Roberto A. Baquiran

ROBERTO A. BAQUIRAN (“Bobby”) is a special counsel of the firm. He is a certified public accountant (1984) and a member of the Philippine bar (1990).

Bobby is an experienced tax practitioner, having been with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for more than 23 years. In the BIR, he rose from the ranks and became the Chief of the National Investigation Division. He held the posts of Asst. Regional Director and Revenue District Officer, as well as technical assistant at the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Office of the Deputy Commissioners for Legal and Enforcement, and Operations Groups, and revenue audit examiner. While in the BIR, he was a member of various committees, such as the VAT Ruling Committee, Income Tax Regulations Committee and E-Commerce Regulations Committee. He is experienced in tax audits and assessments, BIR ruling request reviews, and numerous technical and operational aspects of taxation.

Bobby obtained his Master’s Degree in International Tax at the Harvard University (1997), and received his Bachelors of Law and Bachelors in Commerce degrees from the San Beda College.