The Firm

About Rodriguez Law

Rodriguez Law is a Cebu City–based law practice providing legal services in corporate governance, regulated industries, compliance advisory, dispute resolution, and commercial matters. The firm serves clients nationwide.

The practice focuses on enterprises and individuals operating in environments subject to statutory oversight and regulatory frameworks. Engagements are approached with structured legal analysis, attention to procedural requirements, and professional discretion.

Atty. Anna Katrina M. Rodriguez
The Principal

Atty. Anna Katrina M. Rodriguez

Principal & Strategic Lead

Atty. Anna Katrina M. Rodriguez is the Principal of Rodriguez Law. Her practice includes corporate governance, regulated gaming and commercial advisory, compliance-related matters, and dispute representation.

She has experience serving as Head of Legal within a PAGCOR-licensed gaming operation and has previously held leadership roles in corporate legal practice. Her work is informed by a background in Accounting Technology, which supports review of financial documentation and regulatory reporting structures where applicable.

Atty. Rodriguez has participated in industry forums, including speaking engagements relating to regulatory frameworks and technology integration in regulated sectors.

The Associates

Senior counsel and specialist advisors behind every engagement.

Atty. Don Laurence Villaester, CPA

Atty. Don Laurence Villaester, CPA

Principal Partner

Specializing in the intersection of Taxation, Corporate Law, and Financial Governance. A dual-qualified professional, he leverages his background as a Certified Public Accountant and a Juris Doctor to architect the fiscal structures and compliance frameworks necessary for complex business operations in the Philippines.

His practice focuses on Tax Planning, Statutory Compliance, and Corporate Restructuring, ensuring that legal strategies are grounded in rigorous financial accuracy.

Villaester concentrates on Estate Planning, Real Estate Transactions, and Commercial Litigation, providing forensic due diligence for M&A and investment ventures. His work involves translating the complexities of the Philippine Tax Code and SEC regulations into actionable commercial objectives for clients in the Professional Services, Real Estate, and Retail sectors. By synthesizing accounting discipline with legal stewardship, Villaester replaces reactive dispute management with structural risk mitigation, ensuring that financial integrity is embedded into the corporate DNA of the entities he advises.

What He Delivers

  • Tax & Finance: Tax structural optimization, BIR compliance, and financial reporting integrity.
  • Corporate Governance: SEC registration, joint venture frameworks, and contractual risk architecture.
  • Private Wealth: Estate settlement, asset protection, and succession planning for high-net-worth individuals.
Atty. Peach Chio

Atty. Peach Chio

Senior Legal Consultant

Atty. Peach Chio serves as a Senior Legal Consultant (Of Counsel) and lead advisor for businesses ranging from local startups to international corporations. In this advisory role, she acts as a veteran strategist for companies at any stage of development.

Her practice focuses on the Business Lifecycle, from Initial Incorporation and Contract Architecture to Project Finance and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).

She serves as an expert liaison for businesses navigating the Philippine regulatory landscape, ensuring that Statutory Compliance and Corporate Housekeeping are integrated into daily operations.

Atty. Chio provides senior oversight on Strategic Transactions, including Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Due Diligence Work, and Initial Public Offerings (IPO).

Her work involves the protection of intangible assets through Intellectual Property management and the direction of Special Projects that require bespoke legal frameworks.

By replacing reactive legal defense with Operational Stewardship, she ensures that both new ventures and established enterprise entities maintain Regulatory Integrity while pursuing commercial objectives in the Philippine market.

What She Delivers

  • Business Launch & Partnerships: Business Set-up, Incorporation, and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
  • Complex Transactions: Due Diligence, M&A frameworks, and Project Finance structuring.
  • Corporate Health: Intellectual Property registration, Contract Audits, and IPO readiness.
Jean Alistair Clyde S. Chiong

Jean Alistair Clyde S. Chiong

Business Operations Consultant

Jean Alistair Clyde Si Chiong—known to his clients as Alistair—is a Business Operations Consultant and Meta Business Partner. He is a General Specialist. In an age of narrow experts, he moves horizontally across an organization to ensure the engine doesn’t seize during the transition from startup to scale-up.

Alistair is a force multiplier for companies in the pre-seed to pre-IPO stages. He takes the "tribal knowledge" of founders and converts it into scalable operational governance.

His work is grounded in Business Process Improvement (BPI)—the art of making a company professional without killing its spirit. All of his strategic interests and operational oversight are consolidated under Tenet Capital Holdings.

The Evidence of Scale — Alistair’s expertise is not theoretical. It is technical, diverse, and proven through high-stakes roles: he architected BPO operations at Marketing Master IO, scaled decentralized communication layers at SendingLabs, managed global logistics at Global Growth, architected the developer management framework for RealtyOS and the software infrastructure for Niksen, directs the operational systems for Almond Suites in Cebu, and operates Sator Digital as a Certified Meta Business Partner.

What He Delivers

  • Institutional Governance: Audit-ready Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that satisfy international investors.
  • Turnkey BPO Strategy: High-performance offshore teams and BD frameworks built for AI-integrated marketing.
  • Scale Readiness: The structural integrity required to survive the scrutiny of a pre-IPO milestone.

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