Rocky Alejandro Reyes

Rocky Alejandro L. Reyes heads the Special Projects Department, the Firm’s largest practice group. He is a recognized expert in power and energy, having been heavily involved in local power projects since 1986, when the first Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Project was signed in the Philippines (and before the BOT Law was passed). He has advised on power projects in Pakistan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Among his mergers and acquisitions projects are the acquisition of interest in the 25.5MW hydroelectric power station of Agusan Power Corporation in Agusan del Norte, Mindanao and the PhP7.1 billion acquisition of 20% interest in Global Business Power Corporation.

His experience also covers infrastructure and mass transit. In this field, his work includes the 200MW Navotas 1 gas turbine power station (First BOT project in the Philippines), 100MW diesel power plant in Iligan City (First IPP project in the Philippines), 300MW Malaya thermal power plant (First ROM project in the Philippines), and the US$930 million privatization of the Masinloc coal-fired thermal power plant (then the biggest power plant to be privatized under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act [EPIRA]).

Some of Mr. Reyes’ most recent awards and citations include:

* Band 3 in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy, Chambers Global 2022
* Band 3 in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy, Chambers Asia Pacific 2022
* Cited as one of the Leading Lawyers in the Philippines, Chambers Asia Pacific Leading Lawyers and Law Firms 2022
* Recommended Lawyer in Antitrust & Competition, Corporate and M&A, Projects and Energy, Real Estate & Construction, Shipping, and TMT, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021-2022
* Leading Individual in Projects & Energy and Shipping, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022
Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 2019-2022
* Cited as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the Philippines, Asia Business Law Journal 2018-2022
* Distinguished Practitioner in Energy and Infrastructure, asialaw Profiles 2021-2023
National Guide (Southeast Asia),
* Recommended Lawyer in Banking and Energy, Who’s Who Legal 2021-2022

• Corporate and M&A

• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Industrials and manufacturing
• Banking and financial services

• 1984, Philippines

• University of the Philippines, (A.B.; LL.B., magna cum laude)
• Columbia University (LL.M.)