About Franco Aristotle G. Larcina

Franco Aristotle G. Larcina is a partner at SyCipLaw and a member of its special projects, and banking, finance and securities departments. His specialisations include competition law, M&A, TMT investments and general business law. His advice on merger filings relating to high-value transactions has resulted in landmark developments in Philippine competition law. These include advising Sanofi on its Philippine merger filing relating to its acquisition of the consumer healthcare business of Boehringer Ingelheim, resulting in the first merger clearance being issued by the PCC after a full substantive review, and advising Grab in relation to the motu proprio review of its acquisition of Uber’s assets and business in the Philippines, the first case of its kind.