Legal Education Board Memorandum Circular

No. 129, Series of 2022

SUBJECT: LEB-PCC Competition Law and Policy Career Day

The Legal Education Board and the Philippine Competition Commission invite
all interested law students, who have already taken Commercial Law or Competition
Law and Policy courses, to the upcoming LEB-PCC Competition Law and Policy
Career Day, to be held on September 19, 2022, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM via Hybrid
setup (in-person and via Zoom online conferencing platform).

This event aims to expose law students to various careers in competition law –
in the government, international setting, private or corporate practice and the
academe. At the end of this activity, participants are expected to be able to pursue
careers, which essentially rely on the application of the principles of competition law;
and to be equipped with the multifarious skills required in career planning, decision
making and job seeking in the field.

Interested participants may send their registration by filling up the online form
at: bit.ly/LEB-PCCCareerDay. Please see the attached program of the event, for
guidance. For inquiries and concerns, you may send an email to trainings@leb.gov.ph.

Issued on August 22, 2022, Quezon City.

ANNA MARIE MELANIE B. TRINIDAD

Chairperson
 Provisional Program Agenda

Date Time Topic and Proposed Resource Speakers

September 9:00 AM –
Online Admission and Physical Registration
19, 2022 9:30 AM
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM –
Preliminaries and Event Reminders
4:30 PM 9:35 AM
9:35 AM – Ecumenical Prayer and National Anthem
9:45 AM Live – Audio/Video Presentations
9:45 AM – Welcome Remarks from the PCC
9:50 AM PCC OIC-Chairperson Johannes Benjamin R. Bernabe
9:50 AM – Welcome Remarks from the LEB
9:55 AM LEB Chairperson Anna Marie Melanie B. Trinidad
9:55 AM – Brief Overview of the PCA and PCC
10:30 AM PCC Commissioner
10:30 AM – Topic 1: Lawyers in the Government:
11:00 AM Competition Enforcement

Resource Person:
Dir. Christian Loren De Los Santos
PCC Competition Enforcement Office
11:00 AM – Topic 2: Lawyers in the Government: Mergers
11:30 AM and Acquisition

Resource Person:
Dir. Krystal Uy
PCC Mergers and Acquisitions Office
11:30 AM –
Open Forum
12:00 NN
12:00 –
Lunch Break
1:30 PM
1:30 PM – Topic 3: Lawyers in the Private Practice and Corporate World
2:10 PM
Resource Person:
Atty. Joanne L. Ranada
Principal for Corporate Services, Mazars Philippines
2:10 PM – Topic 4: Lawyers in the Academe: Teaching Competition
2:50 PM
Resource Person:
Atty. Gwen Grecia-De Vera
Program Director, University of the Philippines Competition
Law and Policy Program
2:50 PM – Topic 5: Building Your Personal Brand and Starting Your
3:30 PM Career in Competition Law

Resource Person: TBD

3:30 PM –
3:55 PM Open Forum

3:55 PM –
Closing Ceremonies
4:00 PM
4:00 PM –
Networking Activity
4:30 PM