Janica Rose D. Mendoza

Ms. Mendoza has been involved in a number of significant regulatory, capital markets, and infrastructure-related matters. Her experience includes assisting a foreign financial markets company in its proposed entry into the Philippine market through electricity derivatives, including regulatory analysis and preparation of its application to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Strategic Sandbox. She also assisted a publicly listed renewable energy company in securing one of the Philippines' earliest Green Equity Labels, preparing the regulatory application and coordinating with the SEC under the country's emerging sustainable finance framework. She likewise advises a publicly listed company on its continuing compliance with the Philippine Stock Exchange and SEC’s continuing disclosure and corporate governance requirements.

She also assisted in comparative legal research supporting proposed amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the REIT Act, contributing to regulatory clarifications governing the tax treatment of REIT-owned special purpose vehicles. Her experience further includes assisting in structured finance transactions, public-private partnership projects, and cross-border financing arrangements involving multinational clients.

Outside of practice, Ms. Mendoza enjoys hiking and exploring Philippine history and culture through literature.