Professional Background:

 

Atty. Fritz Julius V. Casama is a Senior Associate with at least four (4) years of corporate law experience. He has extensive experience in the fields of general corporate law, labor, mergers and acquisition, securities, and taxation. He has also been involved in major business transactions with highly regarded key players in the industry of food, e-commerce, energy, logistics, business process outsourcing, and telecommunications.

 

Fritz has been part of numerous due diligence and legal opinion in relation to potential foreign investments and public offerings in international stock exchanges. Specifically, Fritz has been consistently assigned in researching the applicable regulatory compliance that would require a careful study of vast array of laws, regulations and issuances as well as correspondence with a number of government such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Department of Energy, Department of Education, and Department of Agriculture. Being an accountant, he is also particularly fond of the practice of taxation. Consequently, he has carefully analyzed the tax implications of proposed business transactions and is knowledgeable of existing tax avoidance schemes to mitigate huge tax exposures. He has also rendered legal advice on the relevant laws and regulations for businesses focusing on renewable energy, online e-commerce platforms, and automobile. He has also been actively involved in business start-ups and is well-versed with the government requirements and procedures for newly incorporated businesses.

 

Fritz earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo Law School in 2017, graduating with honors, and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2018. He finished his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accountancy from De La Salle University – Manila in 2013, graduating with honorable mention.