Atty. Ryan Jan G. Cruz

He is a graduate of the School of Law, Ateneo de Manila University, where he obtained a Juris Doctor degree in 1999.  He took his undergraduate course, BS Legal Management, also from Ateneo de Manila University in 1994. 

As a self-supporting law student, he was already doing legal work even before he became a lawyer.  His work with Allied Banking Corporation and Sun Life of Canada gave him experience in banking and insurance laws, and his tenure with Tam Yap and Associates provided him with experience in land acquisition and corporate housekeeping. He gained experience in litigation while working for Villanueva Gabionza & de Santos Law Offices, the firm headed by then Ateneo School of Law Dean Cesar L. Villanueva, while his engagement as in-house counsel for the Ramon Jacinto Group of Companies gave him wide exposure in corporate and labor laws, as well as appellate practice.  From 2004 to 2008, he was a partner and sometime managing partner of Calleja Nethercott & Cruz Law Offices. Partnered with Atty Villa in 2008. 

He is a member of Mensa Philippines. His current practice includes litigation (civil, criminal and administrative), domestic and international arbitration, corporate housekeeping, tax, family and estate law.