LianeCandelario

LIANE STELLA R. CANDELARIO is a Senior Associate who specializes in banking, securities, mergers & acquisitions, finance & technology, corporate, and data privacy law.

Liane regularly renders end-to-end legal advisory services – such as business model regulatory review, corporate structuring, M&A, license acquisition, and regulatory compliance on banking, securities, AML/CTF, and data privacy matters – to both onshore and offshore companies ranging from start-ups to publicly-listed entities. She also assists top Philippine banks and non-bank financial institutions in securing licenses from the Philippine Central Bank (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas).

Since its nascent stage, Liane is extensively involved in policy commentary, licensing, corporate structuring, and compliance matters pertaining to innovative financial technologies in the Philippines. Liane also regularly contributes to local and international publications covering FinTech and TMT.

Liane was recognized by The Legal 500 as a Rising Star in TMT and by the IFLR1000 as a Rising Star in Banking and M&A.

Liane was President of the Ateneo Society of International Law. She competed in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition from 2015 to 2017, where she received various awards and served as captain of the 2017 Philippine Jessup Team.