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Bio

Atty. Augusto A. San Pedro, Jr. was the Co-Managing Partner of the Firm.ย  And currently a member of its Executive Committee, the highest managing body of our Firm. He is also the head of V&A Law's Arbitration Practice Group and specializes in commercial disputes relating to joint ventures, banking & finance, restructuring & insolvency, insurance, product liability, commercial & corporate law and competition law. He has over 25 years of experience in trial and appellate practice before Philippine courts, including commercial arbitration. He is also a founding member and former trustee of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Centre, Inc.

Atty. San Pedro, "Gus" to his peers, is consistently ranked in various international publications in the field of Dispute Resolution, particularly in Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific and the Legal 500. He acts for industry leading clients in the fields of Telecommunications, Banking & Finance and Construction & Real Estate; and has been involved in the most significant commercial disputes in the country.

He has also been a senior professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Law, as well as a lecturer and bench book writer for the Philippine Judicial Academy.

Credentials
  • Education
    • Juris Doctor- University of the Philippine College of Law (1990)
Organizations
  • Local
    • Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. (PDRCI)
  • Foreign
    • ASEAN-Plus Group (APG)
Awards
    • Asia Business Law Journal
  • The A-List: The Philippines Top 100 Lawyers (2018-2025)
    • Asialaw Profiles
  • Distinguished Practitioner (2020-2025)
        • Dispute Resolution
    • Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide
  • Band 2 (2020-2026)
        • Dispute Resolution
    • Legal 500ย 
  • Leading Partner (2020-2025)
        • Dispute Resolution
  • Recommended Lawyer (2022-2025)
        • Dispute Resolution
  • Private Practice Powerlist – Southeast Asia (2022-2023)
        • Arbitration
    • Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards
  • Lawyer of the Year – Winner (Philippines) (2020-2023)
    • Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
  • Litigation Star
      • Commercial and Transactions, Government and Regulatory (2025, 2020)
      • Construction, Dispute Resolution (2020)
Publications

Can virtual hearings work in domestic and international arbitration in the Philippines

The Philippine ADR Review (2020)

Co-author: Rashel Ann C. Pomoy

https://pdrci.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2020-04-Philippine-ADR-Review.pdf

Client Testimony

โ€œAugusto San Pedro offers advice which is both commercially and legally valuable.โ€

Dispute Resolution Respondent โ€” Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2026

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