Annarose Mel Cruz

About

Atty. Annarose Mel M. Cruz is a CPA Lawyer and the Chief Legal Counsel of a private corporation in the Philippines. She previously worked as an associate at Villanueva Gabionza & Dy Law Office. Her diverse fields of practice cover Taxation, Corporate Law, Family Law, Succession and Estate Law, Labor Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Criminal Law among others. She also served as a Legal Apprentice in the Supreme Court Of The Philippines and Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Law Offices. Prior to joining the Firm and entering law school, she was a Senior Tax Specialist at the Court Of Tax Appeals and a Senior Balance Sheet Reconciliation Accountant at IBM Global Process Services handling the account of Procter & Gamble. During her stint as a debater, Anna was chosen to become the Vice President of the Ateneo Law Debate and Advocacy Society in 2017 and received various Best Speaker Awards. Atty. Cruz obtained her Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) from the Ateneo De Manila University Law School (Second Honors) and her Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy from the University Of Santo Tomas (Dean’s Lister). She is currently studying at Harvard University as a prospective candidate for its Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts program in the field of Management.