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Atty. Jose Maria Marella 

Adjunct Faculty

EXPERTISE

Law, Contracts & Negotiations 

Atty. Jose Maria Marella 

Adjunct Faculty

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND 

  • Master of Laws, Yale Law School
  • Juris Doctor, University of the Philippines College of Law
  • Bachelor of Science in Economics (summa cum laude), University of the Philippines School of Economics
  • Editor, Philippine Law Journal  
  • Inductee, Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Kappa Phi International Honors Societies 

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Adjunct Faculty, Asian Institute of Management 
  • Law Instructor, Yale University Summer Exchange Program – EduExplora 
  • Senior Lecturer, University of the Philippines College of Law 
  • Speaking Engagements,  Midwest Academy for Legal Studies in Business 
  • Speaking Engagements,  Yale Law School Graduate Symposium  

AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS, AND HONORS

  • Won best Juris Doctor thesis and best paper in corporate governance, Towards a Competition-Oriented Privatization of Government Owned and Controlled Corporations, 92 Philippine Law Journal 428 (2019)  
  • Won best paper in administrative law, Regulating the Regulators: Addressing Competitively Restrictive Administrative Rules Through a “Competitive Impact Assessment”, 44 IBP Journal 40 (2019) 
  • Quantifying Civil Recovery in Hybrid Antitrust-Data Protection Harms, 19 Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts 131 (2024). 
  • Sowing the Seeds for Strategic Competition Litigation: The Philippine Competition Commission’s Amicus Curiae Brief in PCAB v. MWCI, 47 IBP Journal 184 (2023). 
  • Middleware Technologies: Towards User-Determined News Curation in Social Media, 31 Catholic University Journal of Law & Technology 95 (2023). 
  • Tempering Dominance in the Marketplace of Ideas: The Application of the Philippine Competition Act in the Mass Media Industry, 62 Ateneo Law Journal 442 (2017). 
  • Green Disclosures: Enhancing the Environmental Aspect of Sustainability Reporting, 93 Philippine Law Journal 1089 (2020).  
  • Does judicial quality matter for firm performance?, 52 Philippine Review of Economics 77 (2015). 
  • Procedural Considerations in Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Survey of Jurisprudence, 91 Philippine Law Journal 666 (2019).   

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Batangas Chapter)