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Rafael A. Morales is the Managing Partner in SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, the largest law firm in the Philippines, and before that the head of its Banking, Finance & Securities Department.

He is a Professorial Lecturer at the College of Law of the University of the Philippines, and the author of two books (The Philippine General Banking Law (Annotated) and The Philippine Securities Regulation Code (Annotated)) and numerous legal articles.  Among his many recognitions, he is cited in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Banking Lawyers and included in Asian Legal Business’ List of 100 pre-eminent Asia-Pacific lawyers. He is a former President of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.