in special projects (including power, renewable energy, oil and gas, other energy, telecommunications, water, construction, BOT, and other infrastructure laws), project finance, acquisition, investment, and banking.

His notable projects include: MELCO’s Air Radar Surveillance System Project (Japan’s first defense equipment export deal); Keppel Midgard’s submarine cable Project Bifrost; Sumitomo’s NGCP Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) Phase 3 Project; JERA’s acquisition of 27% interest in Aboitiz Power Corporation; Prysmian’s CNP Project for NGCP; on-going business development for a LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the Philippines; Chevron’s acquisition and eventual divestment in Malampaya; JBIC’s project financing for San Roque Hydro-Electric Power Plant; Hutama-RSEA’s US$370 million construction contract with CMMTC for the Manila Skyway (Phase I); Vestas’s EPC contract for Northwind’s Bangui Bay wind power project; Filinvest’s PBCom Tower Project; investment in fuel retail trade of the top oil company of a major South East Asian country; lenders’ project financing of San Miguel’s Limay coal-fired power plant; lenders’ project financing of San Miguel’s Malita coal-fired power plant; Meralco PowerGen’s acquisition of equity interest in Global Business Power Corporation; Meralco PowerGen’s acquisition of substantial interest in RP Energy coal-fired power project; and AES’ acquisition of NPC’s Masinloc coal-fired power plant and its financing.

Some of Mr. Salita’s recent citations include the following:

* Notable Practitioner in Project development, IFLR1000 2019-2021
* Notable practitioner in Construction, asialaw Profiles 2020-2023
* National Guide (Southeast Asia) Recommended Lawyer in Construction, Who’s Who Legal 2021-2022

• Corporate and M&A

• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Oil and gas
• Banking and financial services

• 1996, Philippines

• University of Santo Tomas (A.B., cum laude)
• San Beda College (LL.B.)