Profile

(March 14, 1928 - December 15, 2015)

Admission to the Bar

• 1953, Philippines

Education

• University of the Philippines (B.A., summa cum laude; LL.B., magna cum laude)
• Yale University (LL.M., J.S.D.)
• Misamis University (LL.D. honoris causa)

Work Experience

• Partner (1962-1986)
• Managing Partner (1983-1986), SyCip Salazar Feliciano & Hernandez (now SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan)
• Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1986-1994
• Senior Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1994-1995
• Member, Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal (1991-1995)
• Member, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization (Geneva) 1995-2001
• Chairman, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization (Geneva) 2000-2001
• Member, World Bank Administrative Tribunal (2002-2007)
• Research Associate and Lecturer in Law, Yale University School of Law, 1957-1960
• Lecturer, International Law Program, United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1959
• Membre, Institut de Droit International