Ruben Del Rosario has extensive experience in maritime litigation including dry and wet work, personal injury, labour, insurance, multimodal transport and arbitration. He is managing partner of Del Rosario & Del Rosario which has won accolades as the best maritime law firm in the Philippines. DelRosarioLaw and its affiliate, Del Rosario Pandiphil Inc. represents practically all of the Protection and Indemnity Clubs, marine insurers and all types of shipping companies. Del Rosario has handled most of the major maritime casualties in the Philippines and also abroad when Filipino seafarers are involved. The founder of DelRosarioLaw, Arturo M. Del Rosario Sr has represented maritime firms since 1946.
Ruben was a member of the Tripartite Committee that drafted the original 2000 POEA Overseas Employment Contract. His immensely popular “Primer on the POEA Standard Employment Contract” has been updated and reprinted twelve times from 2000 to 2018. His “Philippine Shipping Update” which has a readership of almost 3,000 has been published regularly since 1999 to the present. For almost twenty years, this newsletter has updated the shipping industry on all significant maritime developments. He is also a long time member of the Board of Editors of the prestigious Maritime Risk International.
Ruben has long been recognized as a leading authority in maritime and admiralty law and was named in AsiaLaw’s top 100 lawyers in the Philippines for the year 2018. He is an accredited maritime arbitrator and founded the Philippine Maritime Voluntary Arbitrators Association. He has been president of various maritime, legal and civic organizations. He has lectured on maritime issues in various international conferences in the Philippines and abroad.
Ruben has a law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University and a masters in business administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He has a bachelor’s degree in social science and finance from the De La Salle University. He has attended various shipping courses including those at the University of Southampton, UK.
Bachelor of Science in Law, Ateneo de Manila University
Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,USA
Bachelor of Science in Finance and Bachelor of Science in Social Science, De La Salle University
Maritime courses in University of Southampton, UK and other institutions
Author of the very popular POEA Primer and the Philippine Shipping Updates.
Member of the Board of Editors of Maritime Risk International
Member of the Tripartite Conference that drafted the POEA Contract
Named as one of the Top 100 Lawyers of the Philippines in 2018
Awardee of The Philippine Cancer Society’s 2012 Exemplary Men of Influence
Charter President of the Philippine Maritime Voluntary Arbitrators Association.
Accredited Voluntary Arbitrator
President, Norwegian Training Center of the Philippines
Past President of the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines
Past President of the Maritime Law Foundation
Former Trustee of the Philippine Bar Association
Former Vice President of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center
Honorary Director of the Propeller Club of the Philippines
Past President of the Rotary Club of Alabang, Philippines
Speaker at various maritime conferences in the Philippines and abroad