Cesar L. Villanueva
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Cesar L. Villanueva, also known as CLV, is the incumbent Dean of the Ateneo Law School
in Makati City
, Philippines
. He is a certified public accountant
and a recognized authority in Philippine commercial law. Villanueva is a candidate for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
(to be vacated by Ruben T. Reyes' retirement on January 2, 2009).
Villanueva is the valedictorian of his batch in Chevalier School, Angeles City.
in Commerce
, major in Accountancy, from Holy Angel University
in Pampanga
, Philippines. He took the Bachelor of Laws
and graduated from Ateneo
Law School
in 1983. He obtained a Master of Laws
from Harvard Law School
in 1989. In October 2005, he was conferred a Diplomate in Juridical Science (D.J.S.) by San Beda College
. He is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors
(AICD), and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD-Makati).
Villanueva graduated cum laude and valedictorian
of his law class at the Ateneo, and placed second in the Philippine Bar Examinations of 1981. He graduated magna cum laude from Holy Angel University. He took the Philippine CPA Board Examinations in 1982 and ranked sixth nationwide.
, SJ.
Villanueva is currently the Chairman of the Commercial Law Department and a member of the Academic Council and Consultants’ Group of the Philippine Judicial Academy, the educational arm of the Philippine Supreme Court.
Villanueva is a Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Villanueva Gabionza and De Santos, a private law firm in Makati City
, Philippines
. He has acted as Legal Consultant of the Export Processing Zone Authority (1985–86), and a Member of the following organizations—the Philippine Bar Association, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Philippine Canine Club, Inc., United Way, Philippines, Harvard Alumni Association; President, Rotary Club of Makati Ayala. He is an Honorary Member in the Association of Fellow and Legal Scholars of the Center for International Legal Studies, and a Member of the Mimosa Golf and Country Club, Fontana Resorts, Capitol Hills Golf Club, and the Tower Club.
from 1980 to 1981. He authored several books and articles on Philippine commercial law:
in Angeles City, Pampanga. They have three children named Gabriel, Teresa, and Maria.
Villanueva has mentioned Philippine Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona
to be his mentor and role model. Both men are proud members of the Fraternal Order of Utopia, a law fraternity based in the Ateneo de Manila School of Law.
Villanueva confessed to having followed the approaches of Harvard Law School
Dean Robert Charles Clark
in writing his law books.
Ateneo Law School
The Ateneo de Manila Law School is the law school of the Ateneo de Manila University, a private Jesuit university in the Philippines. It was founded in 1936, in the Padre Faura, Manila campus of the Ateneo, where it remained even after the college, graduate school, and basic education units moved...
in Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. He is a certified public accountant
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Public Accountant is the statutory title of qualified accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for certification as a CPA...
and a recognized authority in Philippine commercial law. Villanueva is a candidate for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of 15 members of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines. The Chief Justice presides over the High Court, but carries only 1 of the 15 votes in the court...
(to be vacated by Ruben T. Reyes' retirement on January 2, 2009).
Villanueva is the valedictorian of his batch in Chevalier School, Angeles City.
Education
Villanueva holds a Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in Commerce
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
, major in Accountancy, from Holy Angel University
Holy Angel University
Holy Angel University is a private Catholic university located in Angeles City, Philippines. Founded in 1933, it is considered the first Catholic school in the country that was founded by the laity as well as the first Catholic high school that was co-educational .Sitting on a...
in Pampanga
Pampanga
Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
, Philippines. He took the Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
and graduated from Ateneo
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
Law School
Ateneo Law School
The Ateneo de Manila Law School is the law school of the Ateneo de Manila University, a private Jesuit university in the Philippines. It was founded in 1936, in the Padre Faura, Manila campus of the Ateneo, where it remained even after the college, graduate school, and basic education units moved...
in 1983. He obtained a Master of Laws
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
in 1989. In October 2005, he was conferred a Diplomate in Juridical Science (D.J.S.) by San Beda College
San Beda College
San Beda College or Dalubhasaan ng San Beda in Filipino is a Private Benedictine college run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines. It is located on Mendiola Street in San Miguel, Manila...
. He is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Australian Institute of Company Directors
The Australian Institute of Company Directors is Australia's leading membership body for directors in Australia and the leading Australian not-for-profit corporate governance organisation....
(AICD), and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD-Makati).
Villanueva graduated cum laude and valedictorian
Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...
of his law class at the Ateneo, and placed second in the Philippine Bar Examinations of 1981. He graduated magna cum laude from Holy Angel University. He took the Philippine CPA Board Examinations in 1982 and ranked sixth nationwide.
Career
Villanueva is a member of the faculty of the Ateneo Law School since 1983, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2000 to 2004. He was appointed Dean of the Ateneo Law School in 2004, succeeding constitutionalist Fr. Joaquin G. BernasJoaquin G. Bernas
Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J., J.S.D. is a Jesuit and is Dean Emeritus of Ateneo Law School in Makati City, Philippines. He was a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the present Philippine Constitution....
, SJ.
Villanueva is currently the Chairman of the Commercial Law Department and a member of the Academic Council and Consultants’ Group of the Philippine Judicial Academy, the educational arm of the Philippine Supreme Court.
Villanueva is a Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Villanueva Gabionza and De Santos, a private law firm in Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. He has acted as Legal Consultant of the Export Processing Zone Authority (1985–86), and a Member of the following organizations—the Philippine Bar Association, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Philippine Canine Club, Inc., United Way, Philippines, Harvard Alumni Association; President, Rotary Club of Makati Ayala. He is an Honorary Member in the Association of Fellow and Legal Scholars of the Center for International Legal Studies, and a Member of the Mimosa Golf and Country Club, Fontana Resorts, Capitol Hills Golf Club, and the Tower Club.
Publications
Villanueva was editor-in-chief of the Ateneo Law JournalAteneo Law Journal
The Ateneo Law Journal is an academic journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Ateneo Law School.-Overview:...
from 1980 to 1981. He authored several books and articles on Philippine commercial law:
- Law on Sales. Rex Bookstore, Inc. 2004.
- Corporation Law. Rex Bookstore, Inc. 2004.
- Commercial Law Reviewer. Rex Bookstore, Inc. 2002.
- Handbook on the Corporate Jurisdictions of the RTC and the SEC. Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), in partnership with USAID and The Asia Foundation.
- The Evolution of the Philippine Commercial Law System." 50 Ateneo Law Journal 690 (2005).
- Defining the Gravamen: The Bar Reform Movement" 48 Ateneo Law Journal 624 (2004).
- "Revisiting the Philosophical Underpinnings of Philippine Commercial Laws." 46 Ateneo Law Journal 707 (2001).
- "Revisiting the Philippine Laws on Corporate Rehabilitation." 43 Ateneo Law Journal 183 (1999).
- "The Law on Contratos Inominados." 42 Ateneo Law Journal 242 (1998).
- Corporate Contract Law: Unifying Theme on Theories Relating to Promoter's Contracts, De Facto Corporations, Corporations by Estoppel, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Ultra Vires Acts." 38 Ateneo Law Journal 1 (1994).
- Restatement of the Doctrine of Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction." 37 Ateneo Law Journal19 (1993).
- The Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers Representing the Creditor Pursuant to a Loan Workout Arrangement: Parameters under Philippine Corporate Setting." 35 Ateneo Law Journal11 (1991).
- Comparative Study of the Judicial Role and its effect on the Theory on Judicial Precedents in the Philippine Hybrid Legal System, 65 Phil. Law Journal, (Nos. 1 & 2, March–June, 1990).
- The Philippine Close Corporation, XXXII Ateneo Law Journal, (No. 2, March, 1988).
- The Trust Fund Doctrine Under Philippine Corporate Setting, XXXI Ateneo Law Journal. (No. 1, February, 1987).
- Non-Punishable: Issuance of a Check as a Guarantee for Payment of an Obligation, XXIX Ateneo Law Journal. (No. 1 October 1984).
- Tax Inquiries, Surveillance, Warrantless Searches and Seizures: Their Constitutional Limitations, XXV Ateneo Law Journal. (No. 3, March, 1981)
- Ecclesiastics in Politics: The Teleron v. Pamil Case, XXV Ateneo Law Journal. (Vol. XXV, No. 2, October, 1980, co-author).
- The Conscientious Objector Under the New Labor Code, XXV Ateneo Law Journal. (No. 1, March, 1989).
Private life
Villanueva is married to Arlyn S. Villanueva, the current President of Holy Angel UniversityHoly Angel University
Holy Angel University is a private Catholic university located in Angeles City, Philippines. Founded in 1933, it is considered the first Catholic school in the country that was founded by the laity as well as the first Catholic high school that was co-educational .Sitting on a...
in Angeles City, Pampanga. They have three children named Gabriel, Teresa, and Maria.
Villanueva has mentioned Philippine Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona
Renato Corona
Renato C. Corona is the incumbent Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on April 9, 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...
to be his mentor and role model. Both men are proud members of the Fraternal Order of Utopia, a law fraternity based in the Ateneo de Manila School of Law.
Villanueva confessed to having followed the approaches of Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
Dean Robert Charles Clark
Robert C. Clark
Robert C. Clark is currently Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of the Harvard Law School. He previously served as Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School from 1989 to 2003. Clark is recognized as a leading authority in corporate law and corporate governance.-Career:Clark...
in writing his law books.