Warlie Zambales Diaz, J.D. Email & Phone Number

Warlie primarily handles tax, commercial, and real estate litigation cases. He also handles labor and employment, criminal prosecution and defense, estate, intellectual property, data privacy, transportation and maritime, immigration cases, and special cases, including but not limited to registration, expansion, and tax incentive applications before Investment Promotion Agencies, primarily, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority and the Board of Investments.With his insatiable thirst for knowledge and ability to develop a deep grasp primarily of emerging practice areas of law and industry, Warlie is also a trained Data Protection Officer and accredited by the National Privacy Commission under its Data Protection Officer – Accountability, Compliance, and Ethics (DPO ACE) Program Level 1 Certification; a trained negotiator, arbitrator, and mediator; and a certified Fintech Professional.Prior to becoming a lawyer, Warlie had served as a business development lead, grants consultant, and marketing lead for various blockchain and FinTech startups, specifically decentralized finance (DeFi) and Ethereum scaling solution projects. He remotely led teams of blockchain professionals across different time zones in developing strategies, driving ecosystem growth, and analyzing the feasibility of proposed projects.Warlie earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Agustin in 2021 and was admitted to the Philippine Bar the following year. In law school, he represented his university in various moot court competitions, particularly the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition in Beijing, China, and the Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition on Trademark and Unfair Competition Law in Singapore.Warlie graduated with his pre-law degree of Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation and is a licensed navigation officer. He circumnavigated the world onboard a Norwegian-flagged oceangoing vessel at the age of 18and also represented his university in the Japan – East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS), Philippine Model Congress (PMC), Denso Youth for Earth Action (DYEA) and won several awards in national and regional journalism and essay writing competitions.

Listed skills include Ism, Navigation, Seamanship, Vessel Operations, and 46 others.

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