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Rashel Ann Pomoy (asialaw)

Villaraza & Angangco (asialaw)

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Position: Deputy Managing Partner and Senior Partner
Rating:
  • Distinguished Practitioner
Practice Areas:
Labour and employment (asialaw)
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Filipino
Biography
Rashel is the Deputy Managing Partner of Villaraza & Angangco, Deputy Head of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department, and a Senior Partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department. A trusted advisor to local and international clients, she is known for navigating complex employment issues across both advisory and contentious matters.

Rashel advises domestic and multinational clients on the full spectrum of employment and labor relations matters. Her practice includes workplace investigations, collective bargaining issues, large-scale retrenchments, corporate restructures, cross-border employment transfers, employment policies, severance and release agreements, and restrictive covenants.

She has extensive experience representing clients in labor litigation before the National Labor Relations Commission, as well as in civil court proceedings involving employment-related disputes and restrictive covenants. Her litigation work includes illegal dismissal, labor-only contracting, enforcement and defense of non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, and other labor and employment disputes.

Rashel has been recognized by leading legal directories and publications, including asialaw, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Lexology Index, Asia Business Law Journal, In-House Community, IEL Elite, and Asian Legal Business.

  • Year joined firm: 2013
Key practice areas

  • Dispute resolution
  • Labour and employment
Education / Alumni

  • Doctor of Law, University of the Philippines (2013)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of the Philippines (2008)
Association / Network Memberships

  • International Bar Association (2023)
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2020)
  • Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.
  • Philippine Institute of Arbitrators (2014)
  • Young SIAC (YSIAC) (2020)
  • Young ICCA (2017)
  • ArbitralWomen
  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2014)
Bar Admissions
  • Philippine Bar (2011)
Address:
V&A Law Center, 11th Avenue corner 39th Street, Bonifacio Global City
Taguig City, Metro Manila, 1634
Philippines
Tel:+63 2 8988 6088 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://thefirmva.com/lawyer/pomoy-rashel-ann-c/