Jollibee Group Legal Team Recognized Anew as Among Best in Asia
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Among the best in Asia. Jollibee Group’s Global Legal, Ethics, and Compliance group has been included in the General Counsel (GC) Powerlist Philippines Teams 2024 by international publication The Legal 500. The company’s Chief Legal, Ethics, and Compliance Officer Atty Valerie Amante (center, holding certificate) was also included in the 2024 Women in Law feature by industry magazine Asian Legal Business.
MANILA, Philippines. 19 July 2024 – The Jollibee Group continues to reap international awards for its world-class leadership and talent. Demonstrating commitment to good corporate governance, the company’s Global Legal, Ethics, and Compliance group was recently named as one of the top teams in the General Counsel (GC) Philippines Powerlist 2024 by international legal publication The Legal 500. Its Chief Legal, Ethics, and Compliance Officer, Atty Valerie Amante, was also recognized in the “Women in Law” list by the prominent industry magazine Asian Legal Business.
Atty. Amante expressed her gratitude for the recognition given to her and the Jollibee Group Legal Team. “These recognitions affirm Jollibee Group’s commitment to strong corporate governance and compliance as a bedrock of our business. I am grateful to be part of a company that encourages us to practice law at a level we can be proud of both professionally and personally.”
World-class Legal Team
The Legal 500 GC Powerlist—a publication curated to highlight the most influential and innovative general counsels in a given market—recognized the Jollibee Group’s Legal Team as among the best in-house legal teams in the country for 2024.
Atty. Amante was also among only six lawyers and the only Filipina included in Asian Legal Business’ “Women in Law” feature in 2024. The feature highlights exceptional legal professionals and their triumphs in Asia’s Legal sector and includes women from prominent firms such as Blackstone.
In 2023, Atty. Amante was also recognized as Southeast Asia’s In-House Lawyer of the Year by Asian Legal Business (ALB), one of the world’s leading sources of information for businesses and professionals.
The Jollibee Group’s legal team was also named as among the Top 15 Legal Teams in Asia by ALB in 2023, and a number of its members were also included in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 GC Powerlist, including Atty. Amante; Atty. Angeline Chong, General Counsel-Philippines, Legal Operations Global, and Legal Business Partner Global; Atty. Sheryl Molera, General Counsel, IP, Digital & Privacy Global, and Legal Business Partner Global & Philippines; and Atty. Vera Marie Bautista-King, Associate General Counsel, EMEAA, Corporate and Commercial Global, and Legal Business Partner Global and Philippines.
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Among the best in Asia. Jollibee Group’s Global Legal, Ethics, and Compliance group has been included in the General Counsel (GC) Powerlist Philippines Teams 2024 by international publication The Legal 500. The company’s Chief Legal, Ethics, and Compliance Officer Atty Valerie Amante (center, holding certificate) was also included in the 2024 Women in Law feature by industry magazine Asian Legal Business.
MANILA, Philippines. 19 July 2024 – The Jollibee Group continues to reap international awards for its world-class leadership and talent. Demonstrating commitment to good corporate governance, the company’s Global Legal, Ethics, and Compliance group was recently named as one of the top teams in the General Counsel (GC) Philippines Powerlist 2024 by international legal publication The Legal 500. Its Chief Legal, Ethics, and Compliance Officer, Atty Valerie Amante, was also recognized in the “Women in Law” list by the prominent industry magazine Asian Legal Business.
Atty. Amante expressed her gratitude for the recognition given to her and the Jollibee Group Legal Team. “These recognitions affirm Jollibee Group’s commitment to strong corporate governance and compliance as a bedrock of our business. I am grateful to be part of a company that encourages us to practice law at a level we can be proud of both professionally and personally.”
World-class Legal Team
The Legal 500 GC Powerlist—a publication curated to highlight the most influential and innovative general counsels in a given market—recognized the Jollibee Group’s Legal Team as among the best in-house legal teams in the country for 2024.
Atty. Amante was also among only six lawyers and the only Filipina included in Asian Legal Business’ “Women in Law” feature in 2024. The feature highlights exceptional legal professionals and their triumphs in Asia’s Legal sector and includes women from prominent firms such as Blackstone.
In 2023, Atty. Amante was also recognized as Southeast Asia’s In-House Lawyer of the Year by Asian Legal Business (ALB), one of the world’s leading sources of information for businesses and professionals.
The Jollibee Group’s legal team was also named as among the Top 15 Legal Teams in Asia by ALB in 2023, and a number of its members were also included in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 GC Powerlist, including Atty. Amante; Atty. Angeline Chong, General Counsel-Philippines, Legal Operations Global, and Legal Business Partner Global; Atty. Sheryl Molera, General Counsel, IP, Digital & Privacy Global, and Legal Business Partner Global & Philippines; and Atty. Vera Marie Bautista-King, Associate General Counsel, EMEAA, Corporate and Commercial Global, and Legal Business Partner Global and Philippines.