Vicente D. Gerochi IV

Vicente D. Gerochi IV is a partner of SyCipLaw. He was the Head of the Firm’s Banking, Finance & Securities Department from 2018-2022. His practice areas include project finance, securities, foreign investment, transport infrastructure, and mergers and acquisitions.

His projects include:

• Financing of the expansion and rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
• Development, financing, and construction of the New Manila International Airport
• Restructuring of DP World’s equity interest in Asian Terminals Inc.
• Acquisition by Aeroports de Paris of equity interest in the Mactan Cebu International Airport
• Completion of Ninoy Aquino International Airport – Terminal 3
• Financing, construction, and operation and maintenance of Manila Light Rail Transit Line 7
• French Official Development Assistance for the Philippine Port and Coast Guard Capability Development Project
• Investments of the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure Fund in Manila Light Rail Transit Line 1, and in wind and solar energy projects
• Equity investment of Actis in Terra Solar Philippines for the development of a solar power project and battery energy storage system
• Joint venture between Korea Water Resources Corporation and San Miguel Corporation for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Angat Hydroelectric Power Plant
• Development and financing of Hanwha’s Digos Solar Power Plant
• Acquisition of controlling equity interest in National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, the operator of the country’s nationwide power transmission systems
• Financing of San Miguel Corporation’s 930MWh battery energy storage system project
• Financing for the Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project
• Financing for water supply and water treatment projects in various locations in the Philippines
• Establishment by Hyundai Motor Company of a passenger vehicle importation and distribution business in the Philippines
• Acquisition of controlling interest in Land Registration Systems Inc, the concessionaire of the Philippine Government for the nationwide land titling computerization project
• Compact Assistance of the US Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation – Implementation of MCC Account Program for the Philippines for the funding of (i) the rehabilitation of secondary-level roads, (ii) local community grants, (iii) conditional cash transfer program, (iv) Bureau of Internal Revenue’s computerization project, and (v) water impoundment projects
• Financing for the acquisition of Cemex’s Philippine assets
• Asian Development Bank’s inaugural Peso Bond issue; ADB’s Asian Currency Note Programme

Vicente is a director and the corporate secretary of several corporations, including public companies. He was a lecturer at the Ateneo Law School from 1996 to 1998. He is a member of the Philippine Bar Association and the International Bar Association.