Atty. Joenar C. Pueblo

BIOGRAPHY

Joenar Pueblo is the President of the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas, He is one of the founding partners of the Law Firm of Oso, Pueblo and Associates. Joenar Pueblo has almost 20 years of experience in dispute resolution, including election-related, labor, commercial, criminal, and civil litigation, administrative cases, mediation, and domestic and international arbitration. He is a professor at the University of San Agustin College of Law teaching Transportation, Constitutional Law Review, Local Government and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He acted as President in all Moot Arbitration of student arbitrators in training and preparing them to become equipped arbitrators, applying PDRCI rules from 2016 to present.

REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL MATTERS

• Chairman Of The Tribunal: PDRC Case Involving A Domestic Company and An International Corporation Related To Transportation (Present)

• Co Arbitrator: CIAC Arbitration Case Involving A Domestic Construction Company and a Domestic University

• Counsel: ICC Arbitration Case Regarding Construction, Patent and Commission

Venue: Geneva, Switzerland with Case Filing ICC France Secretariat (Present)

• Counsel: Adhoc Arbitration Regarding Hospital Equipment And Products Contractual Interpretations For Client/Claimant (Strict Confidential Clause) Applying ICC Rules 

Venue: Royal Scotts Hotel Singapore (April 26, 2016)

• Counsel: Adhoc Arbitration Regarding Hospital Contractual Interpretations For Client/Claimant

Venue: Kuala Lumpur Regional Center For Arbitration Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (August 22, 2015 )

• Counsel:  Adhoc Arbitral Claimant,(Strict Confidentiality Clause) 

 Venue: Maxwell Chambers Singapore applying ICC Rules (March  4, 2015)

• Mediator Ad Hoc Involving A Family Corporation Land Holdings

• Mediator Ad Hoc Involving Contract Dispute Between A Domestic Distributor and a Singapore Based Supplier

TRAINING AND SEMINARS: 

Transcending Boundaries: Domestic and International ADR Education in the Digital World 

March 06 - May 25, 2023 

Online via ZOOM

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

A Lecture on International and Domestic Arbitration

February 22-23, 2019

Bar Review Room, Rada Hall, University of San Agustin

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Revamping Disputes: The Role of Commercial and Construction Industry Arbitration in Development

(A Lecture on International and Domestic Arbitration)

February 29, 2020

University of San Agustin - College of Law Library

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: Negotiation as an ADR Tool

April 6, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: An Expert’s Advice in Becoming a Mediator and Trends in Domestic and International Mediation

April 8, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: The Function of the OADR and the Role of OADR in  Barangay Arbitration

April 13, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: The work of the CIAC Commission and Updates in CIAC

April 15, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: The Function of PDRC and the PDRC Sport Mediation and Arbitration Rules

April 20, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: Judicial Intervention in Arbitration under Special Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules

April 21, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: The Role of PICCR as the Arbitration arm of the IBP and the Role of the IBP in AD Hoc

April 28, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law 

Decoding Disputes: The UNCITRAL Model Law

April 29, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law

Decoding Disputes: Virtual Hearing in Arbitration: an ICC perspective and the role of CORE as a virtual hearing platform 

April 30, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law 

Decoding Disputes: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the Digital Economy: ODR and Arbitration in Platforms

May 5, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law 

Decoding Disputes: Arbitration Clauses, Seat of Arbitration  and Awards; An International Perspective 

May 6, 2021

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by the Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas and USA- College of Law 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Philippine Arbitration Center in the Visayas (PACV) (2016-Present) - President and Member of the Board of Trustees

Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. (PDRCI) (2017-Present) - Member of the Board of Trustees

PDRCI Social Media Committee (2019-2021) - Chairman

PDRCI Online Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2021-Present) - Chairman

The Singapore Institute of Arbitrators - Member

The New York International Arbitration Center - Member

The Charter Institute of Arbitrators East Asia Branch - Member

Philippine Institute of Arbitrators - Member

Dispute Resolution Board FoundationPro: Construction Industry Arbitration Commission Batch 9 - Member

The Construction Industry Arbitration Commission - Certified Arbitrator 

The Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Philippines - Certified Arbitrator

The Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution - Member 

International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration (ICC) Advance Arbitration Academy Asia/World Business Law - Fellow

VISEAST Moot Hongkong Applying CIARB Rules - Pool of Arbitrator

University of San Agustin College of Law - Professor

Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Commercial Arbitration Training Seminar - Lecturer

Integrated Bar of the Philippines - Member

ADMISSIONS

Philippine Bar (2002)

EDUCATION

University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (Master of Public Administration), 2010

University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (Bachelor of Laws), 1999

University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (B.A. Political Science-English), 1995

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

ACADEMIC PAPER: “ADR Clausetrophobia “or the value of adopting an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) clause rather than a litigation clause in contract drafting in the context of the “New Normal”